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Samsung Foundry bleeding cash, shuts 50% of production capacity

Samsung Foundry is the conglomerate's contract chipmaking arm. It has poured billions of dollars in this division hoping that there would be significant demand from major chip designers, but that demand hasn't materialized. All of this excess and un-utilized capacity has become a drain on the company's resources, forcing it to consider serious options to […]

By Adnan Farooqui
3 days ago

Intel could tie up with Samsung to fight against TSMC

Samsung has been trying for years to compete with TSMC in contract chip manufacturing. However, it hasn't succeeded. In fact, it continuously lost its clients, including Nvidia and Qualcomm, to TSMC. Intel Foundry, which entered the contract chip manufacturing space with huge ambitions, also failed. Now, both companies are thinking of forming an alliance to […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
5 days ago

Nvidia could get some of its gaming chips made by Samsung

Over the past couple of years, Samsung has lost two big-name chip clients—Nvidia and Qualcomm—to TSMC due to power consumption issues. However, Nvidia could come back to Samsung Foundry in the future, as it doesn't want to rely too much on TSMC for its future chips. This is great news for Samsung. Nvidia's future GPUs […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 weeks ago

Samsung reportedly facing low yields of Galaxy S25’s 3nm Exynos 2500 chip

The phones in the Galaxy S25 lineup are expected to be the company's first to use 3nm chips. Earlier, it was rumored that Samsung would use 3nm Exynos 2500 in the Galaxy S25 and the Galaxy S25+ and the 3nm Snapdragon 8 Elite in the Galaxy S25 Ultra. However, that might change as the company […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
4 weeks ago

Samsung Securities suggests Foundry division should spin off

Samsung Foundry appears to be in trouble, as low 3nm yield issues and loss of clients continue. Samsung should announce its Q3 financial report in mid-October, and analysts estimate that the Foundry and System LSI divisions will post significant operating losses. Industry watchers (via Business Korea) say that Samsung's non-memory business, i.e., Foundry and System […]

By Mihai Matei
1 month ago

iPhones might not one-up Galaxy S-series for at least two years

Apple’s latest smartphone lineup, the iPhone 16 series, features the A18 and A18 Pro chipsets, which are made on TSMC’s enhanced 3nm fabrication process called the N3P. Samsung’s upcoming flagship smartphone lineup, the Galaxy S25 series, will most likely use the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC, which could also be made on TSMC’s N3P fabrication […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
2 months ago

Google to ditch Samsung in favour of TSMC for Tensor G5, G6

So far, Google has launched four Tensor chipsets, and it has gotten all those manufactured by Samsung Foundry. Before the latest Tensor SoC, the Tensor G4, came out, there were rumors that the search giant would get its fifth Tensor processor, the Tensor G5, manufactured by TSMC. Earlier this year, a leak confirmed those rumors. […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
2 months ago

NVIDIA open to having its GPUs made by Samsung

NVIDIA is the leading designer of AI and graphics chips. The company doesn't have its own foundry so it needs to get the chips it's designed manufactured by a foundry. The bulk of NVIDIA chips are made by TSMC and Samsung has long been trying to steal some market share away from the dominant player […]

By Adnan Farooqui
2 months ago

Chinese companies are shifting chip orders to Samsung amid US elections fears

Chinese technology companies face a very challenging geopolitical dynamic given the country's strained relations with the United States. They have to navigate these dynamics in order to remain competitive. With the country's stance on China being a major issue during the upcoming US elections, these companies are concerned about potential stricter control policies that could […]

By Adnan Farooqui
3 months ago

Pixel phones will no longer use processors made by Samsung

Since the launch of the first Pixel phone with a Tensor chip, Google has always got its chip fabricated by Samsung Foundry. However, that will change next year, as Google wants to switch to TSMC for more reliable quality and yield. Information about the Pixel 10 processor has now been revealed. Pixel 10 processor, 3nm […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
4 months ago

Samsung waits as TSMC’s price hikes could bring it more customers

TSMC is the biggest contract chipmaking foundry and while Samsung Electronics has tried catching up, TSMC's lead remains unassailable. Samsung has relied on an aggressive pricing strategy to win customers and that has brought a measure of success to the company. Samsung also benefits from the overflow of orders since TSMC's order books are typically […]

By Adnan Farooqui
4 months ago

Google drops Samsung to go with TSMC for Pixel 10’s Tensor chip

Since Google made its first Tensor processor for Pixel devices, its chips have been manufactured by Samsung Foundry. After four generations, though, the company is ditching Samsung Foundry to go with TSMC to fabricate its next-generation Tensor chip, the Tensor G5, which will be used in the Pixel 10 series. More information about Google's switch […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
5 months ago

Samsung is nowhere close to TSMC despite rise in chip making market share

Samsung Foundry was the world's second-biggest semiconductor chip manufacturer in Q1 2024, but it is still nowhere close to its primary rival, TSMC. The company may have grand plans to defeat its Taiwanese rival, but those plans haven't translated into a meaningful upgrade in its business yet. Samsung was the world's second-biggest chip maker in […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
5 months ago

Samsung rival introduces cheaper 4nm chips, vows to bring 1.6nm chips in 2026

Samsung Foundry and TSMC are the world's most advanced contract chip manufacturers, and TSMC has had the upper hand over the past few years. While Samsung has been trying to up its game, it hasn't succeeded. With its 3nm chip fabrication process, the South Korean firm had hoped to win back big-name clients, but even […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
6 months ago

Apple iPhones to get 2nm chips before Galaxy phones

In 2022, TSMC announced that its 2nm fabrication process, dubbed N2, will be ready for mass production by 2025. Soon after that, it was reported that the chipset in Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro series phones would be the first to use TSMC’s 2nm fabrication process. However, after that, we didn’t get any update on the […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
7 months ago

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