As you know, Samsung is one of the biggest chip manufacturers in the world. But it is primarily due to its absolute dominance on the memory market. It also makes custom chips for companies like NVIDIA, Apple or Qualcomm, which do not have their own production lines. And it is in this area that he would like to strengthen his position in the near future and at least get closer to the currently largest contract chip manufacturer in the world, TSMC. He had to set aside 116 billion dollars (roughly 2,6 trillion crowns) for this.
Samsung has recently invested considerable resources to catch up with TSMC in the field of contract chip manufacturing. However, it still lags far behind him – TSMC held more than half of the market last year, while the South Korean tech giant had to settle for 18 percent.
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However, he intends to change that and has decided to invest 116 billion dollars in the next-generation chip business and, if not overtake TSMC, then at least catch up. According to Bloomberg, Samsung plans to start mass production of chips based on the 2022nm process by 3.
TSMC expects to be able to offer 3nm chips to its clients in the second half of next year, roughly the same time as Samsung. However, they both want to use different technologies for their production. Samsung should apply to them the long-developed technology called Gate-All-Around (GAA), which, according to many observers, could revolutionize the industry. This is because it enables a more precise flow of current across the channels, reduces energy consumption and reduces the area of the chip.
TSMC appears to be sticking with the proven FinFet technology. It is expected to use the GAA technology to produce 2024nm chips in 2, but according to some analysts it could be as early as the second half of the previous year.
