TSMC keeps beating Samsung in the foundry market, grows share

Samsung has long had its sights on cutting TSMC’s lead in the global foundry market. TSMC has been in a commanding position for years and keeps growing its share, leaving Samsung far behind. The latest figures paint a similar picture. Not only did TSMC manage to grow its market share in the fourth quarter of […]

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Samsung facing the heat from new contract chip manufacturers Intel and Rapidus

For the past few years, Samsung Foundry and TSMC were the only brands capable of making semiconductor chips on 7nm (or better) process nodes. While TSMC has been the best in performance and efficiency, Samsung was a good option for firms that couldn’t afford TSMC or get enough volume. Intel and Rapidus plan to make […]

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Samsung facing the heat from new contract chip manufacturers Intel and Rapidus

For the past few years, Samsung Foundry and TSMC were the only brands capable of making semiconductor chips on 7nm (or better) process nodes. While TSMC has been the best in performance and efficiency, Samsung was a good option for firms that couldn’t afford TSMC or get enough volume. Intel and Rapidus plan to make […]

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Samsung facing the heat from new contract chip manufacturers Intel and Rapidus

For the past few years, Samsung Foundry and TSMC were the only brands capable of making semiconductor chips on 7nm (or better) process nodes. While TSMC has been the best in performance and efficiency, Samsung was a good option for firms that couldn’t afford TSMC or get enough volume. Intel and Rapidus plan to make […]

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Meta looks to Samsung for reducing its chip dependence on TSMC

Meta is heavily invested in artificial intelligence and extended reality. As such, the company is in need of advanced chips, and there are only a handful of companies in the world that can produce these chips. TSMC is one of the leading producers which is why all tech companies flock to it, but Samsung’s also […]

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Apple Likely Already Designing Chips Based on TSMC’s 2nm Process

Apple is already designing the chips that will use TSMC’s next-generation 2-nanometer fabrication process, according to information allegedly sourced from an Apple employee on LinkedIn. Originally captured by Korean website gamma0burst and shared on X (Twitter) by the leaker Revegnus (@Tech_Reve), the information appears in a heavily redacted slide said to list the employee’s work […]

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Samsung’s laser-focused on beating TSMC in advanced chipmaking

Taiwan-based TSMC is the leading contract chip manufacturer in the world. It takes up a major chunk of the very lucrative chipmaking market. Samsung has been trying hard to catch up to its rival but has been finding it difficult, particularly with TSMC’s lead on the 3nm process. Samsung is now laser-focused on beating TSMC […]

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Some Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chips rumored to be made by Samsung

Ever since Qualcomm abandoned Samsung Foundry for TSMC after the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 fiasco, the company hasn’t looked back. Three of its next-generation chips—Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, and Snapdragon 8 Gen 3—are made by TSMC. However, the company might come back to Samsung Foundry if rumors are to be believed. […]

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TSMC and Intel continue to make life very difficult for Samsung

Samsung is facing intense competition in the semiconductor market, largely due to TSMC’s increasing competitiveness as well as Intel’s comeback. The supply glut in the memory market and resulting price declines have already been quite painful for the company. It didn’t help that Samsung Chairman Lee Jae-yong’s absence due to his legal troubles prevented Samsung […]

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Both Samsung and TSMC will be keeping 2nm chip manufacturing in their home countries

Leading chip manufacturers Samsung and TSMC are already drafting plans for their respective 2nm manufacturing. According to a recent report by the SCMP (South China Morning Post) and the Korean Times, Samsung is planning to start 2nm manufacturing in South Korea next year. The company is also investing a total of KRW 500 trillion ($371 […]

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Samsung wants to keep 2nm chip production to its home country

Samsung and TSMC are expanding their chip production facilities to other countries, like Japan and the USA, but they want to keep the most cutting-edge chip fabrication technologies in their home countries. While Samsung and TSMC plan to make 4nm chips in the US, they are keeping 2nm chip production in South Korea and Taiwan, […]

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Samsung wants to keep 2nm chip production to its home country

Samsung and TSMC are expanding their chip production facilities to other countries, like Japan and the USA, but they want to keep the most cutting-edge chip fabrication technologies in their home countries. While Samsung and TSMC plan to make 4nm chips in the US, they are keeping 2nm chip production in South Korea and Taiwan, […]

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3nm Dimensity 9400 to launch in late 2024 to compete with Exynos 2500

Four flagship smartphone processors will be launched by the end of this year: Apple A18 Pro, MediaTek Dimensity 9400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, and Samsung Exynos 2500 (tentative name). All four chipsets will be made using cutting-edge 3nm semiconductor chip fabrication processes. More details about the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 have been revealed. 3nm Dimensity […]

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TSMC sera-t-il aux commandes de la production des processeurs Intel Lunar Lake et Nova Lake ?

Intel et TSMC Les premières indiscrétions évoquant un partenariat entre Intel et TSMC pour la production de processeurs datent de 2021. A l’époque nous avions évoqué que le géant du processeur envisageait d’externaliser une partie de sa production en particulier lors de l’adoption du 3 et de 2 nm. Un nouveau rapport signé par le […]

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Apple to Get TSMC’s First 2-Nanometer Chips

Apple will be the first company to receive chips built on the TSMC’s future 2-nanometer process, DigiTimes said today. According to sources that spoke to the site, Apple is “widely believed to be the initial client to utilize the process.” The report comes from ‌DigiTimes‌ “Tomorrow’s Headlines” alert, so additional details may be available in […]

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Google reportedly starts testing Tensor G5 for Pixel 10

In July 2023, a report from The Information claimed that Google will get Tensor G5, the chipset that is expected to power the Pixel 10 series, manufactured by TSMC. Since then, there has been no update on the matter. Well, that’s changing today. According to a new report from Economic Daily, Google has handed over […]

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Exynos 2400 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 3: What’s different?

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S24 series last night. After exclusively using Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors in Galaxy S23 phones last year, the company has brought back in-house Exynos chips this year. The Exynos 2400 is used in the Galaxy S24 and the Galaxy S24+ in most countries worldwide. In Canada, China, and the US, the same […]

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Exynos 2400 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 3: What’s different?

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S24 series last night. After exclusively using Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors in Galaxy S23 phones last year, the company has brought back in-house Exynos chips this year. The Exynos 2400 is used in the Galaxy S24 and the Galaxy S24+ in most countries worldwide. In Canada, China, and the US, the same […]

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Exynos 2400 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 3: What’s different?

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S24 series last night. After exclusively using Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors in Galaxy S23 phones last year, the company has brought back in-house Exynos chips this year. The Exynos 2400 is used in the Galaxy S24 and the Galaxy S24+ in most countries worldwide. In Canada, China, and the US, the same […]

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Next-Gen Apple Chip Technology on Track to Reach Production in 2025

Next-generation 2nm chip technology destined for future Apple devices is on schedule to begin production next year, DigiTimes reports. TSMC chip fabrication facilities will begin installing equipment designed for 2nm chip production in April at the earliest. Apple was the first company to utilize TSMC’s initial 3nm technology with the A17 Pro chip in the […]

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