Samsung agrees with Nvidia and Qualcomm for 3nm chips

Samsung Foundry, the chip manufacturing division of South Korean technology giant Samsung, will use the latest production lines and processes for some of the world’s largest companies, according to reports from Korean media.

Samsung signs deal with Nvidia and Qualcomm

Samsung launched the 3-nanometer chip manufacturing process earlier this year to take the lead against TSMC. On the other hand, TSMC is the world’s largest chip maker, controlling more than half of the market, and is also in a strong position in its own 3nm process. On the other hand, Samsung has a hard time catching up with the Taiwanese company despite enormous resources, and information from sources close to the company is reported that the desired efficiency cannot be achieved in 3nm technology. In addition, Samsung promises an advanced transistor type called gate all around (GAA), which it developed with IBM in 3nm chips.

According to the comprehensive report by The Korea Economic Daily, companies that want to use Samsung’s 3nm production process have already reached agreements. These companies include big companies such as Nvidia, Qualcomm, IBM, Baidu. However, the report will start receiving its products from Samsung as early as 2024 at the earliest.

We can say that this partially confirms the “productivity” problem we mentioned in our previous news. On the other hand, this timeline seems to be normal for 3 nanometer products. Because TSMC’s first 3nm production will only be for Apple iPhones next year. For other important partners such as TSMC and AMD, it will use 3nm bands in 2024.