Samsung to ship 2nm chips in 2025, broaden foundry offering
Samsung has said it will begin mass production of its 2nm manufacturing process in 2025 putting it on a par with rival TSMC.
Samsung has also said it will start with a process optimized for mobile applications and then produce variations for high performance computing in 2026 and automotive applications in 2027.
Samsung also benchmarked the initial SF2 process saying it would provide a 5 percent decrease in die area compared to the 3nm SF3 process along with a 12 percent increase in performance and a 25 percent increase in power efficiency.
Mass production of SF1.4 will begin in 2027 as planned.
Also in 2025 Samsung will offer foundry manufacturing of GaN power semiconductors on 200mm-diameter wafers targeting consumer, datacenter and automotive applications.
Samsung said it is developing a 5nm RF process to address 6G communications that will be available in the 1H25. Samsung’s 5nm RF process shows a 40 percent increase in power efficiency and a 50 percent decrease in area compared to the previous 14nm process.
In addition, the company will add automotive applications to its 8nm and 14nm RF, expanding beyond the mobile applications currently under mass production.
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