On the 19th local time,Samsung Electronics held the "Samsung Foundry Forum 2023" in Munich, Germany, and announced its advanced process roadmap and foundry strategy. In this forum,Samsung showcased a series of customized solutions for the automotive industry from the most advanced 2nm process to 8-inch traditional process.
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Siyoung Choi, president of Samsung's foundry business unit, said: "We are currently increasing our investment in preparations to provide customers with a variety of solutions such as power semiconductors, microcontrollers, and advanced autonomous driving artificial intelligence chips."
Samsung emphasized that it will complete mass production of 2nm chips for automobiles in 2026; also revealed its plan to develop the industry's first 5nme MRAM.
Since becoming the first company in the industry to mass-produce eMRAM based on the 28nm process in 2019, Samsung plans to mass-produce 14nm automotive eMRAM in 2024, and thenMass production of 8nm and 5nm automotive eMRAM in 2026 and 2027.
Samsung officials stated that compared with 14nm, 8nme MRAM is expected to have a 30% increase in integration and a 33% increase in speed.
In addition, Samsung also plans to upgrade the current 130mm automotive BCD process to 90nm by 2025. Compared with 130nm,The 90nm BCD process will reduce the chip area by 20%.
According to previous DigiTimes reports, KyeHyunKyung, head of Samsung’s semiconductor and device solutions (DS) division, once publicly stated,To surpass TSMC and other industry giants in the next five years.
TSMC President Wei Zhejia disclosed at yesterday's legal briefing that TSMC is expected to mass-produce 2nm process chips in 2025.