Samsung Electronics Co unveiled a number of forthcoming advancements to its technology aimed at attracting makers of artificial intelligence (AI) chips.
Although, Samsung is the world’s No. 1 memorychip maker, it has been trying to catch up with rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) in the foundry market, where companies manufacture customer-designed chips.
Samsung’s share in the foundry market slid to 11 percent in the first quarter of this year from 11.3 percent in the previous quarter, while TSMC’s share climbed to 61.7 percent from 61.2 percent during the same period, according to Taipei-based research house TrendForce Corp (集邦科技).
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Samsung on Wednesday announced several new types of production technology and laid out its chipmaking road map and outlined its vision for the AI era at its annual foundry forum in San Jose, California.
The advanced process introduced by Samsung uses so-called backside power delivery network technology, which places power rails on the backside of a silicon wafer. Such technology enhances power, performance and area, while significantly reducing the drop in voltage, compared with its first-generation 2-nanometer process, the company said.
The South Korean chipmaker also said that its ability to offer logic, memory and advanced packaging would help it make rapid progress in winning outsourced semiconductor manufacturing orders for AI-related chips.
The company predicted that its AI-related customer list would expand five-fold and revenue would increase by nine times over current levels by 2028.
Samsung executives declined to comment on the status of the company’s attempts to supply the latest advanced memory chips to Nvidia Corp, which produces AI accelerators that are a must-have for all large technology companies.
They also did not respond to reports that it has not yet been able to achieve qualification of such chips at the US company.
The company touted its gate-all-around (GAA) technology, which is key for AI products.
Samsung said it plans to mass produce its second-generation 3-nanometer process in the second half of this year and deliver GAA on its upcoming 2-nanometer process.
In 2022, the company became the first in the industry to begin GAA-based 3-nanometer mass production.
The chipmaker affirmed that its preparations for 1.4-nanometer are progressing smoothly, with performance and yield targets on track for mass production in 2027.
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