Samsung further strengthens foundry leadership and customer commitment with advanced process roadmap
Samsung Electronics, a global leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced its latest foundry innovations and business strategies at its 7th General Meeting.th Annual Samsung Foundry Forum (SFF) 2023.
This year's forum, with the theme of “Innovation Beyond Boundaries,” delved into Samsung Foundry's mission to meet customer needs in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) through advanced semiconductor technology.
This year's event was attended by more than 700 guests from Samsung Foundry customers and partners, 38 of which hosted their own booths to share the latest technology trends in the foundry industry.
“Samsung Foundry has always been ahead of the innovation curve to meet customer needs, and now our Gate All Around (GAA)-based advanced node technology uses AI to meet customer needs. We are confident that this will help support our customers,'' said Dr. Siyoung Choi, president and head of foundry business at Samsung Electronics. “Ensuring customer success is the core value of our foundry services.”
As part of its business strategy to strengthen its competitiveness as a leading foundry service, Samsung Foundry today announced the following:
- Expanding applications of 2 nanometer (nm) processes and special processes
- Expanded production capacity of Pyeongtaek factory 3rd line (P3)
- Launch of new “Multi-Die Integration (MDI) Alliance” for next-generation packaging technology
- Continued advancement of the foundry ecosystem with Samsung Advanced Foundry Ecosystem (SAFE™) partners
Leading the industry with expanded 2nm applications and specialized processes
At this event, Samsung announced detailed plans and performance levels for mass production of the 2nm process.
The company plans to start mass production of its 2nm process for mobile applications in 2025, expand to HPC in 2026, and automotive in 2027. Samsung's 2nm process (SF2) offers 12% better performance, 25% more power efficiency, and 5% less area when compared to the 3nm process (SF3).
Mass production of SF1.4 is scheduled to begin in 2027.
Starting in 2025, Samsung will launch foundry services for 8-inch gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors targeting consumer, data center, and automotive applications.
To ensure cutting-edge technology for 6G, 5nm radio frequency (RF) is also under development and expected to be available in the first half of 2025. Samsung's 5nm RF process increased power efficiency by 40% and decreased it by 50%. The area increases compared to his previous 14nm process.
In addition, the company plans to add automotive applications to 8nm and 14nm RF, expanding beyond the mobile applications currently in production.
Responding to customer needs by stabilizing the supply chain and expanding production capacity
Under its “Shell First” operating strategy aimed at better meeting customer demands, Samsung Foundry is investing and building capacity by adding new manufacturing lines in Pyeongtaek, South Korea and Taylor, Texas Maintains posture. Under current expansion plans, the company's cleanroom capacity will increase 7.3 times by 2027 compared to 2021.
The company plans to start mass production of foundry products such as mobile phones on Pyeongtaek Line 3 in the second half of the year. Samsung is also focusing on increasing its manufacturing capacity in the United States. Construction of Taylor's new factory is proceeding according to the original plan and is expected to be completed by the end of the year and to begin operations in the second half of 2024.
Samsung will continue to expand its production base to Yongin, South Korea to strengthen Samsung's next-generation foundry services. Yongin is a nearby city located approximately 10 km east of Samsung's Hwaseong and Giheung campuses.
Leading the “Beyond Moore” era with new multi-die integrated alliance
To address the rapid growth of the chiplet market for mobile and HPC applications, Samsung is working with partners and leading memory, substrate packaging and test companies to launch the MDI Alliance.
MDI Alliance is leading stacking technology innovation by forming a packaging technology ecosystem for 2.5D and 3D heterogeneous integration. Samsung collaborates with partners across the ecosystem to provide one-stop turnkey services to better support customers' innovation.
Samsung plans to proactively respond to customer and market needs by developing customized packaging solutions tailored to the individual needs of various applications such as HPC and automotive.
Collaborate with partners to push boundaries and strengthen fabless support
Following the Samsung Foundry Forum, Samsung will hold the Samsung Advanced Foundry Ecosystem (SAFE™) Forum on June 28th with the theme “Accelerating the Speed of Innovation.”
Samsung works with more than 100 partners across electronic design automation (EDA), design solution partners (DSP), outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT), cloud and IP to create a foundry ecosystem that drives customer success. We are promoting mutual growth.
Over the years, Samsung has supported greater collaboration among partners across the foundry ecosystem, evolving the boundaries of design infrastructure from 8-inch to modern GAA processes. Samsung and his 23 EDA partners currently offer over 80 design tools, and in collaboration with his 10 OSAT partners, he has developed 2.5D/3D packaging design solutions. I am.
Samsung provides product design services to customers ranging from startups to industry leaders through strong partnerships with nine DSP partners and nine cloud partners with extensive expertise in Samsung Foundry processes. .
Samsung has also secured a portfolio of over 4,500 key IPs from 50 global IP partners. Samsung plans to secure additional next-generation high-speed interface IP for SF2, including LPDDR5x, HBM3P, PCIe Gen6, and 112G SerDes. Our long-term partnerships with world-leading IP providers in their respective fields enable us to meet the needs of our customers in AI, HPC, and automotive.
“Through our extensive collaboration with SAFE,™ “Samsung Foundry is helping to simplify designs that are becoming more complex as we apply cutting-edge processes and new technologies such as heterogeneous integration,” said Executive Vice President of Foundry Business and Head of Design Platform Development. said Jong-wook Kye. Samsung Electronics. “We will continue to strive for consistent growth of the Samsung Foundry ecosystem in both scale and quality.”
Samsung Electronics will hold Samsung Foundry Forum 2023 in South Korea in July, and the event will expand to Europe and Asia later this year to meet with customers from each region.
