Qualcomm one of the leading chip manufacturers is planning to use the Samsung SF2 process for its next-generation smartphone processor. It’s worth mentioning that Samsung sees 2nm as a game-changer, but people are still doubtful it can execute the migration better than TSMC.
TSMC said that its N2 technology development was progressing well and on track for volume production in 2025, and will be the most advanced semiconductor technology in the industry in both density and energy efficiency when it is introduced.
However, the user of the Samsung SFC process in Qualcomm’s next high-end processor may mark a reversal in fortune. As Qualcomm transferred most of its flagship mobile chips from Samsung’s 4-nanometre process to TSMC’s equivalent.
Moving on, the Korean company insists that its 3-nanometre yield rates have improved, but the report claims that the yield rate of its simplest 3nm chip is just 60 percent, well below customer expectations and likely to fall further when producing more complex chips equivalent to Apple’s A17 Pro or Nvidia’s graphic processing units.
