The chip manufacturing industry It is advancing without brakes towards two nanometers with a very well placed company, Apple, which already has processors like the Apple M4. On the opposite side we have China suffocated by the restrictions of the US and its allies, and even so it will use some trick to achieve this manufacturing process.
Another of the protagonists is Samsung, the popular Korean manufacturer that lost the race towards three nanometers against TSMC and is already planning the next step to be a pioneer. However, even though we learned that only Apple had them insured for this year, Samsung has found a way to arrive on time as he reveals in a press release with his partner.
Samsung and Synopsys: a necessary partnership
Samsung began production of three-nanometer chips in 2022 boasting double the efficiencyalthough it was overshadowed because performance per wafer was not as desired. In 2024, it is still an uncomfortable lithograph with a TSMC that has no problems mass producing them for Apple.
Now, Samsung and its partner Synapsys have announced that they are on the off ramp to start mass producing chips. At the moment, they are preparing: final design stage known as “taping out” leaves no room for doubt.
Precisely at this stage of the production chain, the design is sent to the foundry so that masks can be created that will be used in final manufacturing. The objective, as we say, is mass production that could start in the next few months.
To do this, it has partnered with Synopsys, an electronic design automation company with which the popular Korean manufacturer will cooperate to maximize production performanceand in the process improve the performance of your chip.
Samsung had experimented with three-nanometer semiconductors, but had not reached such an advanced stage until now. Furthermore, these will be the first complex, high-performance chips– Use Samsung Foundry’s well-known Gate All Around (GAA) process.
In the statement that Synopsys has issued, it is not specified where or when they will appear for the first time these chips. Who knows, maybe Samsung’s next flagship will have it in its guts.
More information | Synopsys
Cover image | Samsung Semiconductor