Samsung Foundry, the semiconductor chip manufacturing division of Samsung Electronics, is returning to the chip manufacturing market. Having lost many important customers, including Apple, Nvidia and Qualcomm, to rival TSMC, Samsung is now preparing to regain some of its lost ground.

This turnaround is attributed to significant advances in Samsung’s 4nm chip manufacturing technology. The company has reportedly managed to match TSMC’s performance and performance for 4nm chips.

Samsung may produce AMD Zen 5c chips

This advancement caught the attention of AMD, which has reportedly decided to use Samsung Foundry’s 4nm process for its next-generation Zen 5c processors. While the lower-end models in the Zen 5c series are expected to be produced using Samsung’s 4nm process, the higher-end models are expected to be produced using TSMC’s 3nm process.

Samsung’s successful production of AMD Zen 5c chips could open the door for AMD to consider Samsung Foundry’s new 3nm GAA process in its future work.

“If Samsung successfully receives orders for AMD’s 4 nanochips this time, this will pave the way for transactions in the server ‘big chip’ space in which Samsung is involved,” thinks Kim Yang Peng, a researcher at the Korea Institute of Industrial Economics and Trade. . has traditionally been less dominant.” In the future, advanced processes such as 3-nano may become a reality for Samsung and further expand its influence in the industry.”

Samsung’s advanced chip manufacturing capabilities are also attracting the attention of other companies, especially in the Generative AI segment. While TSMC’s manufacturing capacity remains under pressure due to the increase in demand for AI-related chips, companies are turning to Samsung Foundry as an alternative, given that the two companies are the only ones in the world capable of producing 3nm and 5nm chips.