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Amid renewed interest from customers in its chipmaking capacity on the advanced nodes, Samsung is back to making significant investments in new equipment to compete more effectively with the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, its biggest rival in this space.
According to reports, Samsung is spending $773 million to buy two of the most advanced chipmaking machines from Netherlands-based ASML, the only company in the world that makes these machines.
Samsung is reportedly spending this huge sum of money to buy two of ASML's best extreme ultraviolet lithography machines which are expected to be delivered by the middle of next year.
This is viewed as a critical investment to ensuring Samsung's competitiveness in the global chip market. At least one of the machines, identified as the Twinscan EXE:5200B, is expected to be delivered to Samsung later this year. The other will likely arrive in the first half of next year.
Samsung has had the time to familiarize itself with this equipment. It received a research use machine of the same calibre earlier this year. The latest purchase marks Samsung's first acquisition of high NA EUV machines intended for mass production of 2nm chips.
After its stumbles with the 3nm process, Samsung has been prioritizing advanced processes at 2nm and below. When Jinman Han took over as the head of Samsung's foundry division last year, he instructed engineers to prioritize 2nm-based chip production. Samsung Electronics' Chairman Jay Y. Lee is also said to have a high personal interest in making this happen.
Samsung is reportedly going to deploy these machines at its 2nm foundry lines where the Exynos 2600 chipset is already being produced. It's believed that this equipment will be used to manufacture Tesla's 2nm AI chips, following a $16.5 billion agreement between the two companies.
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According to reports, Samsung is spending $773 million to buy two of the most advanced chipmaking machines from Netherlands-based ASML, the only company in the world that makes these machines.
It wants to grab the 2nm opportunity by the horns
Samsung is reportedly spending this huge sum of money to buy two of ASML's best extreme ultraviolet lithography machines which are expected to be delivered by the middle of next year.
This is viewed as a critical investment to ensuring Samsung's competitiveness in the global chip market. At least one of the machines, identified as the Twinscan EXE:5200B, is expected to be delivered to Samsung later this year. The other will likely arrive in the first half of next year.
Samsung has had the time to familiarize itself with this equipment. It received a research use machine of the same calibre earlier this year. The latest purchase marks Samsung's first acquisition of high NA EUV machines intended for mass production of 2nm chips.
After its stumbles with the 3nm process, Samsung has been prioritizing advanced processes at 2nm and below. When Jinman Han took over as the head of Samsung's foundry division last year, he instructed engineers to prioritize 2nm-based chip production. Samsung Electronics' Chairman Jay Y. Lee is also said to have a high personal interest in making this happen.
Samsung is reportedly going to deploy these machines at its 2nm foundry lines where the Exynos 2600 chipset is already being produced. It's believed that this equipment will be used to manufacture Tesla's 2nm AI chips, following a $16.5 billion agreement between the two companies.
The post Samsung drops nearly $800 million on new machines to fight its biggest rival appeared first on imeisource.