Samsung is looking forward to strengthening its fundamentals for the next-generation 2nm process by upgrading yield and cost-effectiveness and aims to earn a foothold in the market.
The Korean tech giant is unearthing several strategies to secure a strong position in the upcoming 2nm market, which will be beneficial for the company to win clients who demand stable and high-performance nodes at competitive prices.
Samsung is actively working on increasing the yield of the 2nm process rather than jumping to more advanced node development, as it has decided to delay its 1.4nm process mass production plan from 2027 to 2029.
A new report from Chosun revealed that Samsung started gearing up for a long-lasting battle, as demand for 2 nm is expected to remain strong for the next 3 to 4 years. Initially, with the current 3nm and 4nm, the company believed in pursuing the title of being the first to release a new process.
However, rushing is not the case anymore, since 2 nm will become the mainstream process for mobile, servers, and HPC for several years, which forces the company to be more focused on improving process quality, even if it has to release cutting-edge tech later than its archrival TSMC.
Reportedly, the Korean tech firm is also preparing to upgrade the heat management and performance of the 2 nm process faster than expected. It will use the old gate-all-around (GAA) transistor technology, which is a kind of advantage in stabilizing the technology. However, its yield is still 20 to 30% lower compared to its rival TSMC, which will trouble it in mass production efficiency.
Samsung is expected to introduce the 2nm node and begin mass producing its in-house 2nm Exynos 2600 chipset in the second half of this year. Since Samsung has yet to reveal the exact strategies, it will be interesting to see what will happen next.
