Samsung to start high-volume 3nm chip production next year
Jul 11, 2021, 7:22 PM
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Samsung Foundry, the second-largest independent foundry worldwide after TSMC, has made some changes to its 3nm process node according to AnandTech. The first chips from Samsung Foundry to be produced using the 3nm process, 3GAE (3nm Gate-All-Around Early), will reportedly be going through high-volume manufacturing a year later than usual. It also was removed from Samsung's roadmap indicating that 3GAE might be produced for internal use only.
A Samsung representative said, "As for the 3GAE process, we've been in discussion with customers and expect to mass-produce 3GAE in 2022." 3GAE's successor, the 3GAP (3nm Gate-All-Around Plus) node still is listed on the roadmap with volume manufacturing expected to begin in 2023. The aforementioned roadmap was unveiled at Foundry Forum 2021 in China. Samsung Foundry introduced its updated tech roadmap which was then republished on Baidu and Weibo.