Apart from making electronic devices and accessories, Samsung is also well-known for developing its own semiconductor components, which typically consist of memory chip components and processor chips. Samsung Exynos chips are one such example.
Previously, Samsung Foundry, a semiconductor chip manufacturing company, was reported to begin mass-producing its 1.4nm process in 2027. Recently, there have been rumors that they will abandon the plan.
This is because Samsung Foundry is currently facing difficulties in increasing semiconductor chip production with its existing SF3 (3nm) technology, and the closure of its previous 5 and 7nm production processes does not seem to be helping much.
Samsung is now seen focusing on improving the quality and volume of production using its SF2 (2nm) process, and this is important because it is the process used to manufacture the Samsung Exynos 2600 chip that will be used in the Samsung Galaxy S26 series of devices next year.
Samsung also has SF2A and SF2Z processes that are more focused on the production of components for the automotive industry, but it seems that it is still difficult for Samsung, which only has an 8.2 percent share of semiconductor chip production compared to TSMC, which has a 67 percent market share, according to a report by the Korea Economic Daily.
Samsung still needs to find new customers to use their chip manufacturing process, but for now, this seems to be difficult, especially because the number of chips produced is not very encouraging.
It could also mean that Samsung will focus entirely on their SF2 process before returning to the SF1.4 process for the production of their latest semiconductor chips, but for now, this is not official yet.