Samsung Foundry taps into ASIC start-up with its latest 4nm SF4X HPC process offering.
July 21, 2023
Key Takeaways:
- Samsung Foundry's new 4nm process (SF4) aims for long-term market share growth, promising enhanced performance, lower power usage, better yields, and higher capacity compared to its 5nm nodes.
- SF4 is set to enter mass production in 2H23, featuring improved FinFET transistor integration, gate processes, and metal pitches for higher density and electrical performance.
- Samsung Foundry's expanded 4nm lineup, including SF4X for HPC devices, seeks to challenge competitors like TSMC, with partnerships from Nvidia and Groq for next-gen HPC products expected to hit the market in 2H24.
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Authors
Lucy Chen
Lucy Chen, Vice President at Isaiah Research, has been working 25+ years in semiconductor industry. Focus on semiconductor engineering and supply chain research. Master in Application Chemistry, NCTU, Taiwan Currently as the Vice President at Isaiah Research and lead semiconductor research team to work on the supply chain analysis from IC design and IDM(Qualcomm, MediaTek, Intel, etc) to foundries(TSMC, Samsung, UMC, GlobalFoundries, SMIC) and OSATs(ASE,SPIL). Business development and customer management including raw materials and equipment suppliers, top tier foundries and smartphone brands. Used to work as the Engineering Director at Lam Research for 15+ years and Director of Technology & Marketing at SEZ Group. Focus on process engineering, product strategies planning, supply chain and customer management including foundries and memory.
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