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CTOnews.com, October 24, Korea Economic News reported that Samsung Electronics, which is committed to developing state-of-the-art semiconductor foundry processes, has adjusted its strategic direction and expanded its investment in "traditional and characteristic" processes.

It is said that Samsung Electronics Semiconductor contract Manufacturing Division plans to increase the number of traditional and characteristic processes by more than 10 by 2024. By 2027, Samsung Electronics' traditional and characteristic process capacity will reach 2.3 times that of 2018.

To put it simply, semiconductor foundry processes are roughly divided into the most cutting-edge processes, traditional processes and characteristic processes. The traditional process is the "standard" process, that is, the "old process", which was born in the process of technology development by semiconductor foundry enterprises such as 10nm, 14nm, 28nm, 65nm, 180nm and so on, while the characteristic process is to customize and improve the traditional process for specific customer companies.

State-of-the-art processes produce ultra-small, high-performance, low-power semiconductors such as application processors (AP) for smartphones and so on. Traditional process manufacturing does not need fine automotive semiconductors, sensors and so on. The characteristic process is to partially improve the traditional process according to the requirements of specific customers.

CTOnews.com has reported that Samsung Electronics issued a forecast for the third quarter on October 7, with an operating profit of 10.8 trillion won, down 31.73% from the same period last year and 23.4% from the previous quarter.

TSMC ranked as the third largest semi-conductor factory in the world in 2021, with annual revenue of $56.84 billion, about 31 per cent lower than Samsung's $82.019 billion.

Industry analysts say that Samsung Electronics is recently promoting the strategy of "strengthening traditional and characteristic processes" is a "conversion card" to make up for this disadvantage. Samsung Electronics Semiconductor Manufacturing Division plans to increase the number of traditional and characteristic processes (production lines) by more than 10 by 2024. By 2027, Samsung Electronics' traditional and characteristic process capacity will be 2.3 times that of 2018.

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