Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

December 14 news, 7nm and 5nm process mass production time later, 3nm process first mass production of Samsung Electronics, is TSMC's biggest competitor in the field of wafer foundry, although the two are far apart in terms of market share, but Samsung Electronics pays more and more attention to wafer foundry business.

According to the latest TrendForce report, revenue from Samsung's wafer foundry business reached $5.584 billion in the third quarter of this year, higher than the $4.3 billion sales of NAND flash memory.

Foreign media reported that the revenue of Samsung Electronics wafer foundry business in the third quarter of this year exceeded the revenue of their NAND flash memory business for the first time.

Samsung Electronics' wafer foundry business surpassed NAND's flash memory business for the first time in the third quarter, first thanks to the growth of their business. The increased demand for customized chips related to artificial intelligence and 5G communications has promoted the development of their contract manufacturing business; the increase in customers, the improvement of the rate of quality products in advanced processes and the enhancement of the competitiveness of mature processes, it is also an important factor in the development of their contract manufacturing business.

Samsung Electronics wafer foundry's revenue surpassed that of NAND flash memory in the third quarter, which was also due to the setback of NAND flash memory business. Demand and prices for NAND flash memory have both fallen due to falling demand for PC and smartphones, with the contract price for NAND flash memory down 13.9 per cent from the end of last year.

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