A South Korean media outlet reports Samsung plans to temporarily close 30% of its trailing-edge semiconductor manufacturing facilities due to poor demand. That number will supposedly go up to 50% by the end of the year.
This feels like an AI article, but assuming its not, they’re keeping their 3nm processes running. Honestly don’t know why they still have their 5nm equipment still running since (as I understand it, which admittedly may be flawed) they’ll never be able to compete on volume or price with chinese 5nm production, let alone 7nm…
Loongsun’s, though you’ve got a point and I’m not sure if theres a chinese foundry doing 5nm (there’s plenty of research labs doing 5nm, I guess? But I did mean 7nm not 5nm, apologies)
This feels like an AI article, but assuming its not, they’re keeping their 3nm processes running. Honestly don’t know why they still have their 5nm equipment still running since (as I understand it, which admittedly may be flawed) they’ll never be able to compete on volume or price with chinese 5nm production, let alone 7nm…
What Chinese 5nm/7nm production volume are you referring to?
Loongsun’s, though you’ve got a point and I’m not sure if theres a chinese foundry doing 5nm (there’s plenty of research labs doing 5nm, I guess? But I did mean 7nm not 5nm, apologies)