It seems that Samsung will launch its new chip technology GAA at 3nm, but unfortunately no smartphone chipset vendor will benefit from the next-generation manufacturing process, at least for now. Samsung will reportedly ship the first batch of 3nm GAA chips for cryptocurrency mining purposes, as industry and government sources said on Tuesday that Samsung plans to hold the first 3nm GAA chip shipment ceremony at its manufacturing facility in Hwaseong, the province. Gyeonggi, on July 25.
Lee Chang-yang, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy, and Kyung Kye-hyun, President and CEO of Samsung’s Device Solutions Division, will attend the ceremony. As for who will receive the first batch, Business Korea will provide the following details:
The buyer to receive the first batch is a Chinese cryptocurrency miner and a long-term customer who cannot be trusted given the current conditions in the cryptocurrency market. In addition, the 3nm chips are not produced in Pyeongtaek but in Hwaseong and this implies a relatively small production scale as the best equipment of Samsung Electronics is in Pyeongtaek and Hwaseong develops the production technologies.
As for smartphone chipsets, Samsung could use its 3nm GAA technology to mass-produce the next Exynos 2300. The SoC could be used in the next series Galaxy S23 and maybe a variant of it could be used by Google for its third-generation Tensor chip for the Pixel 8 family, but other than that, Qualcomm could potentially benefit, but only if TSMC experiences problems with its 3nm technology .
Source: Lega Nerd
