Samsung ships its first set of 3nm chips, marking an important milestone

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Last week, it was revealed that
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. Today, the South Korean firm held a ceremony for the first shipment of its 3nm GAA chips. The ceremony was
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in South Korea.

The event was attended by around 100 people, including Changyang Lee (Minister of Trade, Industry, and Energy), Kye Kyung-hyeon (CEO of
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Electronics DS), and all the important employees who participated in the development and mass production of
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GAA chips. During the event, Samsung expressed its ambitions to “go forward with innovative technology to become the best in the world.

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Vice President Jeong Ki-tae said that technological hurdles in developing 3nm chips were solved through collaboration beyond the company. The company worked with Samsung’s other business arms and global manufacturing and infrastructure partners.

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Samsung’s 3nm chips use the GAA (Gate All Around) technology for higher power efficiency and faster performance than the existing FinFET technology. This technology will be used to make high-performance computing chips for servers and data centers. It will also be
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, tablets, wearable devices, laptops, PCs, and more.

The South Korean firm started the development of GAA technology in the early 2000s and successfully applied it to 3nm chips in 2017. After a few years of research and development, the company started the trial production run of its new chips. These chips are being
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, Samsung’s primary rival firm in the semiconductor contract manufacturing space, is expected to make 3nm chips sometime in Q4 2022. Both firms will fight to get orders from big clients like
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, Apple, MediaTek, Nvidia, and Qualcomm.

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