Samsung is facing ongoing challenges with 2nm chip yields, prompting the company to withdraw personnel from its $17 billion Taylor, Texas plant, which was designed to be.
Cutting corners: Samsung’s Texas semiconductor fab was intended to be a key facility for the mass production of advanced processes below 4nm. However, several setbacks have raised questions about Samsung’s ability to compete in the advanced chip manufacturing space. The company is rapidly losing ground to TSMC, and unless it regains its footing, its decline could significantly impact the semiconductor landscape.
Samsung is facing ongoing challenges with 2nm chip yields, prompting the company to withdraw personnel from its $17 billion Taylor, Texas plant, which was designed to be a hub for mass production of advanced processes below 4nm. This decision, first reported by Business Korea, comes amid repeated delays in the company’s mass production timeline, now pushed back from late 2024 to 2026.
Samsung’s foundry yield for processes below 3nm currently stands below 50 percent, with its Gate-All-Around (GAA) technology yield reportedly as low as 10 to 20 percent.
