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Recently, South Korean media reported that Samsung’s semiconductor foundry division is negotiating with Qualcomm to mass-produce a 2nm mobile application processor (AP), specifically the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2.
According to South Korean media, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 will have two versions, with the Samsung version utilizing the advanced 2nm process, while the TSMC version will continue to use the 3nm node for chip production.
Samsung plans to complete the design in the second quarter of this year and begin production in the first quarter of next year, ultimately manufacturing at Samsung’s most advanced factory, Hwaseong S3, with a monthly capacity of approximately 1,000 12-inch wafers, accounting for 15% of Samsung’s total 2nm capacity, which has not yet reached mass production levels.
Additionally, due to the later production time and lower yield, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 chip may not be widely adopted and will only be deployed in Samsung’s flagship foldable products in the second half of 2026.
Samsung’s collaboration with Qualcomm began in 2016 when Qualcomm’s first Snapdragon 820 processor, which utilized an ARM custom core, was produced using Samsung’s 14nm FinFET process. In 2017, Samsung continued to use the 10nm process to manufacture the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835, becoming the only foundry to supply the Snapdragon 835. In the second quarter of 2020, Samsung won the foundry order for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 with its 5nm EUV process, which was Qualcomm’s first 5G flagship AP exclusively manufactured by Samsung. However, due to yield and process issues, Qualcomm transferred all orders of 4nm and below to TSMC starting in the second half of 2022.
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