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Samsung Electronics kicks off mass production of 3-nanometer chips

Samsung Electronics said Thursday it has kicked off mass production of 3-nanometer chips, becoming the first company to do so globally, as it aims to beat Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, or TSMC, the world’s most advanced foundry chipmaker. Samsung said it’s using gate-all-around (GAA) transistor architecture, which allows these first-generation 3-nm chips to have 16% […]

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Samsung Electronics posts record profits for last quarter of 2021 amid global chip shortage

Samsung Electronics posted a 52% jump in profit for the last three months of 2021, amid the global chip shortage. The world’s biggest memory chip maker estimates that it made 13.8 trillion won (approximately $11.5 billion) in the period. That would be its highest fourth quarter operating profit in four years. The company’s earnings were […]