Samsung announces it will start manufacturing 2nm chips in 2025

The race for the 2 nm is something that the main companies have been talking about for a few years, and today in a speech, Dr. Siyoung Choi, Samsung Foundry business unit director, said the company is on track to mass-produce chips using its 2nm manufacturing process. in the second half of 2025. The announcement, made at Samsung Foundry Forum 2021, indicates that the company will continue to develop cutting-edge technologies and compete against Intel and TSMC.

Indeed, Samsung Foundry’s 2nm could have an advantage over rivals Intel and TSMC.

“Manufacturing at 2 nm is expected to begin en masse in the second half of 2025,” said Dr. Siyoung Choi. “When it does, it will represent the third generation of process technologies applied by GAA. Ultimately, we expect the industry transition to 2nm to be smooth thanks to past experience with 3nm. In preparation for that future, Samsung Foundry will continue to strengthen its competencies in process technologies. “

At this point, Samsung does not reveal the advantages of its 2nm manufacturing technology, although it is natural to expect that a new node will bring some improvements in performance, power and transistor density compared to the previous generation nodes. The company also did not say whether its 2nm process will be derived from its 3nm nodes or will be a technology.

The 2nm will bring higher transistor density, greater power and performance benefits.

Transitions to a new process are always a challenge for both chip makers and chip designers. In addition to things like new components, new methodologies, new factories for new nodes, and new electronic design automation (EDA) tools, chipmakers need to learn how to maximize yields with new transistors, while chip developers need to work. in a completely new design.

Getting there first has its benefits. By the time Samsung’s 2nm technology enters mass production in the second half of 2025, it will be Samsung’s third-generation GAA node that brings the new chips to life. The company will have quite a bit of experience with the new type of transistors by the second half of 2025, which could translate into better performances, higher transistor density, and / or power / performance benefits.

There is one important thing to note about Samsung’s 2nm MBCFET manufacturing process. If it goes into mass production in the second half of 2025 (which would be July 1) and would have the first batch of chips ready in October, products based on these chips will hit the market in the first quarter of 2026 at the latest. soon if all goes well.

Earlier this year, IBM revealed its 2nm test chip that uses GAA transistors and packages 50 billion transistors.