Samsung ramping up 2nm chip making capacity to fight TSMC

Samsung is building a chip manufacturing plant in Taylor, Texas, USA. The brand had planned that initially, it would produce 4nm chips at the factory, and later, it would make 2nm chips there. Well, the company has made a drastic change to that plan.

According to a new report from Munhwa Ilbo (via @jukan05), at Samsung’s foundry in Taylor, Texas, all the processes (read equipment for manufacturing semiconductors) will be upgraded from the originally planned 4nm to 2nm. That’s not all.

Previously, Samsung had planned to initially produce 20,000 wafers of 2nm chips per month. Now, the brand has more than doubled that number to 50,000 wafers per month. Reportedly, that’s equivalent to the number of 2nm chip wafers that TSMC, the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturing company, is planning to produce every month initially.

With that, Samsung will give a tough fight to TSMC not only in the 2nm chip segment, but in the chip market in general. The South Korean tech giant has also signed deals with major companies around the world, including Tesla, to make 2nm chips for them. So, its 2nm production capacity will be fully utilised. Reportedly, Samsung is planning to start mass-producing 2nm chips by Q2 2026.