Qualcomm CEO "Collaboration with Samsung... Diversifying Smartphone Chip Foundry"

Christiano Amon, CEO of the U.S. smartphone semiconductor company Qualcomm, revealed that he is seriously considering foundry (semiconductor contract manufacturing) cooperation with Samsung Electronics.

Cristiano Amon, CEO. Photo by AFP Yonhap News

At a media briefing held on the 4th at the W Hotel in Taipei, Taiwan, CEO Amon responded to a foreign reporter's question, "Are there any concerns about the unified smartphone chip production by Taiwan's TSMC?" by saying, "We are considering dual production with TSMC and Samsung Electronics."

CEO Amon said, "For now, we must primarily focus on the foundry production status at TSMC, but production probably requires a lot of effort, and it is difficult for one company to handle two things," adding, "We welcome both TSMC and Samsung Electronics for foundry cooperation and will continue to do so."

Recently, Qualcomm has been raising the possibility of dual production processes for its smartphone chip, the Snapdragon 8 5th generation, in the U.S. Qualcomm had previously entrusted the foundry production of the Snapdragon 8 1st generation to Samsung Electronics in 2021, but due to issues such as overheating, it subsequently entrusted all next-generation volumes to TSMC. However, with the recent release of the Snapdragon X Elite gaining tremendous popularity by being combined with Microsoft's (MS) Copilot+ PC and increasing production demand, it is interpreted that Qualcomm is considering re-cooperation with Samsung Electronics. Additionally, Qualcomm is reportedly internally evaluating Samsung Electronics' next-generation 2nm (1nm = one billionth of a meter) advanced fine process foundry technology positively and is considering entrusting production volumes again to diversify the production process.

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