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TechnologyMay 1, 2026· 1 min read

Samsung Foundry Improves Again: Yield Growth for 4 nm Chips

Samsung Foundry continues to refine its 4-nanometer FinFET manufacturing process, alongside its more advanced nodes. This strategy allows the company to manage high volumes while also providing more cost-effective solutions that do not necessarily require the latest technologies. Recently, Samsung has achieved a significant milestone in terms of production yield.

An Important Achievement

A new report coming from South Korea states that the company has further improved its 4 nm node, bringing the yield to over 80%. This is an important result that confirms the excellent work done by Samsung in recent years. After facing difficulties in the past and the strong growth of TSMC, the company has been working to close the gap and carve out an increasingly relevant space among chip manufacturers that are crucial to various industrial sectors.

The 4 nm production process continues to be very important and finds application in various sectors, from mobile telephony to the automotive industry, as well as serving as a basis for sixth-generation HBM4 memory chips. It is worth noting that Samsung is simultaneously working on the new version of its 2 nm process, which represents the crown jewel of its current offering.

The company aims to establish a new partnership with Qualcomm and to secure new orders from customers who have been placed on hold by TSMC, after the Taiwanese giant was unable to increase production to meet all the requests received.