Optimistic about chip foundry Samsung plans to triple chip foundry capacity by 2026

News on November 2, according to foreign media reports, the global chip shortage that started in the automotive field at the beginning of this year has expanded to many fields such as consumer electronics, and is still ongoing.

For the global chip shortage that started at the beginning of this year and spread to many fields, to a large extent, the production capacity of chip foundries was unable to meet the increasing demand, resulting in a shortage of chips, which in turn affected the final product production.

The tight production capacity of chip foundries and the strong demand for chip foundries have also prompted chip foundries to expand their production capacity to meet the demand. UMC announced in April that it will cooperate with customers to increase production capacity, and plans to build a new fab in Singapore. PSMC also started building a 12-inch fab in March.

According to foreign media reports, Samsung Electronics, whose market share is second only to TSMC in the chip foundry field, is also preparing to significantly increase chip foundry production capacity.

According to foreign media reports, Samsung Electronics plans to triple its chip foundry capacity by 2026, that is, double it.

In the report, foreign media also mentioned that Samsung Electronics will increase the production capacity of the extreme ultraviolet lithography machine production line at the Pyeongtaek S5 factory, and also plans to build a new factory in the United States to meet the growing demand for chip foundries from customers.

It is worth noting that there have been many news about Samsung Electronics’ over-coded chip foundry business. At the end of 2019, foreign media reported that Samsung Electronics planned to invest 116 billion US dollars in the next ten years to develop its chip manufacturing business. In May of this year, it was reported that Samsung Electronics plans to invest 171 trillion won, or about $145.5 billion, in non-memory chip fields by 2030, including chip foundry.