Ngokwemibiko evela eSouth Korea, abakwaSamsung bathole inkontileka yokukhiqiza ama-chips e-Snapdragon 750 I-chipset entsha ye-5G kufanele isetshenziswe ama-smartphones aphakathi nendawo. Inani "ledili" alaziwa okwamanje.
I-Samsung, noma kunalokho isigaba sayo se-semiconductor i-Samsung Foundry, kufanele yenze i-chip isebenzisa inqubo ye-8nm FinFET. Amafoni akwaSamsung kuthiwa ngawokuqala ukuwathola Galaxy I-A42 5G ne-Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite 5G, okufanele yethulwe ngasekupheleni konyaka.
Umdondoshiya wezobuchwepheshe waseNingizimu Korea usanda kuthola izinkontileka zokwenza i-chip ye-Qualcomm ezayo ye-Snapdragon 875, okukholakala ukuthi yakhiwe kusetshenziswa inqubo ye-5nm EUV, amakhadi ehluzo ochungechunge lwe-Nvidia's RTX 3000, azokhiqizwa kusetshenziswa inqubo ye-8nm, kanye ne-IBM's POWER10. isikhungo sedatha, esizokhiqizwa inqubo ye-7nm. Izinkontileka ze-Samsung ne-Qualcomm ziwumphumela wobuchule be-Samsung bezobuchwepheshe kanye namanani angcono, ngokusho kwabangaphakathi kwebhizinisi lezobuchwepheshe.
AbakwaSamsung kuthiwa bahlela ukusebenzisa amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-8,6 njalo ngonyaka (eguqulelwe ekubeni imiqhele engaphansi kwezigidigidi ezingu-200) ekuthuthukisweni nasekuthuthukisweni kobuchwepheshe bayo be-chip kanye nokuthengwa kwemishini emisha. Nakuba ingene emakethe ye-semiconductor sekwephuzile, namuhla isivele iqhudelana nomholi wemakethe wamanje, inkampani yaseTaiwan i-TSMC. Ngokusho kwenkampani yokubonisana nobuchwepheshe be-TrendForce, isabelo se-Samsung semakethe ye-semiconductor yomhlaba wonke manje sifinyelela ku-17,4%, kanti ukuthengiswa kwekota yesithathu yalo nyaka kulinganiselwa ukuthi kufinyelele ku-3,67 billion dollars (ngaphezu kwezigidigidi ze-84 zemiqhele ekuguquleni).
