South Korean tech company seizes lead over TSMC in advanced semiconductor race
Samsung Electronics' executives display wafers, or slices of semiconductor materialon which circuit patterns are carved, for 3-nanometer chips. The company says it has reached a production milestone. (Photo courtesy of Samsung Electronics)
KIM JAEWON, Nikkei staff writer | South Korea
SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics said on Thursday that it has started mass producing 3-nm chips at its semiconductor plant in Hwaseong, south of Seoul, becoming the first to reach the milestone.
The latest advance in a relentless race to cut the size and increase the power of semiconductors gives Samsung an edge over its archrivalTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.for now, though competition is only set to intensify.
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