Samsung Foundry Texas plant shows signs of development as TSMC awaits new presidency
Samsung’s foundry in Tyler, Texas – which was nearly abandoned not long ago – now looks like it’s finally going to become a reality. Samsung have procured The subsidy amount is US$4.7 billion: a 26% decrease from the original US$6.4 billion.
The decline was apparently due to Samsung renegotiating its investment plans. The plant was supposed to be put into operation this year, but only a skeleton staff remained after it was put into operation. Samsung withdraws personnel. This is just one example of Samsung clearly showing that its foundry business is in trouble.
With the new subsidies, I think it’s safe to say Samsung hasn’t completely given up on its Texas factory yet. The new timetable suggests it will be up and running by 2026. 2027 1.4nm chips A fair chance.
Samsung had to drop Exynos from the entire Galaxy S25 series. |Image source—PhoneArena
If Samsung can achieve with Exynos half of what Apple achieved by switching to Apple chips, Galaxy phones will be even better. This is just a net positive for the end consumer.
Now Galaxy phones are more expensive than iPhones Switching to Exynos may help bridge that gap to some extent. Especially after reports surfaced that Qualcomm had significantly increased the cost of the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2.
2024-12-23 17:01:26