www.kedglobal.com, Jan. 21, 2021 –
Samsung Electronics Co. has clinched its first order from Intel Corp. to manufacture Intel-designed chips, as the world's top memory chipmaker ramps up its foundry business.
Intel has recently outsourced production of its southbridge chipsets, which are installed on the computer motherboard and control all of the computer's input and output functions, according to semiconductor industry sources on Jan. 21.
Earlier in the day, Samsung was understood to have taken a production order for graphics processing units (GPUs) from the US microprocessor manufacturer, but Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) was entrusted with the GPU production. TSMC is planning to manufacture Intel GPUs using a 4-nanometer process.