Competition over 10 nano system semiconductor getting fiercer

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Samsung Electronics, a South Korean electronics company, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) have started compete to produce 10 nano chips, the next-generation system semiconductor, in full swing. TSMC is a leading semiconductor company in Taiwan.


The Korean electronics giant gained the upper hand in memory semiconductor such as Dram and Nand Flash but the company is a last mover in the non memory-based system semiconductor sector. TSMC had dominated the field but Samsung overtook TSMC for the first time in January as it started producing 14 nano products. After that, TSMC has made utmost efforts to produce 10 nano products by investing $one billion, aiming to regain its reputation.

As TSMC has aggressively moved to develop 10 nano technology, Samsung Electronics also has made head against it. Kim Gi-nam, president of the semiconductor sector, got a head start by releasing 10 nano technology earlier than its rival at the global solid state circuit seminar held in San Francisco, US, in the spring

Mr Kim said in a keynote address, “with the expansion of various information technology including Internet of Things (IoT), the data-based era is expected to begin in the near future,” adding, “we would make efforts to innovate technology for the improvement of semiconductor chips and low power solution security.”

The major reason of the uncompromising competition over 10 nano products between Samsung and TSMC is that the products are highly likely to be installed in the next-generation mobile devices of Apple