Samsung invests an additional $3.8 billion in 4nm process and is expected to produce 20,000 wafers per month in the fourth quarter

As TSMC is expected to start mass production of 3nm process next month, Samsung is also actively catching up with its competitors by increasing 4nm chip production capacity. The latest news is that the Korean manufacturer is investing about US$3.8 billion to increase its wafer production capacity to 20,000 wafers per month in the fourth quarter. Earlier, the Korean electronics technology giant supplied 3nm all-around transistor (GAA) chips to early customers through limited production capacity.

By investing 5 trillion won to increase 4nm production capacity, Samsung is expected to win back major customers such as Qualcomm, Supermicro, and NVIDIA from TSMC.

Previously, due to low output efficiency, Qualcomm turned to TSMC to produce the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 (and the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 2) chipsets after Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.

Even so far, Google has insisted on cooperating with Samsung to mass-produce the second-generation TensorFlow SoC based on 4nm process. However, the search giant's smartphone shipments account for only a small fraction of Qualcomm Snapdragon's competing products.

In addition, in order to win over customers, Samsung will certainly offer more affordable mass production quotations. Some research institutions pointed out that Samsung's advanced manufacturing capabilities are far behind TSMC.

The South Korean chip giant's production capacity is only one-fifth of its competitors. However, neither company commented on the report.