3nm chips shipped! Samsung Electronics Holds Shipment Ceremony at Hwaseong Plant

On the morning of July 25th, Samsung Electronics held a 3nm chip shipment ceremony at the Hwaseong plant in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Kye Hyun Kyung, Minister of Industry, Trade and Resources of South Korea, head of Samsung Electronics DS department, executives and employees, suppliers and fabless fabs About 100 people including executives attended the event.

According to Yonhap News Agency, Kye Hyun Kyung said in his speech, "Samsung Electronics has achieved success in the foundry business with this mass production. The successful early development of GAA technology will become a new alternative for FinFET transistors when they reach the technical limit. The result of a product innovation from scratch.”

It is reported that Samsung Electronics 3nm chip adopts GAA transistor structure. Compared with 5nm chip, 3nm chip can reduce power consumption by up to 45%, while improving performance by 23% and reducing size by 16%.