Samsung
Samsung accelerates semiconductor capacities with ASML’s EUV investment
Samsung aiming for a rebound by investing in large-scale semiconductor equipment. A new report claims that Samsung will additionally import EUV (extreme ultraviolet) semiconductor exposure equipment from ASML of the Netherlands starting in 2024.
EUV exposure equipment is a key equipment in the semiconductor ultra-fine process that Samsung is focusing on and costs about 200 billion won/unit. Exposure is a major process that accounts for more than half of the total process cost and time.
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Due to a confidentiality clause in the contract, details have not been revealed. There’s growing support for the theory that a total of 50 units will be supplied over 5 years. Besides, the annual production of units is limited to the extent that it is said to be “more complex than satellite parts.”
After introducing the world’s first 3nm foundry process using GAA tech in June last year, Samsung aims to enter the 3nm 2nd-gen process in the first half of next year, 2nm process in 2025, and 1.4-nano process in 2027, and is planning to use EUV exposure equipment.
