A recent report has just revealed that AMD might be the very first customer of Samsung Foundry‘s cutting edge 3nm process technology. The news also arrives as Team Red sees great annual performance, which marked an impressive 65 percent growth over last year.
According to WccFTech, DigiTimes‘s sources close to the industry believe that TSMC’s (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) close relationship with the Cupertino based Apple has made AMD consider choosing Samsung for its 3nm orders. The company wouldn’t be the only chipmaking giant eyeing the South Korean Foundry, as Qualcomm is also supposedly interested in Samsung’s 3nm process nodes.
Reportedly, the primary reason for both major chipmakers is due to their dissatisfaction with TSMC’s relation with the iPhone maker. Regardless of these rumors, TSMC is set to begin production from its 3nm process technology in the first half of next year. Although, Apple is likely to be one of the, if not, the first customer of TSMC’s 3nm process as the Taiwanese firm is believed to give Apple preference in procuring semiconductors manufactured using its advanced technologies.
In separate report from IC Insights, the known American PC chip manufacturer also saw a great performance this year. AMD is expected to be placed at the top of IC Insight’s list of top ten semiconductor growth companies for 2021. In this year, the company is projected to see an annual revenue rise of an impressive 65 percent over last year. This implies that it would be bringing in 16 billion US Dollars in the fiscal year of 2021. Notably, the rise also arrives after a strong performance in 2020 as well, in which the company saw a 45 percent revenue growth YoY reaching 9.8 billion US Dollars.
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