Samsung Introduced Advanced Automotive Foundry Solutions

Samsung unveiled an expanded portfolio of cutting-edge foundry solutions at its Samsung Foundry Forum 2019 Munich. Korean tech giant attracted more than 200 industry experts from fabless companies and foundry partners, and 16 partner booths displayed advanced foundry technology trends.

Since the EMEA semiconductor market is in demand across a wide range of applications including automotive, consumer, network, and IoT, Samsung introduced various specialty technologies, such as FD-SOI, radio frequency (RF), and embedded memory along with comprehensive portfolio of foundry process nodes. The company showcased foundry platforms that bring together essential technical elements for new-age applications, including 5G, IoT, automotive, and high performance computing (HPC), while expanding its design solution partners to improve global customers’ access to Samsung’s foundry solutions.

“It is a great honor to host our global foundry forum with increasing number of attendees every year. The forum has helped us work closely with our customers and strengthen Samsung’s foundry ecosystem,“ said ES Jung, president and head of foundry business at Samsung Electronics, in the keynote speech. “We will strive to get more customer trust and be the best partner possible to prepare for the future with.“

The foundry platform for automotive semiconductor market is drawing considerable attention, and is expected to rapidly grow to address the increasing demand in the autonomous and electric vehicle market. Samsung is currently producing several automotive semiconductor products such as driving assistant and infotainment systems, mainly based on its 28-nanometer FD-SOI and 14nm process nodes. In order to respond to increasing customer inquiries, the company plans to expand nodes to 8nm in near future.