Samsung(88,100 +1.03%)Investors’ attention was drawn to the stock price. It is reported that Samsung Electronics has signed a contract for consignment production of graphics processing units (GPUs) with Intel, the world’s largest semiconductor company.
According to the Korea Exchange on the 22nd, the previous day Samsung Electronics closed the transaction at 8,100 won, up 900 won (1.03%) from the previous day. Samsung Electronics, which started rising the day before, showed a slump during the week, but turned to an upward trend as news about the last minute came.
SemiAccurate, a media specialized in information technology (IT), reported on the previous day that Samsung Electronics recently signed a semiconductor consignment production (foundry) contract with Intel. It is said that Samsung Electronics will produce Intel semiconductors at a scale of 15,000 wafers per month from the second half of this year at the Austin Foundry Plant (fab) in Texas, USA.
Samsung Electronics’ Austin plant makes semiconductors with a 14-nanometer (nm, 1 nanometer = 1 billionth of a meter) process. Accordingly, it is estimated that the Intel chips made in Austin will be graphics processing units (GPUs), not central processing units (CPUs).
Kim Sun-woo, a researcher at Meritz Securities, said, “The cooperation between Samsung Electronics and Intel is likely to begin with the production of GPUs and chipsets.” .
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