Report: Samsung Hits 80% Yield on 4nm Process as NVIDIA-Backed Groq, IBM, and Baidu Pile Onto Its Foundry

Korean semiconductor giant Samsung has achieved 80% production yield with its 8-nanometer chip manufacturing process, according to a media report from the Seoul Economic Daily. Samsung’s yields are a frequent feature of industry discussion, with multiple media reports highlighting the firm’s struggles with production efficiency. A process technology’s yield is a crucial metric of its commercialization, and lower yields often lead to foundries having to bear the cost of defective products which their customers are unable to use or sell.

NVIDIA Backed Groq Relying On Samsung For Its Chip Production Requirements

According to the details, NVIDIA backed Groq has ordered the production of its language processing units (LPUs) from Samsung Foundry. Groq’s LPU chips are specialty hardware designed specifically for inference in artificial intelligence applications. There are currently three generations of LPU chips, with the latest, the third generation,…