Expansion of 8” Foundry Line
Samsung Electronics announced on March 21 that the company expanded its foundry service product groups that utilize eight-inch (200 mm) wafers from four to six. The semiconductor giant is planning to improve the product's completeness and convenience by providing fine processing solutions specialized in each product from 180 nm to 65 nm.
Radio Frequencies (RFs), the internet of things (IoT) and fingerprint recognition sensors were added in addition to four solutions -- embedded flash memories (eFlash), power management integrated circuits (PMICs), display driver ICs (DDIs), CMOS image sensors (CISs).
"We will strengthen our customer-oriented services by providing the multi-product wafer (MPW) program and design assets," said Lee Sang-hyun, marketing director of the foundry division at Samsung Electronics.
The MPW method produces different kinds of semiconductors together on a single wafer in the form of a foundry for small quantity production.
Samsung Electronics is operating an eight-inch line at Line 6 on Giheung Campus. Through years of accumulated know-how and automation systems, the company offers a wide array of foundry services.
Since its launch in May, the foundry division of Samsung Electronics has held foundry forums in the US, Europe and Japan to introduce a state-of-the-art microprocessor roadmap and the eight-inch foundry business for global customers.