https://wccftech.com/samsung-used-5nm-price-cuts-to-woo-qualcomms-leading-edge-chip-orders/

Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics' chip division Samsung Foundry used price cuts to entice San Diego chip giant Qualcomm Incorporated to place orders of its latest generation smartphone processors with the foundry. Qualcomm, which uses Samsung's latest manufacturing node, the 5nm process for its 2020 Snapdragon smartphone system-on-chip, has been one of the foundry's few customers as the rest flock to the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for their products.

Report of the price cuts comes courtesy of the Chinese publication house ITHome, who cites industry sources indicating that Samsung has reduced the prices for its advanced 5nm process to solicit Qualcomm's order. If true, then the decision comes at a time when the chip sector is projected by multiple research firms to grow in 2021, as the demand for high-end processors grows and their supply, via foundries, remains more or less the same.