Report: NVIDIA RTX 30 SUPER Series To Be Manufactured By Samsung As Well

Report: NVIDIA RTX 30 SUPER Series To Be Manufactured By Samsung As Well

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https://wccftech.com/report-nvidia-rtx-30-super-series-to-be-manufactured-by-samsung-as-well/

According to a report out of Korea, NVIDIA has signed on Samsung for a second try at making its GeForce GPUs. Jennsen originally tapped Samsung's 8nm node (even though it was very slightly technically inferior to TSMC) because he foresaw the massive supply bottleneck that TSMC was turning into. While his reasoning was correct, the gamble does not appear to have paid off since Samsung's 8nm process suffered from low yields and a consequent lack of supply. Interestingly, there were reports a month or so back that Jensen had decided to go back to TSMC for its SUPER lineup (or whatever NVIDIA ends up calling it) but if this Korean story is correct - the second contract is also going to Samsung.

Before we go any further, please do keep in mind that as of right now, this is just one source and could be wrong. Although the report is extremely confident about this contract being awarded to Samsung, some salt is good for a healthy digestive system.  Back to the story, the report claims the contract was confirmed on December 17 (yesterday depending on where you are) and that while the exact value is unknown it is worth "100s of billion won" (100s of billion won translate to 91 million USD roughly). Samsung will reportedly be making the chips at its Hwaseong plant.

Report: NVIDIA RTX 30 SUPER Series To Be Manufactured By Samsung As Well

Dec 17, 2020, 8:33pm UTC
https://wccftech.com/report-nvidia-rtx-30-super-series-to-be-manufactured-by-samsung-as-well/ > According to a report out of Korea, NVIDIA has signed on Samsung for a second try at making its GeForce GPUs. Jennsen originally tapped Samsung's 8nm node (even though it was very slightly technically inferior to TSMC) because he foresaw the massive supply bottleneck that TSMC was turning into. While his reasoning was correct, the gamble does not appear to have paid off since Samsung's 8nm process suffered from low yields and a consequent lack of supply. Interestingly, there were reports a month or so back that Jensen had decided to go back to TSMC for its SUPER lineup (or whatever NVIDIA ends up calling it) but if this Korean story is correct - the second contract is also going to Samsung. > Before we go any further, please do keep in mind that as of right now, this is just one source and could be wrong. Although the report is extremely confident about this contract being awarded to Samsung, some salt is good for a healthy digestive system.  Back to the story, the report claims the contract was confirmed on December 17 (yesterday depending on where you are) and that while the exact value is unknown it is worth "100s of billion won" (100s of billion won translate to 91 million USD roughly). Samsung will reportedly be making the chips at its Hwaseong plant.