South Korea's Samsung (Samsung) recently held in Shanghai technology BBS, the main issue was the conference announced that its new wafer foundry strategy, but also for the mainland IC design factory OEM orders. Samsung points out, is expected by the end of 10 nanometers can online, 7 nm process will use the most advanced extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography technology, and will focus on the Internet of things and automotive electronics with low power consumption of 28 nm FD - SOI process.

At the same time, samsung had to make its own chips only 8 inch fabs, now also will open and strive for analog IC and LCD driver IC wafer OEM orders.

Taiwan foundries TSMC and umc, force has been built on the mainland with wholly owned or joint venture respectively foundries, samsung flash factory in xi 'an is the biggest investment in China, has not set up in mainland China foundries.

Samsung's wafer foundry fabs there are three main site, including 8 inch fabs S1 in South Korea, located in the United States of Texas 12-inch wafer plant S2, as well as the city is located in South Korea gyeonggi province China 12 inch fabs S3. In addition, samsung will also be like TSMC, after a period of testing services. The samsung estimates this year include wafer foundry capacity will reach 13.5 ~ 140000 12-inch wafer and 140000 8 inch wafer, and the forecast to the end of 2017 will expand capacity by about 15%.

As TSMC announced the end of this year to 10 nm process mass production, mass production began in 2018 7 nm process, samsung also specified in the technical BBS advanced process layout, including the end of this year is expected to begin 10 nanometers trial-produce, but will skip the infiltrating fading shadow technology seven nanometers, directly using seven nanometers, EUV lithography technology is expected by the end of 2018 the technology is available in 250 w light production 1500 wafers every day. Samsung believes that seven nanometers use EUV can better control the cost, help to advanced manufacturing Cheng Jing round OEM orders.

Samsung believes in China's domestic mobile payment, unmanned aerial vehicles, electric vehicles, self-driving etc. Have a good supply chain innovation, will bring new opportunities, so in addition to support advanced process, also will start in the second quarter next year, provide support iot and automotive electronic 28 nm FD - SOI process. 8 inch factory capacity at the same time, samsung will open, with itself in the memory market advantage to provide 65 nm embedded flash memory (eFlash) process, and 70 nanometers high process, strive for the mainland market analog IC and CMOS image sensor, LCD driver IC, etc. OEM orders.