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Samsung Foundry
Samsung Electronics' contract chip manufacturing business, distinct from its memory division, which secured a roughly $16.5-22.7 billion contract to manufacture Tesla's AI5 and AI6 chips at its Taylor, Texas 2nm facility and is collaborating with NVIDIA on AI chip production, though its global foundry market share fell to 7.2% in 2025 against TSMC's 69.9%.
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Evidence
3 sources · 68% avg. source confidence
- WCCFTech — Samsung Foundry reportedly lands Anthropic as customer for 2nm AI chip orders56% source confidence
- BigGo Finance — Samsung Foundry secures $16.5-22.7 billion Tesla contract for AI5 and AI6 chips75% source confidence
- Tech Insider — Samsung's global foundry market share fell to 7.2% in 2025 versus TSMC's 69.9%72% source confidence
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The Story So Far (last 6 months)
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Emerging Signals
Foundry Diversification Away From TSMC Remains Years Away
MediumDespite new capacity investments, Samsung's global foundry market share actually fell from 13% to 7.2% between early 2024 and 2025, and analysts expect meaningful share recovery above 10% will require two to three successful customer tape-outs, not likely to materialize until 2027-2028 at the earliest.
Market Intelligence
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Reported talks with Qualcomm to produce its 2nm chips
35% confidenceQualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon publicly referenced talks with Samsung about producing Qualcomm's 2nm chips, with people familiar with the matter suggesting Qualcomm's chip design work is already done and the company is ready to move to production; Samsung has declined to comment.
Confirmed only by Qualcomm-side comments and unnamed sources; Samsung has explicitly declined to comment, so the counterparty has not corroborated a deal, and no contract terms or timeline have been disclosed.
GSMArena · Jun 1, 2026
Samsung Foundry's Timeline
A sourced, dated history of Samsung Foundry's key moments — founding to present.
Jan 2017 · Established as separate foundry business
Samsung Electronics established its contract chip manufacturing business as a distinct foundry division from its memory business.
Jan 2026 · Secures Tesla AI5/AI6 contract
Samsung Foundry secured a roughly $16.5-22.7 billion contract to manufacture Tesla's AI5 and AI6 chips at its Taylor, Texas 2nm facility.