Despite these articles I really doubt they are ready for mass production. The yield is not expected to be high, but they like being first. There is a learning curve to GAAFET, and although TSMC clearly plays the game at another level Samsung has Intel now to compete with.
> TSMC’s 3nm process isn’t expected to go into mass production until the second half of 2022.
The difference is that they actually tend to deliver. But Samsung will have a window of opportuntity here for sure.
Does Samsung even have the ability to output more than TSMC? I realize Samsung is a global giant of a company but my understanding is their yield is tiny which is why only certain countries get Samsung chip Galaxys whilst others end up with Snapdragons.
The current generation of Snapdragons uses a Samsung process. IIRC, the reason Qualcomm is used in the US and China is for the modems.
Samsung 3GAE is probably worse than TSMC N4. Nothing to see here.