Samsung Electronics is coveting the foundry market. According to sources, Samsung has quietly opened a dedicated R&D department for foundry to catch up with TSMC.

Yonhap News Agency reported that Samsung’s device solutions department is in charge of the chip business, and it is rumored that it has recently established a foundry R&D center to strengthen its strength in this area. The device solutions department originally had 8 R&D centers, including memory, System LSI, semiconductor, packaging, LED, production technology, software, and panels.