Samsung has presented its processor roadmap for the coming years. In five years, the manufacturer wants to start using a process with transistors of 1.4 nanometers. Until then, there will be 3nm and 2nm processes.
Samsung is currently working on the first generation of 3nm, says the company. This will be followed by a second generation of the 3nm process in 2024 and 2nm in 2025. The manufacturer estimates that the step should then be taken to 1.4nm in 2027. The name of the processes has not matched the actual size of the transistors for years.
In addition, Samsung wants to use gate-all-around or GAA to make the smaller transistors possible. That is the same technology that TSMC is planning to bake chips at 2nm. TSMC refers to that technology as nanosheets.
In the coming years, Samsung also wants to expand its production capacity to three times as much as it is now in 2027. Samsung is engaged in a competition with TSMC to produce processors for other companies.
| Year | TSMC | Samsung |
| 2023 | 3nm | 3nm |
| 2024 | 3nm variants | 3nm 2nd generation |
| 2025 | 2nm | 2nm |
| 2026 | – | – |
| 2027 | – | 1.4nm |