Samsung claims that yields from its 5 nm foundries are improving

At the recent shareholders meeting the CEO of the Samsung Devices Solutions division Kyehyun Kyung reported that the company’s foundries are improving the yield rates for advanced process nodes. The executive explained that each new node brings higher complexity, so improving the yield rates requires time, but didn’t offer any specific details. The company didn’t officially confirm it, but the yield rate for the 5 nm node, the one used for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, is reportedly only 35%. This makes Qualcomm’s flagship chipset expensive and difficult to produce. Samsung’s own Exynos 2100...