Samsung's Taylor factory to make AI chips for Groq

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Samsung's Taylor factory to make AI chips for Groq

Published: 16 Aug. 2023, 09:57 Updated: 16 Aug. 2023, 10:15

JIN EUN-SOO
jin.eunsoo@joongang.co.kr

Samsung's chip factory in Taylor, Texas under construction [KYUNG KYE-HYUN'S INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT]

Samsung Electronics' Taylor, Texas chip factory will manufacture U.S.-based AI chip designer Groq's next-generation processor using its 4-nanometer manufacturing technology.

"[Groq] has contracted with Samsung's growing Foundry business to be its next-gen silicon partner, solidifying Groq's product roadmap with a U.S.-based foundry services provider," Groq said in a release Tuesday.

This is the first time a client of Samsung Electronics' Taylor chip factory has been announced.

The Taylor chip factory is Samsung's $17 billion chip manufacturing project, slated to finish construction within this year and start mass production by the latter half of next year.

Groq's next-generation AI chip, which the company says is energy efficient by up to four times compared to its existing solutions, is likely to be manufactured at the Texan factory by the end of next year.

Kyung Kye-hyun, president of Samsung's chip business, said on Instagram last month that the Taylor factory will "start shipping out 4-nanometer chips by the end of next year," adding that major U.S. clients want their core products to be manufactured in the United States.

"Samsung Foundry is committed to advancing semiconductor technology and bringing groundbreaking AI, HPC and data center solutions to market," Marco Chisari, Samsung's executive vice president who heads its U.S. foundry business, said in a release Tuesday.

"This relationship with Groq is another proof point of how we're using our advanced silicon manufacturing nodes to bring new AI innovation to market."

BY JIN EUN-SOO [jin.eunsoo@joongang.co.kr]