Samsung foundry cutting prices to lure orders away from TSMC?

DigiTimes heard rumors that Samsung's foundry unit has cut its pricing in effort to gain customers that are currently using TSMC. The latter is the most-used semiconductor foundry in the world, but the Taiwanese foundry is unable to meet the high demand for its cutting-edge nodes. This may give Samsung some room to increase its (currently small) client base.

TSMC is clearly the leader in the semiconductor foundry service sector, and Samsung is striving to catch up. The Korean giant reportedly has lowered foundry quotes in order to win clients from the Taiwan-based competitor, who sees tight capacity at its advanced nodes because of strong demand. Meanwhile, the world remains curious about what Apple's 5G iPhone series - expected to debut in the third-quarter of 2020 - will be like. Some obsevers say some of the 5G iPhone models will adopt sensor-shift stabilization technology.