Overview
- Multiple reports say Qualcomm is discussing having Samsung Foundry produce the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 on Samsung’s SF2 2nm node.
- Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon has traveled to South Korea to meet Samsung Foundry and SK Hynix, with talks covering chip production and HBM and SOCAMM memory supply for the AI200 accelerator.
- No agreement has been announced, and production plans remain under negotiation.
- Android Headlines reports the Pro-tier variant could stay with TSMC, pointing to a split sourcing plan across foundries.
- Qualcomm moved its top chips to TSMC about five years ago after heat and performance issues on Samsung-made parts, and higher TSMC wafer prices now give Qualcomm more reason to diversify.