# Taiwan's TSMC is the leader in the contract foundry arena grabbing the most business from fabless chip designers such as Apple and Qualcomm.

*semiconductor · news · 2024-02-15 · PhoneArena*

## Key points

- Qualcomm left Samsung Foundry due to poor Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip yields.
- TSMC now manufactures recent Snapdragon 8 series chips for Qualcomm after they switched foundries.
- Preferred Networks is Samsung Foundry's first confirmed customer for its upcoming 2nm node.
- Samsung may have offered PFN a discount to secure the 2nm deal and counter TSMC.
- Samsung Foundry is scheduled to begin 2nm chip mass production in 2025.

**Companies:** Apple, Qualcomm, Samsung Foundry, TSMC, Preferred Networks
**Countries:** Taiwan, Japan, South Korea

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