South Korea’s THE ELEC reports Samsung Electronics has confirmed it will fully
exit 8-inch (200mm) chip foundry operations and has notified customers it plans
to cease related production lines by end-2030. Samsung previously said it would
gradually scale back 8-inch manufacturing; this is the first explicit
termination timetable. Industry sources say Samsung will consolidate 8-inch
operations and redeploy personnel and equipment toward 12-inch (300mm) wafer
microfabrication and concentrate investment there. South Korean fabless
semiconductor firms that relied on Samsung’s 8-inch capacity are reportedly
scrambling to find alternative production sites.
