Samsung's replacement of the head of the semiconductor research center may be related to the low yield rate of the 4nm process

Core Tip: According to Business Korea, Samsung has recently made a new move, appointing Vice President and Head of Flash Development Department Song Jae-hyuk as the new head of the Semiconductor R&D Center to take over all related work. Song Jae-hyuk's greatest achievement was to move Samsung from vertical NAND flash to super-stacked NAND flash.
Recently, Samsung's semiconductor business has become the focus of controversy due to various reasons such as performance, production capacity and yield, especially when it comes to advanced processes such as 4nm/5nm. With the loss of customers and business, Samsung has been unable to sit still, and has previously launched an investigation into the low yield rate of non-memory advanced process chips.

According to Business Korea, Samsung has recently made a new move, appointing Song Jae-hyuk, vice president and head of the flash memory development department, as the new head of the semiconductor R&D center, taking over all related work. Song Jae-hyuk's greatest achievement was to move Samsung from vertical NAND flash to super-stacked NAND flash. Subsequently, Samsung appointed Kim Hong-shik, vice president of the memory manufacturing technology center, to lead the foundry technology innovation team, and mobilized storage semiconductor experts to be responsible for the core department of the foundry business.

In addition, Samsung plans to reorganize its various business segments, including memory and flash memory manufacturing, foundry and device solutions. Samsung's unusual move has attracted the attention of the industry, which believes that Samsung wants to find a suitable solution and develop next-generation chips with a qualified yield rate. It is said that Samsung is looking for a solution to the problem due to the low yield rate and the failure to develop fifth-generation DRAM chips, which has caused foundry customers to lose confidence.

It was previously reported that Samsung is assembling a new team of people from its semiconductor and smartphone divisions to develop a new unnamed chip, such as a custom SoC for its Galaxy line of smartphones, with the goal of catching up by 2025. Super Apple's A-series chips. Samsung hopes to avoid problems by having employees from different business units work together, but it may take years to see results.