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Samsung Electronics

Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea · AI Core · Fabrication, memory & packaging / Foundry · samsung.com

Samsung Electronics makes chips as a foundry, including AI accelerators for Rebellions, Tenstorrent, Groq and Tesla, and produces HBM4 memory and advanced packaging.

AI Infra 100 · rank 33 · score 93 →Humanoids · watchlist · score 69Edition: November 2026

Positioning

The only company that is both a top-three HBM and DRAM supplier and a leading-edge foundry (2nm, Tesla and HBM base dies); the second pole of the memory bottleneck and the main alternative to TSMC for customers who cannot get CoWoS or wafers.

Latest signals

  • Samsung Electronics' DS division posted a record KRW 106.5 trillion Q3 operating profit.ZDNet Korea
  • Samsung executives met OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on AI transformation strategy36Kr newsflashes
  • Samsung Electronics posted 107.4 trillion won in third-quarter operating profit.The Elec
  • Samsung’s performance weighed on Japan’s Nikkei on October 29, 2026.Investify
  • Samsung Electronics reported $80 billion in third-quarter operating profit driven by AI memory demand.EE Times

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Facts, with sources

  • >500mRevenue band · rsshub.bkraju.com — 2026-09-18
  • Hyundai Glovis and Samsung C&T partnership for smart building logistics automationPartnership · www.irobotnews.com — 2026-09-17
  • Park Soon-han appointed staff engineer at Samsung Electronics semiconductor automation research teamSenior hire · rsshub.bkraju.com — 2026-09-17
  • Android 17 One UI 9 rollout for Galaxy S26 seriesProduct launch · www.heise.de — 2026-09-16

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Scores, AI Core (of 10)

Deployment10
Production10
Commercials10
Progress10
Technology8
Positioning8
Firepower10
Leverage10

Traction: deployment, production, commercials, progress. Capability: technology, positioning, firepower, leverage.

Peers in Foundry

6TSMC · 100

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Questions this page answers

What does Samsung Electronics do?

Samsung Electronics makes chips as a foundry, including AI accelerators for Rebellions, Tenstorrent, Groq and Tesla, and produces HBM4 memory and advanced packaging. The only company that is both a top-three HBM and DRAM supplier and a leading-edge foundry (2nm, Tesla and HBM base dies); the second pole of the memory bottleneck and the main alternative to TSMC for customers who cannot get CoWoS or wafers.

Where does Samsung Electronics rank in ai core?

Samsung Electronics ranks 33 of 100 on the AI Infra 100 (November 2026 edition) with a score of 93 out of 100, in Foundry (Fabrication, memory & packaging). Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence.

Who are Samsung Electronics's peers in Foundry?

TSMC (rank 6).

Where is Samsung Electronics based and when was it founded?

Samsung Electronics is based in Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea.

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