Samsung

Samsung (005930.KS) is a publicly traded Foundries company founded in 1969 and based in Suwon, South Korea.

Samsung operates the world's second-largest semiconductor foundry and manufactures memory, competing with TSMC and SK Hynix. Struggles with advanced-node yields vs TSMC; strong in HBM and DRAM. Gate-all-around (GAA) transistors shipping at 3nm.

Samsung is the only other foundry pursuing leading-edge logic at scale, critical for supply-chain resilience in AI chips.

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South Koreapublic · 005930.KS

At a glance

Total raised

Undisclosed

no public funding on record

Headcount

—

no public estimate on record

Headquarters

Suwon

South Korea

Founded

1969

57 years active

Status

Public

Ticker · 005930.KS

Subsector

Funding history

Total raised

—

Rounds tracked

Latest stage

IPO

Date	Stage	Amount	Valuation	Lead investors
Jun 11, 1975	IPO	—	—	—

Samsung

At a glance

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Stock performance

In the news

Samsung and SK Hynix are upgrading Chinese factories to produce advanced RAM chips as AI data center competition ramps up

TSMC supply bottleneck raises questions over AI infrastructure investment, opening for Samsung and Intel

Elon Musk calls out memory makers over 'extortionate' chip pricing, says Micron is playing smart for long-term loyalty

Memory Stocks Extend Losses For Third Straight Day -- Rosenblatt Calls CXMT-Driven Sell-Off 'Overblown'

Korean Chip Stocks Slide on China's DRAM Push

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Leadership

Products

SF2 (2nm) GAA Foundry Process

HBM3E 'Shinebolt'

HBM4

DDR5 DRAM & V-NAND Flash

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