[Business Korea] Samsung Likely to Spin off Foundry Business Division

Mar 10, 2006
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Samsung Electronics is considering a reorganization of the System LSI division in order to systematically grow the system semiconductor business. The company is planning to separate the design and manufacturing sectors in the business unit and divide or spin off it to fabless and foundry business divisions.

The consideration came after the company lost Apple, the largest customer in the sector of application processors (AP), which refers to the brain of smartphones, to Taiwan’s TSMC and some raised awareness towards the need to separate the foundry business division.

http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/engl...samsung-likely-spin-foundry-business-division

If true, then Intel will be the only major logic IDM left on the planet.