According to Korean media reports, Samsung is planning to increase outsourced production of non-memory chips, including display driver ICs and image sensors.

It is understood that China's Taiwan foundry UMC may provide Samsung with more image sensors and display driver IC capacity, while Samsung's foundry division continues to produce more advanced products such as smartphone application processors, which aims to increase the stability of chip procurement by diversifying supply channels, in addition to the force accumulation and world advanced is also expected to become a new partner of Samsung.

At the same time, Samsung foundry division is planning to build a third production line in South Korea's Pyeongtaek and the United States after Tyler, Texas, the location is likely to be in Europe, the European Union has been open to foreign investment since last year, and Europe is also where Samsung can be more closely linked to customers.

In addition, Samsung is also focusing on automotive chip development. With the development of intelligent automotive electronics and autonomous driving, the demand for chips in the automotive industry is soaring.

source：aijiwei