Samsung Electronics

Source: 2026-09-08 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Completed funding round as of announcement

Limits: Confirms Samsung led the round and the round's total size and valuation; does not establish Samsung's individual investment amount, resulting ownership percentage, or board rights.

Source: 2026-06-30 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Does not specify which Samsung products will incorporate the licensed IP, license fees, or timeline; this is separate from Samsung Electronics' existing equity investment in Tenstorrent.

Source: 2026-05-28 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Active, longstanding co-innovation partnership reaffirmed at SAFE Forum 2026

Limits: Describes a longstanding co-innovation partnership and specific process-node tool certification with quoted efficiency figures; does not disclose license revenue, exclusivity, or independently verify the 20% figure beyond the companies' own claim.

Source: 2026-05-28 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Describes an expanded design-technology collaboration; page content was accessed via search indexing of Cadence's own press release title rather than a direct fetch (cadence.com blocked live fetches in this session), and no financial terms or specific customer tape-outs are disclosed.

Source: 2026-04-18 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Secondary reporting (unconfirmed by primary parties) · Reported operating

Limits: Aggregate sales-mix reporting; does not break out Samsung-specific order value, machine counts, or contract terms.

Source: 2026-02-11 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Founding member of active joint R&D center

Limits: Confirms Samsung's founding membership and the R&D scope described; does not disclose Samsung's investment amount or any equipment purchase commitments tied to the center.

Source: 2026-02-11 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Describes joint R&D program membership, not a specific equipment purchase order, Samsung's dollar commitment, or exclusivity versus other EPIC Center members.

Source: 2026-01-15 · reviewed 2026-09-24

Evidence: Secondary reporting (unconfirmed by primary parties) · Reported operating

Limits: Trade reporting of a funding announcement. It does not establish the amount invested, which Samsung entity invested, the stake acquired, or any product relationship.

Source: 2025-06-17 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Active, multi-year IP and tool-certification agreement

Limits: Confirms tool/IP certification and joint optimization work described in the release; does not disclose license fees or which specific Samsung Foundry customers use these certified flows.

Source: 2025-06-13 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Secondary reporting of an on-record executive statement · Active as of AMD's June 2025 confirmation

Limits: Based on media reporting of AMD's own public statement; does not disclose shipment volumes, pricing, or the relative split between Samsung and Micron as suppliers.

Source: 2026-09-11 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Secondary reporting (unconfirmed by primary parties) · Reported talks

Limits: Describes ongoing negotiations, not a signed contract; timing and pricing remain unresolved, and the claim is sourced to a Korean outlet (The Bell) via trade press, not confirmed directly by Samsung or Qualcomm.

Source: 2026-09-10 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Secondary reporting of an on-record executive statement · Announced / planned

Limits: Samsung declined to confirm or deny customer-specific details; whether Samsung will manufacture OpenAI's logic chips (versus just supplying HBM samples) is unconfirmed and raised only as a possibility tied to Samsung's separate Broadcom foundry MOU.

Source: 2026-09-08 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Collaboration expansion announced Sept 2026; DRAM High-NA EUV production is a stated 2028 target, not yet operating

Limits: Describes a joint technology roadmap and R&D announcement; does not disclose tool order volumes, pricing, or confirm the 2028 DRAM production target has been met.

Source: 2026-07-25 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Primary-source statement · MOU signed July 2026; deliveries and production phased through 2030, not yet a confirmed operating supply relationship

Limits: Reflects a signed MOU with a 2030 horizon; does not confirm that HBM shipments or foundry production for Broadcom have begun, nor how the $200B figure breaks down by year or product line.

Source: 2026-07-25 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Announced / planned

Limits: This is a memorandum of understanding, not a completed or binding supply contract; the $200B figure spans both memory and foundry over five years and is not a confirmed, itemized order.

Source: 2026-07-09 · reviewed 2026-09-24

Evidence: Secondary reporting (unconfirmed by primary parties) · Reported but unconfirmed

Limits: Neither Meta nor Samsung confirmed this. It does not establish the memory type or capacity, order volumes, contract value, or whether Samsung is one of several memory suppliers for the part.

Source: 2026-06-17 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Secondary reporting (unconfirmed by primary parties) · Reported talks

Limits: Preliminary, unconfirmed discussions per anonymous sourcing; not a signed agreement, and no process node, volume, or timeline beyond '2028' is confirmed.

Source: 2025-07-28 · reviewed 2026-09-24

Evidence: Secondary reporting of an on-record executive statement · Announced; not confirmed operating

Limits: A contract announcement described by Musk on X. It does not establish that any AI6 wafers have been produced, that the $16.5 billion will actually be spent, what the per-unit economics are, or that Samsung is Tesla's only AI6 source.

Source: 2024-12-31 · reviewed 2026-09-24

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Announced; not confirmed operating

Limits: This is an announcement of intent to exercise a call option. It does not establish that the transaction completed, the current shareholding, the price paid, or that any Samsung AI technology has been integrated into Rainbow Robotics products.

Source: 2024-08-05 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Announced

Limits: Investment was made through Samsung Catalyst Fund rather than Samsung Electronics' balance sheet directly; individual amount not disclosed. This is distinct from Samsung Electronics' separate foundry/manufacturing relationship with Groq.

Source: 2023-08-15 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Manufacturing agreement announced in 2023 as a forward-looking commitment; current production status not reconfirmed by a newer joint statement

Limits: The original announcement describes a forward-looking manufacturing commitment for next-generation chips; it does not by itself confirm current wafer volumes, exclusivity, or that production is presently active.

Source: 2023-08-02 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Completed

Limits: This confirms one funding round co-led by Samsung's venture arm; it does not establish an ownership percentage, a supply relationship, or that Samsung Electronics as a whole has an operating partnership with Tenstorrent.

Source: 2019-12-18 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Dated: first-generation Kunlun chip foundry announcement, December 2019; mass production targeted early 2020. Not confirmed as Baidu's current/sole foundry relationship.

Limits: Confirms Samsung as foundry for Baidu's first-generation Kunlun chip only (2019 announcement, 2020 production target). Does not establish whether Samsung remains Baidu's foundry for later Kunlun generations (Kunlun II, III), order volumes, contract value, or that this relationship is operating in 2026.

Source: Source undated · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Secondary reporting (unconfirmed by primary parties) · Reported tape-out / early production, 2026

Limits: Neither Tesla nor Samsung has issued an on-record joint statement confirming volumes, exclusivity, or contract terms; reporting rests on supply-chain and trade-press sources.

Source: 2026-09-21 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Analytical comparison · Reported operating

Limits: Share and yield figures are as reported by this outlet, not disclosed directly by either company in the cited article.

Source: 2026-07-30 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Analytical comparison · Reported operating

Limits: Market-share and yield figures are this outlet's estimates, not disclosed by either company; does not establish exclusivity or predict the outcome of Samsung's competitive push.

Source: 2025-04-13 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Analytical comparison · Reported operating

Limits: Share figures are as reported by this outlet, not company-disclosed, and describe 2024-2025 market share which may have shifted since.