The first customer of Samsung Electronics Texas Taylor fab is AI semiconductor manufacturer Groq.

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen OC_Formula for the clue delivery! After construction of a $12 billion Arizona plant invested by TSMC, Samsung Electronics announced in November 2021 that it would build a new semiconductor plant in Taylor, Texas, with an estimated investment of $17 billion.

Samsung Electronics' factory in Taylor City is their second chip foundry in the United States, and it is also their second chip foundry in Texas. The first factory is in Austin, Texas. Taylor's factory is 25 kilometers northeast of Austin, not far away.

From the latest foreign media reports, Samsung Electronics Texas Taylor plant, which is scheduled to be put into operation in the second half of 2024, has identified its first customer.

Foreign media reports show that Groq, a non-wafer semiconductor designer specializing in artificial intelligence chips and accelerators, has announced that they will use the 4nm process of Samsung Electronics in the United States to manufacture the next generation of semiconductors.

Foreign media said in the report that Groq is the first company to publicly announce that it will produce chips in Samsung Electronics's Taylor factory.

Although Groq is not as famous as non-wafer manufacturers such as Qualcomm and Nvidia, they are also recognized manufacturers in the field of artificial intelligence chips and accelerators.

Groq was founded in Silicon Valley in 2016. The company's founder and CEO Jonathan Ross is a former Google engineer. Many of the company's employees have experience in developing artificial intelligence semiconductors while working at Google. They focus on developing chips and accelerators for reasoning and are part of artificial intelligence.

In the field of global semiconductors, Groq, TensTorrent, Cerebras and other companies are considered to be the top manufacturers in the field of artificial intelligence semiconductors in the future. their growth potential has also been recognized after they received US $300 million investment from a number of well-known venture capital companies in April 2021.