AMD seeks 'broader partnership' with Samsung as it looks to secure memory supply

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Meanwhile, Samsung is seeking a broader partnership and 'hopes to turn its memory supply relationship with AMD into foundry (a factory that manufactures chips designed by other companies)' chip production orders, the report claims. AMD is pursuing a 'broader partnership' with Samsung as memory company wants to tie advanced memory supply to its orders at its foundry unit. AMD is an electrical and semiconductor company based in Sunnyvale, and its products and services include graphics processing units. Samsung is an electronics company based in Suwon.

A little less than seven months since signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) concerning memory supply and collaboration in various fields with Samsung, AMD's chief executive Lisa Su is visiting South Korea to secure additional supply of HBM memory for AI accelerators, reports Chosun.biz . "Samsung Electronics and SK hynix are key supply-chain partners for AMD," Su said, Chosun reports.