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Original Title: Chosun: Nintendo chose between Samsung 5nm (5LPP/5LPE), Samsung SEC8N, and TSMC N7 for T239; ultimately went with SEC8N due to price and fast/stable delivery. Nintendo will potentially use 5nm for an enhanced Switch 2 in the future

https://biz.chosun.com/it-science/ict/2025/05/14/7JQ3ZBFX7NCUBCDHIHSYNCCVQU/

In particular, Nintendo’s ambitious ‘Switch 2’ Nvidia Tegra System-on-Chip (SoC) will be produced on an 8nm process, followed by 5nm orders from domestic and foreign fabless (semiconductor design) companies. Samsung Electronics has already secured the trust of the industry by building an order performance around the mature process that has secured a yield of more than 70~80%, and the company will diversify its customers.

According to the industry on the 14th, the initial sales volume of Switch 2 produced by Samsung Electronics’ 8nm foundry process is expected to exceed 15M units. This is expected to be good news for Samsung Foundry, which is struggling with declining utilization rates. A game industry insider said, “The sales volume of 15 million units of Switch 2 that Nintendo expected is a conservatively priced due to rising product prices, tariffs, etc. In practice, we believe that it will be able to exceed more than 20 million sales in 1-2 years.”

Initially, Nintendo struggled between Samsung’s 5nm process and 8nm process, but it reportedly chose an 8nm process that does not use the Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) exposure equipment process. The chip performance is somewhat lower than that of the 5nm process, but it has advantages in terms of unit price and yield. Nintendo also considered TSMC’s 7nm and 8nm processes, but Samsung Foundry was chosen because of its fast, stable delivery and price advantage.