Samsung Electronics’ three semiconductor business divisions – memory, system LSI, and foundry – seem to have encountered development bottlenecks, which might be a result of ill-advised decisions.

Following the release of a carbon neutral white paper in May, Foxconn Industrial Internet (FII), a subsidiary of Hon Hai Precision Industry, released the “2021 FII CSR Report” on June 6. In the CSR report, FII disclosed that it has accumulated nearly 800 patents related to clean technology, and the revenue generated by the application of clean technologies or products in 2021 totaled approximately CNY177.694 billion (US$17.65 billion), accounting for 40.54% of the total revenue.

Handset chips supply chain players share the view that their 2022 shipments for the segment will at best stay flat at 2021 levels, but HPC chip demand will continue to grow for datacenter, AI and networking applications, prompting major foundries and backend houses to cash in on the demand with diverse integrated and system-level advanced packaging solutions, according to industry sources.