There was some speculation that Samsung might change it's plan to use EUV for 7nm, as it's unlikely that EUV will be ready for 2018. However, in Samsung's latest earning call they reiterated their commitment to EUV:
Samsung Electronics' (SSNLF) Management on Q3 2016 Results - Earnings Call Transcript | Seeking AlphaThe second question, regarding the System LSI side, is, currently, how much of a yield are you seeing on your 10nm production? And during the previous, last quarter's conference call, you mentioned that you're planning to use EUV technology for the 7nm, but I guess since then the industry trend is to not use EUV for 7nm. I'm wondering if you've changed your strategy as well.
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[Interpreted] We cannot give you the exact internal yield that we're seeing on the 10nm, but I can say that the yield is according to our plan, what we had expected and planned for. And the current plan is to have that commercially adopted on the flagship model next year.
The 7nm, we still plan to use EUV and we're going to maximize the advantage of the EUV technology so that we have improvements in terms of performance, power, as well as scalability, which are the key features of semiconductors.