Qualcomm chose Samsung to late last year, thanks to the latter’s superior fabrication technology. It was a win-win situation for both the firms. The South Korean electronics firm reaped profits by manufacturing Snapdragon 835. On the other hand, Qualcomm had access to Samsung’s 10nm technology, and its chips were also used in millions of and units.
It is now being reported by Fudzilla that Qualcomm has ditched Samsung and contracted the manufacturing of its next-generation high-end chipset to Samsung’s rival . If this report is true, we can say that it has been a bad year for Samsung. It recently to manufacture processors for iPhones. Apparently, Qualcomm had been developing processor using chip development tools provided by TSMC since the second half of last year.
wants to mass produce its next-generation chipset (that could be named or ) sometime between the end of this year and early next year. Samsung . The company’s foundry business saw sales of $4.44 billion last year, and around 40% sales ($1.78 billion) came from manufacturing Snapdragon chipsets.
While Samsung wanted to focus on 10nm process, its 7nm technology was delayed. TSMC, on the other hand, focussed on 7nm technology, skipping the 10nm process. Samsung that its 7nm process will be based on EUV and that it has also added 8nm process in between 7nm and 10nm. The next Exynos chipset is reportedly based on 8nm process, which is a minor upgrade to 10nm FinFET process.
Mass production of chipsets based on Samsung’s 7nm technology is in the second half of next year. Meanwhile, TSMC supplied its 7nm chip development tools to its clients last year, so it’s ahead of Samsung as of now.
It is now being reported by Fudzilla that Qualcomm has ditched Samsung and contracted the manufacturing of its next-generation high-end chipset to Samsung’s rival . If this report is true, we can say that it has been a bad year for Samsung. It recently to manufacture processors for iPhones. Apparently, Qualcomm had been developing processor using chip development tools provided by TSMC since the second half of last year.
wants to mass produce its next-generation chipset (that could be named or ) sometime between the end of this year and early next year. Samsung . The company’s foundry business saw sales of $4.44 billion last year, and around 40% sales ($1.78 billion) came from manufacturing Snapdragon chipsets.
While Samsung wanted to focus on 10nm process, its 7nm technology was delayed. TSMC, on the other hand, focussed on 7nm technology, skipping the 10nm process. Samsung that its 7nm process will be based on EUV and that it has also added 8nm process in between 7nm and 10nm. The next Exynos chipset is reportedly based on 8nm process, which is a minor upgrade to 10nm FinFET process.
Mass production of chipsets based on Samsung’s 7nm technology is in the second half of next year. Meanwhile, TSMC supplied its 7nm chip development tools to its clients last year, so it’s ahead of Samsung as of now.