Samsung has started production of processors on the second generation of its 14nm finfet process. The South Korean manufacturer has announced this. The socs that Samsung makes include the Snapdragon 820 from Qualcomm and Exynos 8 Octa.
Samsung calls the second generation Low Power Plus or lpp. The manufacturer claims that it has made improvements to the structure of transistors and optimized the process since last year, making processors that roll off the production line at Samsung’s factories 15 percent faster and 15 percent more efficient compared to previous generation 14nm processors. , such as the Exynos 7 Octa which is in the Galaxy S6 series.
The South Korean manufacturer uses the new process for its own Exynos 8 Octa, but there is enough capacity to produce Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820-soc. Until now, Qualcomms had its socs made at competitor TSMC. Qualcomm’s socs are in many high-end smartphones.
It was already more or less known that Qualcomm had chosen Samsung. For example, the chip designer invariably spoke of a 14nm processor, while TSMC refers to its production line as 16nm. The rumor that Qualcomm would go to Samsung dates back to April of last year.