After the race for screen definitions, the race for nanometers could well become the new challenge for manufacturers producing their own chips like Samsung. After formalizing its first Exynos 7 Octa chip engraved in 14 nm last week, and then announcing a new process of fine-engraving in 10 nanometers, now the Korean declares itself ready to take to the next level with chips engraved in 5 nanometers.
Soon Samsung processors engraved in 5 nanometers.
As Samsung Electronics Semiconductor President Kinam Kim recently stated at the Solid-State Circuits International Conference, the firm’s semiconductor division will still be able to lower the size of its processors to a 5 nanometer engraving without any technical difficulty.
Kinam Kim even claims to have found a way to go down to 3.25 nanometers. Note that to go down that low, Samsung will probably be forced to abandon silicon for another material, as Intel plans to do.
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Currently, 14 nanometer engraving is already a major step forward, as it achieves 20% higher performance and reduced energy consumption by 30-35%, compared to a processor engraved in 20 nanometers. No doubt one of the reasons why Samsung seems firmly determined to put its latest Exynos 7 Octa chip in the heart of the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge, rather than a Snapdragon 810.
Ahead of the 2015 MWC, which opens next Monday, Chinese manufacturer Huawei has just formalized the world’s first 64 Bit processor engraved in 16 nanometers via FinFET technology, the Huawei Nova. For comparison, the Snapdragon 810, Qualcomm’s most advanced processor, is engraved in 20 nanometers.
We notice, by the way, that Samsung communicates more and more about its Soc houses, in recent days. No doubt a way to highlight its own innovations in the eyes of the public but also with regard to its partners.
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