Snapdragon 845 processor just released is still there Samsung Electronics OEM, using the second generation of Samsung Electronics 10nm manufacturing process, I believe most of my friends for what is not familiar with the 10nm process.
7nm process is too expensive! Next year or only Apple and Samsung mobile phones based on 7nm process chip To put it simply, the specific value of a chip process technology is a key indicator of cell phone performance.Each improvement in process technology results in enhanced performance and reduced power consumption, and the release of each flagship cell phone often Breakthrough with the performance of the chip can not be separated. In a word, the smaller the process value, the stronger the performance, the lower the power consumption and the smaller the chip size.
In fact, the limit that the chip manufacturer can make at present is 7nm craft process, including Samsung Electronics and TSMC, have already made a great breakthrough in 7nm craft.But Qualcomm would rather use Samsung's 10nm craft, do not want to Xiaolong 845 The order is given to TSMC with a 7nm process, mainly due to cost.
The latest news shows that due to cost constraints, next year may be only Samsung Electronics and Apple 7-nm processors, the other processor manufacturers may continue to use the existing technology at a lower cost.
7nm process is too expensive! Next year or only Apple and Samsung mobile phones based on 7nm process chip According to sources in the semiconductor industry, handset chip makers are not motivated to migrate to the 7nm process, mainly due to the limited competitiveness offered by the new technology, although lower power consumption can be achieved with the 7nm process, Processing performance and chip area reduction, and 10 nm process or less.
Currently, TSMC, the world's largest semiconductor foundry, is also optimizing its latest 7-nanometer process, and handset chipmakers are now on the sidelines, wary of wasting investment on the 7-nanometer process.
However, according to sources, Samsung Electronics and Apple, which are high-end handset makers, will still use 7nm processors next year (both companies are capable of designing their own processors and are not dependent on Qualcomm and MediaTek). For reasons of cost, China Huawei may not follow two rivals.
7nm process is too expensive! Next year or only Apple and Samsung mobile phones based on 7nm process chip It is worth mentioning that, according to Taiwan's industry chain, Apple-designed A11X bionic processor has tape (tape-out), and will debut the end of the first quarter of next year or the beginning of the second quarter.According to the news, A11X bionic The processor will still be built by TSMC and will be built on its 7nm process using an integrated fan-out wafer-level package (InFO WLP).
