In order to snatch more users, mobile phone manufacturers have begun an 'arms race' in terms of performance. Among them, the importance of the CPU manufacturing process is self-evident. Because chips with more advanced process technologies not only increase performance significantly, but also It will also lead to better power performance. Therefore, mobile phone manufacturers have invested in the process of creating, began to chase competition.
Recently, the digital blogger @i Ice universe released a picture of Samsung's 10nm and 8nm process structure differences on Weibo. According to the picture, the right 8nm process structure area is smaller than the left 10nm process structure. The benefit is to reduce power consumption and improve energy efficiency.
In October of last year, Samsung Electronics has announced that it has passed 8nm LPP process validation and has already started production. In terms of power consumption, 8nm is 10% lower than 10nm. It is worth mentioning that Samsung announced Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 has not yet been released through the 8nm process validation. Later, Snapdragon 845 still uses the 10nm process technology. It was only upgraded to the 10nm LPP process on the original Nine Dragon 835's 10nm LPE process.
As an old rival of Samsung, Huawei is not idle in this regard. According to a previous report, Huawei's next-generation mobile processor will cooperate with TSMC to create a 7-nm manufacturing process. Currently, Huawei's existing Unicorn 970 adopts 10nm. Process, performance has been recognized by users. The report also pointed out that Kirin 980 will start mass production in the second quarter. At the same time, the chip will upgrade the core from A55 to A75, Huawei NPU nerve processing unit performance will also Has been further improved.
In addition, the Internet also broke news that Apple will use TSMC technology on the A12 chip, which will benefit from more advanced process technology and performance enhancements. The overall performance on the flagship will be greatly improved.
At present, the mobile battlefield has changed from the previous race to the battle of the manufacturing process. The competition for the 10nm process is still in its infancy. It will immediately enter the next battlefield. It seems that the mobile phone market in the second half of the year will not be calm.
