Samsung tipped to start the mass production of 3nm chips next week

22 June 2022
Samsung’s 3nm node will bring a 35% decrease in area, 30% higher performance or 50% lower power consumption compared to its 5nm process.

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  • 07 Jul 2022

Qlord, 28 Jun 2022Samsung to start Volume (Mass) Production rumor was as exac... moreOpen 4 eyes and reread the article, it says chinese chip is the first customer.

    Samsung to start Volume (Mass) Production rumor was as exactly as I had stated, BS.

    Due to extremely low yields, Samsung hasn’t even started Risk (Trial) Production.

    https://www.thelec.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=4096

      Firewarrior96, 23 Jun 2022ops even andrei is no more there . no wonder there weren�... moreI heard andrei works at nuvia now.

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        • 24 Jun 2022

        AverageIndianUser, 23 Jun 2022hope we see 3nm in S23. Hope it manages to beat SD chips so... moreSamsung needs to bring back the custom made mongoose

          Mediatek sux, 23 Jun 2022There are more in depth tests done by chinese youtuber geek... moreops even andrei is no more there . no wonder there weren't any review this year !

            phone manufacturers who manage to make 4ghz processor phones without a fan could be the next legends. i want that 4ghz but not the fan. No

              hope we see 3nm in S23. Hope it manages to beat SD chips somehow. hope it helps them make more compact phones (not possible i guess untill ram fabrication also goes 3nm!!!)

                Firewarrior96, 22 Jun 2022to be fair those tests are still the typical benchmarks . ... moreThere are more in depth tests done by chinese youtuber geekerwan, showing efficiency curves of the latest phone socs. Seems pretty decent, but im not sure if they took idle power into consideration like anandtech does. And anandtech is dead for these in depth reviews since andrei and ian are gone.

                  SShock, 22 Jun 2022Yeah, sure mister Mediatek sux...Yep, go watch it.

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                    • 23 Jun 2022

                    3NM still too big i want 1 Yocto at most.

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                      • 23 Jun 2022

                      The real problem is too much heat generation in a tiny area. Everyone is going to run into this problem. The solution is to go for Chiplet Design till 3D cooling matures. Efficiency cores should be on a previous generation node.

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                        • 23 Jun 2022

                        AnonD-762416, 22 Jun 2022If we ignore the fact that Samsung is the biggest chip manu... moreIn terms of revenue, Samsung and Intel are neck and neck. In terms of volume TSMC, produces more than the rest of the world combined.

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                          • 23 Jun 2022

                          Samsung produced chips are worse than TSMC, that's the fact unfortunately

                            Qlord, 23 Jun 2022Ask Nvidia and Qualcomm if they are taping-out any Samsung ... moreSamsung had a lot reasons to push towards GaA. Yields will improve and everyone else is at least two years behind. However tools ecosystem design changes will be challenging (as its pioneer work really) hopefully Synapses and others will help regarding IP portfolio. The improvement of two orders of magnitude (duble) is a lot even if their previous half node whosent great. Actually we hadn't had such gains probably from a FinFet switch from planars (unfortunately FD-SOI never really materialised in any significant form which is shame really). The real question is the price and how much ecosystem Samsung can provide and that will make or break it (including advanced packaging, interconnects and stacking).

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                              • 23 Jun 2022

                              Great can't wait for how your 3nm chips will lose to iPhone 14 5nm battery comparison as both Samsung and Snapdragon 4nm chips also lost to iPhone 13.

                                Ask Nvidia and Qualcomm if they are taping-out any Samsung 3nm chips, after getting burned by Samsung claiming that their 5nm and 4nm yields where 70%, when they were actually closer to 25%.

                                I’ll bet they have ZERO 3nm foundry customers.

                                Links to pathetic yields for Samsung's 5nm, 4nm, and 3nm, from just 8 weeks ago.

                                https://wccftech.com/samsung-3nm-gaa-worse-yields-than-4nm/?beta=1
                                https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20220418PD209/ic-manufacturing-samsung-electronics.html

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                                  • 22 Jun 2022

                                  3 nm will leak energy like crazy , better improve energy saving on 4 nm

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                                    Kai, 22 Jun 2022Samsung doesn't know how to manufacture chips properly... moreIf we ignore the fact that Samsung is the biggest chip manufacturer in the world, even producing more than Chipzilla. Even getting Chipzilla to work with Samsung's node for next gen fabs. Sure, Samsung is terrible.
                                    If China was half as good at delivering as they are at spamming lies, they'd be a pretty competitive country.

                                      Mediatek sux, 22 Jun 2022Comparisons b/w d9000 and 8 gen 1 are on golden reviewer�... moreto be fair those tests are still the typical benchmarks . we need a real deep-dive analyses like anandtech's

                                        Mediatek sux, 22 Jun 2022Comparisons b/w d9000 and 8 gen 1 are on golden reviewer�... moreYeah, sure mister Mediatek sux...

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