Qualcomm taps Samsung for manufacture of affordable 5G Snapdragon chipsets
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Yonhap News reports that Samsung and Qualcomm have struck a deal for the fabrication of 5G chipsets for budget smartphones ā this most likely refers to the upcoming Snapdragon 4-series that will be used in affordable 5G smartphones.
Currently, the Korean giant makes several 5G chipsets for Qualcomm, including the Snapdragon 690, using its 8 nm process, as well as the 765/768 on the 7 nm EUV process. Considering the price point that the 4-series chips are targeting, chances are that this order will go the 8 nm foundry.
Xiaomi, Oppo and Motorola are awaiting the first batches of the new 5G Snapdragons ā we should see the first phones powered by the 4-series chips early next year, meaning production should be kicking off soon.
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Samsung lost the contracts for flagship Snapdragons to TSMC, but scored big as Nvidia worked with the company to develop a custom ā8Nā process for use in the 3000-series GPUs. IBM also picked Samsung for its new Power10 processors, which are made on the 7 nm EUV process.
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- Q
- 09 Sep 2020
- 61r
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