Samsung official confirmation on the production of Snapdragon 820

Samsung confirms the start of production of the second generation of a chip production process to 14nm. Among the customers of the Korean manufacturer is also included Qualcomm: the new chips will be used to give a body to the SoC Snapdragon 820.

Samsung announced today the start of volume production of the second generation of chips made with 14nm FinFET manufacturing process. The announcement confirms a rumor circulating for some time: in the pink of the companies that will choose the new chips Korean manufacturer’s figure Qualcomm. Specifically, the future SoC Snapdragon 820 will use the chip in 14nm LPP of Samsung.

The Korean company confirmed that the second generation of chips to 14nm LPP achieves a performance increase estimated in the order of 15% and reduced consumption by 15% compared to the first generation of chips made using 14nm production process LPE. Features that will make the new chips Samsung, particularly suitable for use in mobile and IoT, thanks to the ability to combine high performance and low fuel consumption.

The first generation of Samsung chips to 14nm has been used in Exynos 7420 integrated in the line S6, while the second body will give, in addition to the above SoC Snapdragon 820, the new range of processors Exynos 8. A further excellent result for the company Korean who managed to grab a customer of imported mobile landscape; Qualcomm chips, as is known, are the most popular in the smartphone segment.

Samsung confirms that the first devices equipped with SoC Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 will be available in the second half of the year. The first device with a SoC Snapdragon 820 presented officially was LeTV The Max Pro which made its debut at the CES 2016 in Las Vegas, but, probably, the major smartphone manufacturers will choose the new solution from Qualcomm / Samsung for its high-end devices.