Samsung 3nm manufacturing starts, beats competitors – Android Authority
Eric Zeman / Android Authority
TL;DR
A Samsung 3nm manufacturing process for chips is rolling out.
This means Samsung is the first to use this new process, beating out competitor TSMC.
Samsung claims these new chips could be up to 45% more power-efficient than 5nm chips.
The race is on for manufacturers to create faster, less power-hungry, and more thermally efficient chips. The n…….
Eric Zeman / Android Authority
TL;DR
- A Samsung 3nm manufacturing process for chips is rolling out.
- This means Samsung is the first to use this new process, beating out competitor TSMC.
- Samsung claims these new chips could be up to 45% more power-efficient than 5nm chips.
The race is on for manufacturers to create faster, less power-hungry, and more thermally efficient chips. The next big step in this process is three nanometers, which is the next die-shrink.
Although we thought we’d see Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) land first at this milestone, it looks like the Samsung 3nm process is the first. Per a Bloomberg report (via 9to5Google), Samsung has officially started production of these new chips.
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According to Samsung, its 3nm chips could offer up to 45% better power efficiency when compared to 5nm chips. For the record, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 and the Exynos 2100 are 5nm chips. Unfortunately, Samsung did not give us a comparison to 4nm chips such as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.
Elsewhere, Samsung claims 3nm chips could improve performance by 23%, once again in comparison to 5nm builds.
Samsung’s first batches of these chips will go out to specialized systems. Eventually, they’ll make their way to more common systems — such as smartphones.
Source: https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-3nm-launch-3182235/
