Samsung and Qualcomm in talks over Snapdragon 845 for the Galaxy S9
Samsung is already
looking towards the future - the Galaxy S9. A report from Aju Business Daily
states that Samsung Electronics and Qualcomm are in talks to develop the
Snapdragon 845 chip that will power the 2018 S flagship.
While the Korean giant
is preparing to start mass manufacturing of the next-generation 10nm chips, it
is not a given that it will be the one making the 845 - TSMC is also in the
running.
Samsung is building
the current Snapdragon 835 chipset on its 1st gen 10nm process, but the new one
promises a 15% power reduction or a 10% increase in performance. TSMC is said
to be building all of Apple’s A11 chipsets on its own 10nm process, the chips
that will go into the next iPhone generation.
Even if Qualcomm does pick TSMC over
Samsung’s fabs, they can keep busy by cranking out the next Exynos chipset for
the Galaxy S9 and the Note after that. It is unclear how TSMC’s 10nm process
compares to Samsung’s - Apple has first dibs on 10nm supply from the Taiwanese
company.
Thanks for the tip, Andy!
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