Qualcomm will turn to Samsung, not TSMC, to make the Snapdragon 820

[ahhming]

According to a new report from Re/code,the next-generation Snapdragon 820; Qualcomm's first all-custom 64-bit SoC will apparently be made using the same 14nm Samsung process .

Qualcomm has long used Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) to manufacture most of its Snapdragon processors.
 

The Snapdragon 820 is the next generation of Qualcomm’s top-end chip family, designed for the 2016 flagship models from the leading phone makers. Qualcomm is hoping that the move to use Samsung’s factories will help it win back business for the next Galaxy S flagship, the sources said. Qualcomm declined to comment on its manufacturing plans for the chip. A Samsung representative was not immediately available for comment.

 

Source:
http://recode.net/2015/04/20/exclusive-qualcomm-to-use-samsungs-foundries-for-its-next-high-end-chip/

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/04/report-qualcomm-will-turn-to-samsung-not-tsmc-to-make-the-snapdragon-820/

[bcredeur97]

Is samsung making everything now?

[Notional]

Ouch! TSMC not only dropped the ball, they stepped on it, fell and landed on their face. How could TSMC be so bad at going to a lower node?

[DildorTheDecent]

Is samsung making everything now?

Yes. At this rate they will have overtaken Intel in the big boys processor world and be in everything

[KirbyTech]

Is samsung making everything now?

 

Ouch! TSMC not only dropped the ball, they stepped on it, fell and landed on their face. How could TSMC be so bad at going to a lower node?

Yeah looks like Samsung pretty much took a lot of the major business of TSMC. Not looking good for them.

[aom]

Lol. Now Samsung makes essentially makes all the high end mobile processors in the world (cuz nobody likes mediatek)

-Exynos

-Snapdragon

-A^ series for Apple processors.

 

Its like Samsung can't lose in the smartphone industry.

 

Next thing you know. Samsung Apps will be the only option as dictated to us by Samsung Overlords

[Interfectorem]

Lol. Now Samsung makes essentially makes all the high end mobile processors in the world (cuz nobody likes mediatek)

-Exynos

-Snapdragon

-A^ series for Apple processors.

 

Its like Samsung can't lose in the smartphone industry.

Not to mention that they make a lot of the display panels. There's one in my Nexus 6.

[aom]

Not to mention that they make a lot of the display panels. There's one in my Nexus 6.

shh. do not bring attention to their panels. They secretly flicker in a way that slowly brainwash us all. 

*puts on tin foil googles*

[ForsakenLive]

Samsung should buy AMD, make all Qualcomm's chips and design and manufacture Pascal for Nvidia. Because why not?

[blackadder]

Samsung should buy AMD, make all Qualcomm's chips and design and manufacture Pascal for Nvidia. Because why not?

lol patent lawyers would crap themselves while lawyers that do mergers will be foaming at the mouth.

[Mew]

I would like to think that with this move, Qualcomm is now irrelevant. They'll always be behind Samsung in having the latest, most advanced chips. Good thing I'm not really a big fan of Qualcomm 

[deviant88]

Go go Samsung! <too lazy to insert cheerleader gif here>

 

Seriously what happend to all the other fabs? it looks like an intel /samsung game now.

[Opcode]

Samsung and TSMC are the Capex monsters of 2015. Even Intel has such little Capex in comparison this year.

[patrickjp93]

Ouch! TSMC not only dropped the ball, they stepped on it, fell and landed on their face. How could TSMC be so bad at going to a lower node?

Simple answer: arrogance. Intel and IBM both flipped to FinFET at 22nm, but GloFo, Samsung, and TSMC all thought they could get away with bulk planar down to 20nm even for a high performance process. At least Samsung and GloFo quickly learned only lower power could be done and immediately poured resources into adaptive for FinFET and quickly moving to a hybrid 16/14nm -- 20nm process using FinFETs. TSMC meanwhile spun its wheels until the writing on the wall started to crack from old age.

 

You would think after more than 15 years of Intel and IBM leading the foundry industry the others would learn to take a hint since it comes more than 2 years ahead.

[patrickjp93]

Samsung and TSMC are the Capex monsters of 2015. Even Intel has such little Capex in comparison this year.

Capex = ?

[patrickjp93]

Go go Samsung! <too lazy to insert cheerleader gif here>

 

Seriously what happend to all the other fabs? it looks like an intel /samsung game now.

GloFo and Samsung are collaborating on 14/20nm hybrid FF, and IBM finally had to pay to get rid of its foundry since it wasn't turning a profit.

[Bsmith]

Samsung should buy AMD, make all Qualcomm's chips and design and manufacture Pascal for Nvidia. Because why not?

 

this wouldn't be allowed by international isntance's (luckily) since the size of this requires the EU and many other economical/political things(forogt the word for it) to agree on the merge/buy out, altough the EU wouldnt allow this because of global monopoly, which is good for samsung then, but bad for the avaerage consumer, since we would be screwed with prices and samsung being able to stop production of their rivals in the silicon busniss.