Many are the negotiations that are taking place in recent days in Korea. Such is the case that, according to highly reputable media in the country, apparently Samsung and Qualcomm could have been negotiating in recent weeks for the first take care of the manufacture of all the Snapdragon 830 that may reach the market. As a reminder, tell you that this chip will be responsible for moving practically the entire high-end range in 2017.
One of the main problems that Qualcomm has, apparently, to manufacture the new Snapdragon 830 apparently lies in the machinery and huge investment that it should make if it wants the chip to be on time. We are talking about 10 nm processes, a technology that although it is not exclusive to Samsung, it is in the hands of it so, reach an agreement in the manufacture of this processor, it was something very necessary.
Predictably, Samsung will be in charge of manufacturing all the Snapdragon 830 chips that reach the market.
As reported at the time from Qualcomm, the new Snapdragon 830 is the processor called to be a generational replacement of the 821, named as the most powerful processor in the world. To achieve this transition, a quantitative leap must be made in terms of capacity, which must go hand in hand with a new leap that qualitatively improves its efficiency and especially its consumption.
Due to this, the commitment to 10 nanometers is very necessary, a technology that opens a new door in processor manufacturing technology. As a detail, tell you that, according to the source of this news, today Samsung could be at the disposal of the technology it would need to manufacture 5-gauge chips, which does not mean that this technology will be used in the next Galaxy S8 or that the Korean company, for manufacturing the Snapdragon 830, stop using the Exynos chip in this terminal, a processor developed and manufactured entirely by them.
Further information: GSMArena