Samsung's new 8nm chips (Exynos ?)

Samsung Electronics Co., the South Korean technology company best known for its smartphones and televisions, has taken the title of world's largest chip maker by revenue, knocking Intel Corp. from a perch it held for nearly a quarter-century. Samsung's semiconductor unit, whose fortunes come largely from selling memory chips used in mobile devices, delivered second-quarter sales of $15.7 billion and operating profit of $7.1 billion. Intel, which dominates the calculating engines known as microprocessors, reported quarterly revenue of $14.8 billion and operating profit of $3.8 billion. Samsung is ready to produce 8nm chips for mainstream use. Samsung Electronics has shared that it is ready to begin production using an 8nm manufacturing process . Up to 10% improvements in power consumption and as much as a 10% reduction in area can be achieved. In order to be the first to produce 8LPP (Low Power Plus) chips, Samsung is using a nearly identical process to how ...