Samsung's new 8nm chips (Exynos ?)
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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 ...