Samsung improved its 5nm process, Pixel Fold & Galaxy Watch 6 benefit
Samsung has reportedly made a “big improvement” to its 5nm semiconductor fabrication process. The changes will help improve the performance of its 5nm chips, including the new manufacturing lot of its existing solutions. The Google Pixel Fold, Pixel 7a, and the Galaxy Watch 6 series could benefit from it.
Samsung has been making 5nm chips for a few years now. Its first 5nm processor came back in 2020. The Tensor G2 chip that powers Google’s Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro is also manufactured on the Korean firm’s 5nm process. Google will use the same chipset in its first-ever foldable smartphone Pixel Fold. The Pixel 7a, which should debut alongside the Fold next month, uses the Tensor G2 as well.
However, the two upcoming Pixel devices may offer much better performance than last year’s Pixel 7 duo. That’s because of the changes Samsung has made to its 5nm chip manufacturing process.
According to Twitter tipster @Tech_Reve, we are talking about a “big improvement” here. “The nodes themselves are becoming better,” the tipster claims. Effectively, this will improve the performance of the new manufacturing lot of the Tensor G2.
Likewise, other 5nm chips manufactured following the big improvement will also benefit from it. These include the Exynos W920, Samsung’s latest wearable processor. Introduced in 2021, this chipset powers the Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 5 series.
The Galaxy Watch 6 series will also use the same chipset but with performance gains enabled by the company’s 5nm process node improvements. This claim is in line with recent rumors that the Galaxy Watch 6 will get an improved processor. Turns out it isn’t a whole new chipset but an improved version of the existing solution.
Samsung needed to improve its chip fabrication process
Samsung has been struggling with its chip fabrication process in recent years. TSMC has done a better job at the power efficiency and performance of advanced chips, helping it steal customers from the former.
The issues for the South Korean behemoth have gotten so big that its mobile division didn’t use an in-house Exynos processor in its latest flagships. It needed to improve its chip manufacturing technology before more customers switched to TSMC.
It appears Samsung has mitigated a few issues recently. Perhaps the improvements are big enough to convince the mobile division to go back to Exynos again. Rumors are that next year’s Galaxy S24 series will use the upcoming Exynos 2400 chipset in some markets. Time will tell whether it’s a wise decision or if Samsung should have stuck with the Snapdragon exclusivity for its flagship smartphones for at least one more year.
Samsung has reportedly made a “big improvement” to its 5nm semiconductor fabrication process. The changes will help improve the performance of its 5nm chips, including the new manufacturing lot of its existing solutions. The Google Pixel Fold, Pixel 7a, and the Galaxy Watch 6 series could benefit from it.
Samsung has been making 5nm chips for a few years now. Its first 5nm processor came back in 2020. The Tensor G2 chip that powers Google’s Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro is also manufactured on the Korean firm’s 5nm process. Google will use the same chipset in its first-ever foldable smartphone Pixel Fold. The Pixel 7a, which should debut alongside the Fold next month, uses the Tensor G2 as well.
However, the two upcoming Pixel devices may offer much better performance than last year’s Pixel 7 duo. That’s because of the changes Samsung has made to its 5nm chip manufacturing process.
According to Twitter tipster @Tech_Reve, we are talking about a “big improvement” here. “The nodes themselves are becoming better,” the tipster claims. Effectively, this will improve the performance of the new manufacturing lot of the Tensor G2.
Likewise, other 5nm chips manufactured following the big improvement will also benefit from it. These include the Exynos W920, Samsung’s latest wearable processor. Introduced in 2021, this chipset powers the Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 5 series.
The Galaxy Watch 6 series will also use the same chipset but with performance gains enabled by the company’s 5nm process node improvements. This claim is in line with recent rumors that the Galaxy Watch 6 will get an improved processor. Turns out it isn’t a whole new chipset but an improved version of the existing solution.
Samsung needed to improve its chip fabrication process
Samsung has been struggling with its chip fabrication process in recent years. TSMC has done a better job at the power efficiency and performance of advanced chips, helping it steal customers from the former.
The issues for the South Korean behemoth have gotten so big that its mobile division didn’t use an in-house Exynos processor in its latest flagships. It needed to improve its chip manufacturing technology before more customers switched to TSMC.
It appears Samsung has mitigated a few issues recently. Perhaps the improvements are big enough to convince the mobile division to go back to Exynos again. Rumors are that next year’s Galaxy S24 series will use the upcoming Exynos 2400 chipset in some markets. Time will tell whether it’s a wise decision or if Samsung should have stuck with the Snapdragon exclusivity for its flagship smartphones for at least one more year.
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