Qualcomm has officially announced that the upcoming Qualcomm Snapdragon 5G chips will be manufactured by none other than Samsung.
The new 5G chips will be built on new 7nm process based on Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography.The new EUV process built on the 7nm process will provide 10% better performance, takes 40% lesser space and 35% lower power consumption than the 10nm FinFET process chips.
We are excited to lead the 5G mobile industry together with Samsung,” said RK Chunduru, senior vice president, supply chain and procurement, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. “Using 7nm LPP EUV, our new generation of Snapdragon 5G mobile chipsets will take advantage of the process improvements and advanced chip design to improve the user experience of future devices.”
“We are pleased to continue to expand our foundry relationship with Qualcomm Technologies in 5G technologies using our EUV process technology,” said Charlie Bae, executive vice president of foundry sales and marketing team at Samsung Electronics. “This collaboration is an important milestone for our foundry business as it signifies confidence in Samsung’s leading process technology.”
