Samsung and TSMC racing to get 10nm chips out first

Samsung was set to produce it’s 10nm chips for upcoming big orders but it looks like TSMC is also beginning production. According to recent events it looks like TSMC will be skipping past 14nm and going straight to 10nm. Remind you of anyone? That’s similar to what Samsung did when it skipped it’s 10nm FinFet mark directly to 14nm in order for the trendy stacked method.

TSMC is preparing to begin production of it’s 10nm as soon as this year in order to capture some big orders. Samsung is not happy with this because similar with it’s 14nm process, Samsung tried to take large customers like Qualcomm and Apple away from TSMC. Samsung now relies heavily on it’s chip making process.

After the Snapdragon 810 overheating issues with TSMC, Qualcomm reached out to Samsung to manufacture the new upcoming 820 chipset. Apple has also reached out to Samsung for it’s new A9 chip production. Samsung believes if TSMC’s chipsets come out first rivals like Qualcomm and Apple will seek them for orders. As of now Samsung has not announced any change and will stick to its schedule to produce it’s 10nm chips at the end of next year.

The new chipset will bring improvements to power consumption and clock rates. We’ll see how this all turns out.

Source: BusinessKorea
Via: SamMobile

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