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Samsung Galaxy S9 Exynos 9810 CPU Begins Mass Production
Paul Briden
29/11/2017 – 2:06pm
Samsung’s new Exynos chip for the Galaxy S9 is now ready for mass production
Many rumours, both recent and otherwise, have hinted that the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Samsung Galaxy S9+ will arrive quite early inside 2018, potentially breaking cover around MWC 2018 at the latest (which would be February-March).
But now some new reports are adding some particularly volatile fuel to that particular fire, suggesting very strongly indeed that Samsung is gearing everything up and getting ready to go in short order.
The firm announced that it has begun mass production of its Exynos 9810 processor, the one that’s pegged to power the Galaxy S9 series. It’s based on Samsung’s second-gen 10nm FinFET LPP (low power plus) semiconductor architecture – the same stuff used in Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 845 that will likely be powering North American Galaxy S9 devices. The 10nm LPP architecture and these chips based around it are allegedly 15% faster and more power efficient than current-gen technology; the stuff we see on the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy Note 8, which is already ridiculously impressive in terms of speed and battery life as it is!
Lee Sang Hyun, Samsung’s foundry marketing chief, said in a press release, “The 10LPP process not only provides customers with improved performance, but also enables early launch of new products with a high initial yield. The 10-nanometer long-term strategy for electronics will continue.”
Previously Samsung revealed its plans to produce 7nm and 8nm processors and its manufacturing plants are already prepared to do this (as well as the 10nm LPP), but it seems like the next-gen 7/8nm architecture is being saved for later, perhaps on the Galaxy Note 9?
As it happens, recent reports have indicated the first shipments of Samsung’s OLED displays for the Galaxy S9 series have already begun, meaning that in combination with the CPU news, Samsung may well be getting all its ducks in a row for Galaxy S9 production to begin imminently, as that’s two of the major components already accounted for.