Relying on Samsung Foundry for the production of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset that powers smartphones, it turned out that Qualcomm plans to move production to the Taiwanese manufacturer TSMC.
Samsung may lose production
According to shared information, Samsung has a very low efficiency rate in the production of the new chip, and only 35 out of every 100 chips produced are used in smartphones. However, it is reported that Qualcomm has started negotiations with the giant manufacturer TSMC, which offers an efficiency rate of up to 70 percent in 4nm production, while the company may take the Snapdragon chip production from Samsung.
as well as Qualcomm Relying on Samsung in the production of 7nm RTX 30 series cards, Nvidia plans to switch to TSMC in the next generation graphics cards. Continuing to work on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus chipset, which is claimed to be released in the second quarter of 2022, Qualcomm may prefer TSMC in the production of the new chip.
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