Samsung pushes Exynos brand mobile chip

Samsung Electronics has pushed Exynos brand mobile system chips. In addition to the introduction of various system semiconductor product groups on the Galaxy Note 4 on the official website, integrated chip solutions will also be available in the short term, which is expected to increase the market share of mobile AP (AP).

After entering the LTE era, Samsung Electronics suffered a lot from the heat generated by high-speed data processing. At the same time, Qualcomm is expanding in the market with peripheral chips solutions such as single chips that supply AP-coupled modems and power management chips (PMICs).

According to the report of Digital Times, Samsung Electronics recently introduced various applications of system products such as mobile application processors (APs), modem chips, NFC chips, PMIC chips, and display driver ICs (DDICs) on the Galaxy Note 4 through Exynos official website. . Through the detailed description of the open mobile AP solution, it fully conveyed the intention to stop Qualcomm from gaining dominance and at the same time bring back the system semiconductor sector.

The first publicly available is the 64-bit AP Exynos 7 Octa on the Galaxy Note 4. Exynos 7 Octa is an 8-core AP consisting of four high-performance large-core ARM Cortex-A57s and four low-power ARM Cortex-A53 core cores. The performance of the Exynos 7 Octa is 57% higher than that of the previous generation Exynos 5 Octa, and the 20nm process is used. Production further reduces power consumption.

Together with the ARM Mali-T760 graphics processor (GPU), the image processing efficiency can be increased by 74%. Through an Image Signal Processor (ISP), 16 million pixels of rear lens and 5 million pixels can be used simultaneously. Front camera shooting video.

Also included in the Galaxy Note 4 is the Exynos Modem 303, a modem chip that supports LTE-A Cat6 communications. With Envelope Tracking technology, power can be distributed in real time based on frequency, minimizing power consumption. In addition, the NFC chip, which has become the focus of the mobile payment boom, is also ranked among Samsung Electronics' own production system chips, such as DDIC and PMIC.

Samsung will give Exynos the brand image of AP and various mobile system semiconductor products. Industry sources said that Samsung has recently formulated a strategy to seize the market through the Exynos brand. The single-chip solution that combines 14-nm fin field-effect transistor (FinFET) process with AP and modem will be published in 2015 through high-end smart phones.