Samsung Exynos 1080 5nm EUV SoC with built-in 5G, support for up to 144Hz displays announced

Samsung just announced its latest Exynos 1080 SoC, successor of Exynos 980 that was introduced last year, as it had promised. This uses 5nm EUV (extreme ultra violet) lithography processing technology for better power efficiency. This has tri-cluster CPU structure that consists of Arm Cortex-A78 core optimized for peak performance, three Cortex-A78 cores for balanced processing, and four Cortex-A55 cores for efficiency. It promises 50% improved single-core performance and 2x improvements in multi-core performance. The powerful neural processing unit (NPU) and digital signal processor (DSP) are capable of running up to 5.7 trillion operations per second. Continue reading “Samsung Exynos 1080 5nm EUV SoC with built-in 5G, support for up to 144Hz displays announced”

Samsung starts building new EUV-based 5nm and sub-5nm semiconductor production line in Korea

Samsung today announced that it has commenced construction of new foundry line in Pyeongtaek, Korea, which will focus on EUV-based 5 nanometer (nm) and below process technology. Samsung said that this will play a pivotal role as the company aims to expand the use of state-of-the-art process technologies across a myriad of current and next generation applications, including 5G, high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI). Continue reading “Samsung starts building new EUV-based 5nm and sub-5nm semiconductor production line in Korea”