Samsung begins mass production of its second generation 10nm finfet 10lpp

Samsung today announced the start of mass production of chips based on its second generation 10nm FinFET 10LPP manufacturing process, thereby achieving a new level of performance and energy efficiency.

Samsung already has the 10 nm FinFET 10LPP ready

This new manufacturing process has been named 10 nm FinFET 10LPP (Low Power Plus) and is characterized by offering a reduction in energy consumption of 15% compared to its first version of the 10 nm FinFET, at the same time improves performance by 10% so we have a pretty significant improvement. This will result in new mobile devices with better autonomy and more powerful for all kinds of tasks.

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The first SoCs manufactured with this process at 10nm FinFET 10LPP will arrive at the beginning of 2018, although their availability will be quite limited at the beginning, as usually happens in all generations.

"We will be able to better serve our customers by migrating from 10LPE to 10LPP with better performance and higher initial performance, " said Ryan Lee, vice president of Foundry Marketing at Samsung Electronics. "Samsung with its long experience in the 10nm process strategy will continue to evolve technology from 10nm to 8LPP to offer customers distinct competitive advantages for a wide range of applications."

Samsung has also announced that its new S3 production line in Korea is set to start producing 10nm chips and future lithographs like the 7nm FinFET with EUV technology that will be mass-produced at the latter factory.

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