Samsung Electronics announced the start of mass production of its latest advanced chips using its second-generation 14nm LPP (Low-Power Plus) process. In addition to its own Exynos 8 Octa processor, the FinFET process will be used for Qualcomm's flagship Snapdragon 820 processor, which will appear in mobile devices in the first half of this year.
The first generation 14nm process produced Samsung's Exynos 7 Octa processor last year. Samsung's production process incorporates 3D FinFET structure on transistors, enabling a significant boost to performance and lower power consumption, the company said. The new 14nm LPP process delivers up to 15 percent higher speed and 15 percent less power consumption over the previous 14nm LPE process through improvements in transistor structure and process optimization.
