In a press launch by Samsung and Synopsys, the 2 corporations introduced that Samsung’s foundries are making ready for the mass manufacturing of the primary 3nm Exynos chip. Though, the press launch is not explicitly clear in regards to the Exynos half.
Samsung has collaborated with Synopsys, which is a agency specializing in electronics design automation, to fine-tune the entire manufacturing course of and thus maximizing yields and enhancing the chip’s efficiency.
The press launch says the 2 tech corporations are within the last technique of designing, referred to as “taping out”. Primarily, which means the ultimate design is being despatched to the foundry so it may possibly adapt the manufacturing strains for the mass manufacturing course of.
That is going to be Samsung’s first complicated and high-performance chip primarily based on the 3nm node utilizing Samsung’s Gate All Round (GAA) course of. Samsung’s foundries have already been manufacturing 3nm chips since 2022, however these are easy chips used for cryptocurrency mining, whereas the SoC used on cell units is a extra complicated piece of {hardware} requiring completely different design and manufacturing processes.
If every little thing goes to plan, Samsung’s foundries ought to begin mass manufacturing of the next-generation SoC in a number of months’ time. Nevertheless, it is unclear whether or not the primary 3nm chip will really be the Exynos 2500 for the Galaxy S25 lineup or one other SoC. For instance, the Galaxy Watch7 is simply across the nook and will get an improve with Samsung’s most up-to-date {hardware}.
