Explained: Samsung’s breakthrough in 3nm chips & how it translates to higher performance and better efficiency
Manufacturers of SoCs have in a never ending race to make their microprocessors as tiny as possible. While chip designers and manufacturers like Apple, Qualcomm and TSMC have aced the 4nm, 5nm & 6nm processors for some time now , Samsung has just made the world’s first 3-nanometer chips. In doing so, Samsung is now on pace to release the most advanced chips in the world. According to Samsung, the new fabrication process is 45% more power efficient and delivers 23% better performance than the previous 5nm process. All major SoC and chip manufacturers are vying to make their microprocessors as small as possible. Smaller microprocessors usually mean that the production of an SoC can be more efficient, as well as perform much better. This also means that from the same silicon wafer, a higher number of chips can be made, thus remedying the current chip shortage . For these reasons alone, Samsung’s breakthrough is noteworthy. However, that is not all. Samsung has achieved this feat
