Discussion Qualcomm Snapdragon Thread

[DZero]

Makes me think what happen if SMIC catch Samsung up eventually...

 

[moinmoin]

They aren't in the gutter like GlobalFoundries

GloFo is not in the gutter, they dropped out completely with regard to leading edge nodes. Will SS do so as well?

 

[NostaSeronx]

GloFo is not in the gutter, they dropped out completely with regard to leading edge nodes.

The text for the €7.4B GF/ST chip act literally states: continue investing in the development of the next generation of FD-SOI technologies.

Where that $1.5B Chips Act which has this: "New State-of-the-Art 300 mm Fab: The construction of a new, large-scale 300 mm fabrication facility that is expected to produce high value technologies not currently available in the U.S."
Is meant to be prepared to be thee leading edge US fab for FDX.
Which should be the one to actually produce this:

With that no clue if Snapdragon would use FDX in main AP. However, the newcomers on FDX should basically curb-stomp Snapdragon 200/2 series.

 

[FlameTail]

You guys know how Intel uses the last digit of the SKU name to indicate the amount of on-package memory?

Core Ultra 7 256V = 16 GB
Core Ultra 7 258V = 32 GB

If Qualcomm ever decides to bring on-package memory to their PC chip, they can use the last 3 digits to indicate it;

SKU	On-package Memory
X2E-80-016	16 GB
X2E-80-032	32 GB
X2E-80-064	64 GB
X2E-80-128	128 GB

Now that looks clean, doesn't it?