Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon has been noticed in Korea assembly with Samsung executives. The journey is all about manufacturing chips on the 2nm course of, and there is a probability that Qualcomm will flip to Samsung to manufacture the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 SoCs.
Again at CES in January, Amon revealed that Qualcomm was speaking to Samsung about this, and it looks as if the discussions are nonetheless ongoing. If all this pans out and Qualcomm does certainly choose Samsung to fab the following high of the road Snapdragon SoC, it could mark a return to the Korean firm for the primary time since 2022, which is when Qualcomm shifted to TSMC.
Within the meantime, Samsung has apparently restored its credibility with Qualcomm by resolving the continual yield and overheating points that made Qualcomm take its enterprise to TSMC all these years in the past. The truth that TSMC’s costs have risen not too long ago most likely has one thing to do with this too.
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