News & Reviews:   smartphone chipset

Earlier, we have seen a rumour saying that the 4nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ will power 2022 Android flagships. However, as TSMC is reported to start producing the chipset in Q3 2021, some might expect to see devices with the Snapdragon 888's successor by the end of 2021. Today, Redmi's product director Wang Teng has clarified that there will be no smartphones with the 4nm chip coming in H2 2021.

We all already know that AMD is participating in the development of Samsung's next flagship smartphone processor, Exynos 2200. Before it even gets released, the graphics performance of the upcoming product is already confirmed to beat Apple's A14 Bionic chip's.

The process node for a chipset is a huge factor in its performance and efficiency. This is why 5nm chipsets are more powerful than 7nm ones. Now that you have some context, you'll know why MediaTek's plan for a 4nm chipset is big for the company.

Most of us are familiar with companies that make chipsets for smartphones by now. There's Qualcomm, Samsung, MediaTek, and Huawei Android devices, while Apple for its iPhones. What's unexpected is AMD seemingly getting ready to join the fray with a new smartphone chipset.

Chipsets used by smartphones are getting smaller and smaller nowadays, with the current smallest being only 7nm and it's from Apple and Huawei. The reasons for making them so tiny are because the tinier the better for power efficiency and silicon area size. Earlier, the largest chipmaker TSMC has taken on the challenge by making a 3nm process and planned to release it by the end of 2020. However, it will now be delayed until early 2021 because of the pandemic.