We have already reported yesterday that Globalfoundries company trying to get orders from Apple and Qualcomm after development of 14-nm technology standards. In addition, there is no doubt that some AMD products over time will also be transferred to the 14-nm process technology. Important for AMD risk reduction and the achievement of optimum cost-effectiveness, which is achieved by means of mature lithographic processes.
According to the heads of relevant Samsung departments , the South Korean giant began production of 14-nm products using FinFET. Who is the recipient of the respective products, not specified. In principle, the transition to the 14-nm technology may be interested Apple and Qualcomm, but the former is far from the beginning of the mass production of next-generation processors. AMD from the list of suspects is also excluded, although Globalfoundries collaborates with Samsung.
As explained by Samsung representatives , the transition to 14-nm will reduce energy consumption by 35% or 20% increase in the transistors switching speed , and the density of their placement on the chip at the same time will increase by 15% when compared with the 20-nm products.