We already know that Samsung became the world's second largest manufacturer that is able to produce 14-nm semiconductors. In the first quarter, Samsung began producing 14-nm SoC Exynos 7420 for its new smartphone. The company also admitted that it introduces several digital projects for the production of solutions with a 14-nm topology.
At the same time Samsung is aware that the demand for 14-nm solutions will be only from the developers of the most advanced solutions for which the cost of production - is not the most important thing. For the category of affordable solutions, it continues to develop planar 28-nm process technology, adapting it to release on substrates FD-SOI. This silicon-on-insulator, with a thin layer and is fully depleted. The demand for such a technical process will last for years. TSMC company , by the way, in this has full solidarity. TSMC today 30% of the proceeds received from the production of 28-nm semiconductor. Samsung Company, unfortunately, does not publish such reports.
As Samsung representative admitted the 14-nm solutions began to produce at its factory in South Korea and the US company in Austin, Texas. The choice between planar 20-nm process technology and 14-nm FinFET process was not easy, As you can see, the company made the right choice. In any case, so it seems now. Fully justify the transition to 14-nm FinFET, Samsung will only after it starts to produce orders of third parties, rather than their own type SoC Exynos.