Samsung and Qualcomm collaboration continues. Moreover, the South Korean giant is the first OEM-manufacturers to began testing the newest Snapdragon single-chip 820.
As previously reported, Samsung has received from Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset 820 prototype for testing in the future flagship smartphone Galaxy S7. It is, recall, will be available in the first half of 2016. If testing is successful, the successor to the Galaxy S6 will be released in two versions. In one of them will be installed Snapdragon processor 820, and the other - the chip Samsung Exynos M1.
The new processor Qualcomm will offer better performance compared to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 and in contrast, will not suffer from overheating. It consists of four cores Kryo and graphics Adreno 530 and will be released on 14-nanometer .
Samsung is preparing to cut 10% of staff in its head office. Reducing touches employees who work in departments in charge of finance, human resources and public relations. Also, the South Korean giant, is planning to cut some costs in 2016. This is due, allegedly, to the fact that Samsung is increasingly difficult to compete in the mobile market with Apple and rapidly developing Chinese manufacturers.
"The job cuts is the easiest way to control your spending. Samsung is preparing to tighten their belts, because it does not have to rely on rapid growth in earnings in the coming years", - said an analyst at Nomura Holdings Inc in Seoul.
Samsung representative declined to comment on the information.
Add that on June 30, 2015 in accordance with the official data at Samsung headquarters is working a total of 98,999 employees.