Samsung May Use A New Chipset On The Galaxy S8

Rumour has it that Samsung might be bringing out Exynos 8895 for their next flagship

Barely has Samsung launched their Galaxy S7 series of smartphones, and already, there is conjecture in the wind regarding the next phone in the Galaxy series — the Galaxy S8.

Unofficial reports point to the South Korean megabrand being amidst testing of a new chipset, which is touted to be the heart of the next Galaxy phone.

This new chipset, Exynos 8895 uses 10 nm-manufacturing process and it would be the first time Samsung has used this process commercially. The current chipset that the company uses on its flagship devices, the Galaxy S7 and the Note7 is the Exynos 8890 which uses a 14 nm manufacturing process.

The Important Question:

How would this chipset affect the functioning of the Samsung smartphone?

Well, the sleeker 10 nm manufacturing process would allow for more transistors to be put into one chip, thus yielding better performance and power efficiency.

Samsung has reportedly achieved clock rates of 4 GHz with this new chipset, which would be 30% more efficient from what the company is using now. The chipset is likely to be limited to a lower clock rate when it finds its way into a launched device, to further enhance battery uptime.

To Bring You Onto The Same Page:

Processors work in two ways — low clock rate & high instructions per cycle units, or high clock rate & low instructions per cycle units.

Opinions in the tech industry vacillate about which one performs better and the topic is quite debatable.

Intel, for example, has had great success with a higher number of instructions per cycle processors. One can judge Samsung’s choice only after analyzing the option that they are going with, for which more information would be needed.

This, however, is not the first time that information regarding this new chipset has surfaced. Earlier, in July, a chipset of the same name was spotted on an Indian import/export tracking site Zauba.

The chipset should not be expected in the market before 2017. Going by past market trends, one would logically expect the chipset to be launched with the next Samsung flagship device, and that should be the Galaxy S8 at the Mobile World Congress in 2017. These are largely just ‘logical’ speculations rooted in market history. The company has not yet confirmed the existence of the chipset.

Given how Samsung’s hurting after the Note7 issue, one can safely assume that the company would not only need a major booster with their next big smartphone release, but would strive really hard to execute it to perfection!

Originally published at Chip-Monks.