A few days ago we heard rumours that Qualcomm might have to spin off its chip manufacturing unit due to the loss of Samsung‘s contract for the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. This was one of several options available with Qualcomm, but they are rumoured to be taking an interesting route to get back on Samsung’s good side. According to these latest reports, Qualcomm will use Samsung as their manufacturer of choice to make the Snapdragon 820, dumping TSMC, who’s 20nm process made the Snapdragon 810 and allegedly caused the overheating issue that caused Samsung to dump Qualcomm.
That, of course, might be the reason if we read between the lines. The official line will likely claim that Qualcomm is engaging Samsung for its next contract due to the obvious success of its 14nm process which made the Exynos 7420 powering the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. If Samsung is able to confirm the quality of the Snapdragon 820, i.e. by manufacturing it within its own factories, the Samsung will, Qualcomm is hoping, pick Qualcomm processors in the future. We’ll have to see if this strategy pays off, probably with the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 later this year.
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