Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Could Rely On Samsung And TSMC Foundries, As Qualcomm Is Rumored To Pursue A Dual-Sourcing Strategy To Reduce Costs

Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Could Rely On Samsung And TSMC Foundries, As Qualcomm Is Rumored To Pursue A Dual-Sourcing Strategy To Reduce Costs

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is said to be unveiled in October this year, with a company executive hinting that it will be more expensive than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 due to developing those custom Oryon cores. However, the high price of the upcoming SoC is not entirely Qualcomm’s fault, as the San Diego firm’s decision to exclusively employ TSMC’s 3nm ‘N3E’ process is also a contributing factor, as mass producing such wafers is not cheap. This would be one reason why the latest report states that the chipset maker is pursuing a dual-sourcing strategy for the Snapdragon 8 […]

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