Will we see Ax or Mx chips from Samsung in the future? interesting article ...

[jz0309]

Headline:

Samsung intensifies chip wars with bet it can catch TSMC by 2022​

Link: https://techxplore.com/news/2020-11-samsung-chip-wars-tsmc.html

interesting claims but it would be great to see some real competition in this space. I remember Apple dual sourcing in the past but I'm not sure they want to go back to that, at the same time, all eggs in 1 basket carries risk.
One possible scenario could be foundry A in iPhone, foundry B in iPad and Mac ...
Regardless, this is a good move by Samsung and it will be exciting to see the development of this

 

[bobmans]

Samsung 3nm != TSMC 3nm tho.
Not every company measures the same and the naming has just become a marketing name now.

TSMC's latest 7nm process is almost as dense as Samsung's 5nm process, TSMC's 5nm process literally blows Samsung's out of the water even thought they have the same marketing name.
TSMC's 5nm is 37%(!) more dense than Samsung's 5nm for example.