Samsung is ready to produce 8 nm chips for Low Power Plus process.

Samsung start mass producing chips using the 8nm FinFET Low Power Plus process. Samsung to launch its new chip which is in the size of 8nm, previously the processor size was up to 10nm, which minimises the power consumption to 10% & reduces the area by 10% due to its narrow metal pitch according to the Samsung.

Samsung sees its 8nm LPP technology providing benefits for a variety of segments, including mobile applications, cryptocurrency, and network/server, along with other high-performance applications.

 RK Chunduru, Senior VP of Samsung manufacturing partner Qualcomm, said that "uses proven 10-nm process technology while providing better performance and scalability than current 10-nm-based products".

Qualcomm will be the first company to use this 8nm FinFET Low Power Plus process in its upcoming Snapdragon mobile chips, while previously on this place 10nm chip was used in the Samsung processors with Qualcomm Snapdragon 835.

Even though Samsung is first out of the gate for 8nm, soon it is going to face some tough competition in the upcoming year. Global Foundries is on the way to launch its 7nm process in the first half of 2018 and start the production during the second half. Using a 7nm process, Global Foundries is claiming up to a 40% power reduction compared to the 14nm chip.

Seems like Samsung trend of 8nm FinFET may not last for a long time, even Global Foundries has come with the amusement, officially till it releases its 7nm processor This will be in the top hand.

Companies like Intel are investing hugely in their R&D for chip developing, even AMD has a partnership with Global Foundries for chip production, so it may be able to get better one sooner than Intel has plans for.