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The thing is... doesn't Samsung already do this with their Exynos chips? And even with Qualcomm, they must already build them with Android (even a particular ph
by singhrac 6y ago
The thing is... doesn't Samsung already do this with their Exynos chips? And even with Qualcomm, they must already build them with Android (even a particular phone) in mind, right? Yet somehow the A14 is faster than a Snapdragon 865. I think strategically if Exynos put pressure on Qualcomm in a nontrivial way (e.g. Samsung switched entirely, and started selling Exynos chips to their competitors) that would change the game. Maybe the fab needs to be spun out of Samsung, just as Intel's fabs might be spun out as well.
- zepto 6y agoI don’t see Samsung doing this. It’s one thing knowing that you are going to run Android. It’s entirely another to decide to be able to invest years in optimizing reference counting in collaboration with the compiler team committing to ARC.
- ksec 6y agoSamsung and Qualcomm have different priorities. Vendors are already complaining to Qualcomm about expensive packages due to 5G. They want it cheaper, at the same time people are suggesting Qualcomm's CPU goes faster. You can only have one of them.