Could OEMs use Samsung's Exynos?Given all the negative PR about last year's Snapdragon 810 chipset, which was bested in every respect by Samsung's Exynos 7 Octa, and recent revelations that the Snapdragon 820 is neither more powerful nor more efficient than the Exynos 8 Octa in the Galaxy S7 (non-American S7s do much better in CPU benchmarks, are very slightly worse in GPU, and get up to 50% extra battery, check Ars Technica's review of the S7 for info), it has brought this question up in my head: Could another OEM use Samsung's Exynos instead of Snapdragon? Now know Samsung manufacturers some of Apple's chips, but that's also another case: Apple designs those chips, while Samsung has poured its hard work and effort into developing its Exynos chips. And I also know Meizu uses Exynos in some of its products, but it seems to be a different case: Meizu is a much smaller player globally, and Samsung may not see it as a threat to its supremacy. But what about much bigger names: could Lenovo-Motorola, Xiaomi, or old players like Sony and HTC, make a phone with Samsung's flagship Exynos processors? | |
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yes they all can but it falls down to the brand name which in turn gets popular considering the fact qualcomm is just chip manufacturer but it creates havoc on entire industry even far beyond than that of OEM . (this factor is taken in consideration ). after that you have the foundries limitation of production which is dependent on the chip maker(perfect example to apple 30% production of A9 was done by TSMC)
and finally it falls down to the need to which of the "nm" technology support they have in their product team . as it maybe considered easy on the outside but when it comes to attaining perfect control of the chip after manufacturer sends it over with all default module is a hard job not every of these companies have such professional to handle to (sometime they take up help directly from the manufacturer for optimum output but it result in extra cash shedding) hope this would clear your mind! | |
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