Samsung puts 14nm into mass production

Samsung Electronics has begun mass production of the Exynos 7 Octa, said to be the first mobile application processor to incorporate 14nm FinFET process technology.

"Samsung's advanced 14nm FinFET process technology is undoubtedly the most advanced logic process technology in the industry," claimed Gabsoo Han, executive vice president of sales and marketing for Samsung's System LSI Business. "We expect the production of our 14nm mobile application processor to positively impact the growth of the mobile industry by enabling further performance improvements for cutting-edge smartphones."

When compared to Samsung's 20nm process technology, this latest process is said to provide an increase in speed of up to 20% and 35% less power consumption.