Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Dismantling the smartphone Samsung Galaxy S6 showed that Samsung uses fewer chips from other manufacturers – iXBT.com

Experts Chipworks explore the inner smartphone Samsung Galaxy S6. More precisely, the modification 4G + (SM-G920I) on SoC Exynos 7420.
 


 

In addition to this SoC, memory is used in the smartphone Samsung K3RG3G30MM-DGCH (3 GB LPDDR4 SDRAM) and Samsung KLUBG4G1BD (32 GB flash memory NAND), modem Samsung Shannon 333 chip power management Shannon 533 and Samsung S2MPS15, transceiver Samsung Shannon 928 RF and chip Samsung Shannon 710, which implements technology Envelope Tracking.
 


 

In addition, the board can see the satellite navigation receiver Broadcom BCM4773, gyroscope and accelerometer InvenSense MPU-6500, a multi-band RF module Skyworks SKY78042, power amplifiers Avago AFEM-9020 and Avago ACPM-7007, image processor Samsung C2N8B6, audio amplifier Maxim MAX98505 Class DG and auxiliary power chip Maxim MAX77843. List of completing the module Wi-Fi Samsung Electro-Mechanics 3853B5, controller NFC Samsung N5DDPS2, audio codec Wolfson WM1840, wireless charging receiver Texas Instruments BQ51221, antenna switch Skyworks SKY13415 and touch screen controller STMicro FT6BH.
 


 

What does this list? South Korean manufacturer is increasingly relying on its own chip and uses fewer chips from other manufacturers, in particular, Qualcomm. Qualcomm is considered a leader in the production of modems LTE, but Intel, MediaTek and Samsung already have their own developments.
 

Samsung Exynos 7420 processor manufactured on 14-nanometer process technology FinFET.
 


 

The notation on the chip are arranged quite unusual, prompting experts Chipworks assume that this specific instance is manufactured at the company Globalfoundries.
 


 

The area of ​​the active part of the crystal is equal to 78 mm² For comparison – the die area SoC Qualcomm Snapdragon, used in the Galaxy S5, equal to 118.3 mm².
 

Source: Chipworks

 

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