Moore's Law lives on with speedy 7nm mobile chips coming in 2018
How do mobile devices keep getting faster, thinner and more power efficient? It's thanks to the quick advances in chip manufacturing, which help churn out smaller chips packed with new features.
The next round of premium smartphones early next year could feature chips like Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835, made using the latest, 10-nanometer process.
Continuing with the famous Moore's Law observation, it's likely that two years after that, smartphones will get even faster and smaller with chips made using a 7-nanometer process.
On Monday, ARM, with its chip designs in most smartphones, said it is working with prominent chip manufacturer TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.) to make 7nm chips. ARM shared intellectual property for its 7nm designs, allowing chips to be designed for manufacturing in TSMC's factories.
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