Hot on the heels of Qualcomm�s Snapdragon 820 unveiling, Samsung has revealed their own next-gen chipset that is likely to be inside most of their 2016 flagship products. It�s the Exynos 8 Octa 8890, a 64-bit Octa-Core chipset that has all the juice you�d expect from a Samsung kit.
It�s built on a 14nm FinFET process, and is the first single-chip Exynos that combines their custom ARMv8-based CPU with an LTE Category 12/13 modem. Samsung didn�t go into extreme detail about the custom CPU cores, but they suggest it�s 30% faster and 10% more efficient than the Exynos 7. The custom cores will make up the high-end part of the chipset, and ARM�s Cortex-A53 will be used on the lower end. It�ll also sport Mali-T880 graphics which should be able to rival the top-line option from Qualocmm�s lineup quite easily.
Samsung says mass production for the chip will begin by the end of this year, and it�s possible that they�ll be ready to go in time for the Samsung Galaxy S7, which we�re hearing could launch as soon as February or March 2016.