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Will start the "war" of smartphones with microprocessors 7 nanometers

Apple could replace its 10nm processors that were part of the iPhone 8 and iPhone X for the new 7nm in its next generation of smartphones. But Samsung is also already in the race for chips.According to Bloomberg, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing started with the production of the new generation of 7-nanometer microprocessors and could be installed in the next generation of Apple iPhone smartphones. By using the new chips, the equipment gains more autonomy and will be faster, factors that make the equipment more coveted by the public.This trump card will not be among major smartphone makers, and Samsung is also developing its 7nm-based microprocessor technology, expected to reach its equipment later this year. Next year, the processors will switch to mass production for external customers.The Korean company also said it is in the process of specializing in this technology that has been the focus of industry for the last decade. Still last year Samsung launched the 8nm chips in anticipation of its competition. In order to obtain positive results in the development of 7 nanometer processors it is necessary to use a technique in the field of nanolithography that uses ultraviolet light to record the chips with greater precision.Samsung hopes to adopt the same strategy it used with the memory chips, expanding sales to other manufacturers, which allowed it to outperform Intel last year.

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