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fatslob-:O said:

JEMC said:

Good news, but for now it's only for smartphones tech. It will take a while before they can use it for something as demanding as a GPU.

Still, tech keep moving forward, which is good for us.

Not just limited to smartphones, could be used to create any IC ... (PC hardware designers can already arrange a deal with Samsung to get their process development kits for 7nm)

Well, that's why I said "for now" .

After all, it's a LPP process right now so it will still need to improve a little to make something more demanding like a GPU. And even if that were not the case, it's well known that smartphone makes pay more to get their products done, so we'd have to wait until Samsung themselves as well as others companies like Qualcomm have their first orders done.

So yes, hardware designers can start designing around that process and discuss the deals with Samsung (and GloFo after a while), but that doesn't mean they'll get their products done soon.