The Exynos W920 SoC, which is Samsung’s latest chipset for its next-generation of wearables, will power the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 series. The new SoC was just unveiled by the South Korean tech giant, who claims it provides “high performance, efficiency, and LTE connectivity in the industry’s smallest form factor.” Samsung also claims that it is the first SoC to use a 5nm EUV process node. The Exynos W920 SoC supports LPDDR4 RAM and embedded multimedia card (eMMC) storage.
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Samsung Exynos W920 SoC
Samsung’s Exynos W920 is a dual-core processor featuring two Arm Cortex-A55 cores and an Arm Mali-G68 GPU. It also includes a dedicated low-power display processor, the Cortex-M55. This enables Always-on Display (AoD) with lower power consumption than the prior Exynos SoC. In terms of CPU performance, the Exynos W920 claims to enhance by roughly 20% and give ten times the higher graphics performance. The 5nm chipset will also offer “faster application launches and more interactive eye-catching 3D graphical user interface (GUI)”. Samsung’s Exynos W920 can display 960×540 pixels at its highest resolution. Fan-Out Panel Level Packaging (FO-PLP) is also available on the chipset.
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Its power management IC (PMIC), LPDDR4 RAM, and embedded multimedia card (eMMC) storage are all housed in the same package; thanks to its System-in-Package-embedded Package on Package (SiP-ePoP) configuration. The Exynos W920 SoC has a built-in 4G LTE Cat.4 modem and GNSS L1; enabling it to track speed, distance, and elevation during outdoor activities.
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The Exynos W920 SoC will be used for the first time in the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 line of wearables. Samsung and Google have collaborated on a new unified wearable platform called One UI Watch; which will be supported by the chipset.
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