Samsung System LSI Business

NS (Stephen) Woo, Ph.D. President & GM of System LSI Samsung Electronics

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System Semiconductor Industry

Samsung System LSI : Now Looking Forward

Market of Mobile Device

Smartphone
(billion units)

Tablet
1.3
(billion units)

1.2
1.0 0.8
0.5 0.5
22% 9%

0.6

0.7

0.4
0.3 0.2
0.07
25% 58% 0.19

0.09

0.5 0.3 2012 2013

0.6

0.7

0.1
0.07 0.05 2012

0.06 0.12 2013

0.26

2014(E)

2015(E)

2014(E)

2015(E)

Premium

Mid + Low

Premium

Mid + Low

* Source : Gartner, Strategy Analytics, 2013 3Q

* Source : Gartner, 2013 3Q

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Computing Power
New applications require higher computing/bandwidth
Computing/Bandwidth

Dual Camcording

1080p Video Single Camcording Location Based Service Web browsing

Voice Command

Resolution
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Display Trend
Higher resolution
FHD-class Display

Display
Resolution UHD
(3,840x2,160)

WQHD
(2,560x1,440)

FHD
(1,920x1,080)

HD-class Display

HD
(1,280x720)

2011

2013

2015(E)

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Camera Sensor Trend

Image quality enhancement is also improving
Camera Sensor
20Mp Resolution 16Mp
13Mp 8Mp Wide Dynamic Range

Image Stabilization

Wide Dynamic Range

Face Detection

5Mp 3Mp 2007 2009

Face Detection

Image stabilization 2013 2015(E)

2011

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System Semiconductor Industry

Samsung System LSI : Now

Looking Forward

Three business areas

SOC LSI

Foundry
AP Connectivity

Image Sensor Display Driver IC Smart Card IC Power Management IC

Foundry
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Product Portfolio

Powerful CPU/GPU Low Power

Camera Sensor

Pixel Leadership Slim Solution

Power Sequence Control & I2C Interface

PMIC line: AP & OLED High Efficiency High Accuracy

PMIC WiFi/BT GPS NFC SIM

Worlds Best Performance Low Power Consumption High Density e-SE Module

vt

Smartphone

Display Driver IC T-Con

Full line up for next FHD Lower Power solution Fast Speed (New Architecture)
eDRAM

IoT

T-con
Backlight control

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1. AP (Application Processor)
Focusing on high performance with low power consumption
CPU Leadership
Game changing technology :
big.LITTLE octa core

Powerful GPU
Richer 3D graphics with
Energy efficiency

Low Power
Advanced mobile process &
design methodologies

Low

High

big

LITTLE
Low High

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Computing Power
Has been leading AP industry since 2009
Innovation in both Architecture & Silicon Technology
(DMIPS)
30,000

Cortex-A15
2.xGHz

20,000

Cortex-A9 Quad
1.4GHz

Cortex-A15 Octa 1.6GHz

10,000

Cortex-A9 Dual

ARM11
800MHz 2008

Cortex-A8
1.0GHz

1.2GHz

2009

2010 11/32

2011

2012

2013

* Source : Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., ARM

*DMIPS : Dhrystone Million Instructions Per Second

big.LITTLE Architecture
Best of both worlds: high performance and low energy
Heterogeneous architecture for energy efficiency

1 3

2 4
LITTLE
C-A7

C-A15

big

1 3

2
4

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big.LITTLE Architecture
20% gain at performance and energy, respectively
Performance
Higher is Better + 20%

Energy
Lower is Better -15 ~ 20%

big.LITTLE

Conventional

big.LITTLE

Conventional

*Source : Samsung Electronics Co., LTD, 2013 2Q

*Source : Samsung Electronics Co., LTD, 2013 2Q

*Conventional : big CPU only

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Advanced Silicon Process

Leadership in low-power, advanced silicon process
Vdd 90/65nm 45nm 32nm 28nm
Strained Si ULK

20nm m
1st Gen HK/MG
2nd Gen HK/MG 1st Gate Last HK/MG

14nm 10nm

1.2V

1.1V
1.0V 1.0V

1st Gen FinFET

0.9V
0.8V 2006, 2009 2010 2012 2013 2014(E)

2nd Gen FinFET

0.7V

* Source : Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. *Vdd : Supplying voltage of drain

Process Node
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2. Image Sensor
Higher resolution & smaller pixel have driven sensor industry
Pixel Pitch (um)
5.6

Back-side Illumination Pixel

12Mp
8Mp 5Mp
2.8 2.25 1.8

13Mp

ISOCELL Wide Dynamic Range

Resolution

3Mp

VGA

1.3Mp

2Mp

1.4 1.1
Sub 1um

Standard Mobile Imaging Architecture (SMIA)

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009 15/32

2010

2011

2012

2013

* Source : Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Pixel Architecture
To increase sensitivity and decrease light loss & crosstalk
Gap-less u-lens
Increase sensitivity

Deep PD
Reduce loss in Si

Light-guide
Reduce metal layer reflection
u-lens C/F
Metal Photo-diode

Without color interference

Conventional

Light-guide

ISOCELL
No light loss

Back-side illumination
Remove metal layer reflection
G R

With color interference

Photo Photo Diode Diode

Photo Photo Diode Diode

Back-side illumination

ISOCELL
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Front-side Back-side illumination illumination

New Products for 2014-15

16Mp ISOCELL Sensor with 1.12um pixels

- Main sensor for smartphones - Wide dynamic range & Auto focus

Next APS-C sensor

- Sensor for mirror-less cameras

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3. Foundry
Advanced technology and continuous capacity growth

Customers

One stop IP shopping and design support

Technology & Capacity

IP & Design Support

Best service for development and mass production

Partnership with customers

Service

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14nm Achievement
Worlds leading 14nm FinFET solution via collaboration

Samsung : 14nm FinFET test sample & Design Infrastructure ready

ARM , Cadence, Synopsys & Mentor

FinFET Design Enablement Platform First Cortex-A7 implementation

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Technology & Capacity

Samsung

IBM

ISDA

Giheung, KR

STMicro.

GlobalFoundries Austin, Texas, USA

* ISDA : International Semiconductor Development Alliance

Hwaseong, KR

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System Semiconductor : Introduction Samsung System LSI : Now

Looking Forward

Widcon & TSV (Through Silicon Via)

64-bit CPU

FinFET Process

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Widcon with TSV

Wide connection between logic and memory
Higher bandwidth, lower power consumption
Memory Stacking with TSV

Short Connection with TSV

Micro Bump

DRAM u-bump

AP Package PCB

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Widcon in reality
Worlds 1st AP using Widcon & TSV

Performance
Higher is Better 14% 33% Lower is Better 60%

Power

43%

Widcon1 LPDDR3

Widcon2 LPDDR4

Widcon1

LPDDR3

Widcon2 LPDDR4

*Source : Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., JEDEC, 2013 1Q

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64-bit CPU core for Smart Devices

2-step approach:
AP with ARMs 64-bit core
AP with Samsungs own 64-bit core

Samsung

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14nm FinFET Technology

FinFET technology leadership
Lower Vdd and delay than a planar process
Structure
FinFET
Delay

Advantage
20nm Planar

Gate

Source

Drain

Less Delay Lower Vdd

Vdd

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New Business

ModAP (Cellular Modem + AP) IoT Foundry 2.0

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1. ModAP (Modem + AP)

Dual tracks for modem collaboration
High-end : 2-chip strategy with Tier-1 modem suppliers Mid/low-end : ModAP using system companys modem
Existing Products Additional Products

AP
Memory

ModAP Modem
AP Modem

Memory

Memory

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ModAP
System LSIs 1st ModAP was shipped in 3Q13

Exynos 4 Quad + System Companys Modem

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2. IoT (Internet of Things)

Smart building, Smart community, . . . Total connectivity solutions
Air conditioning and Temperature control Energy Generation Energy Storage

Lighting Control

Control of Elevators and Escalators

Total Solutions
Security Control Disaster Prevention Monitoring Cameras

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3. Foundry 2.0
Technical leadership 14FF and beyond
Foundry 2.0
1

Follower Tier 1 only Silicon

Technology Leadership Tier 1 + Tier 2/3 Silicon + IP Provider

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Foundry 2.0
10nm FinFET Leadership
Schedule
*SRD: Semiconductor Research & Development

SRD

Performance, power and area ISDA

Early EUV Adoption

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Concluding Remarks
Samsung S.LSI provides total solution for connected world
Mobile AP (Application Processor) Image Sensor

ModAP
IoT

Samsung S.LSI offers attractive foundry solution

Leading-edge technology: 14FF Capacity

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