Samsung to release its 64-bit processor later this year

Samsung is moving forward to join the 64-bit processor club this year, though they are still working on this technology.

"64-bit is very important ... in the sense that there's a real demand, whether you need it or not," Kyushik Hong, vice president of marketing for Samsung's system LSI business. "We are very actively working on it."

Though, The Korean electronics builds mobile devices and corresponding Exynos chips to power mobile devices, Samsung still lags in the latest 64-bit mobile processor.

The 64-bit processors are more faster and efficient then most of 32-bit processors, which are common in smartphones and tablet today, However, most mobile OS and apps doesn't support 64-bit processors.

In September 2013, Apple became the first company to develop ARM-based mobile processor using a 64-bit architecture. As Apple develops its own OS and design its own processor, It has achieved to launch, The first 64-bit mobile device.

In December 2013, Qualcomm came up with Snapdragon 410, followed by Snapdragon 610 and 615 in MWC(Mobile World Congress) in Barcelona, Spain this week.

Nvidia introduced its news K1 chip at Consumer Electronics Show last month. Intel also launced two new 64-bit mobile processors in Barcelona, Spain.

Samsung believes that their 64-bit processors will be ready when OS such as Android releases its 64-bit operating system. Samsung also believes that their processor will be ready by the end of this year.

"Our chip will be ready whenever the operating systems and ecosystem go 64-bit," Hong said. "We're pretty sure we're not going to be the bottleneck for that."

Samsung made a processor that integrate the applications processor with a cellular processor that increases battery life and can be used in less expensive devices.

Samsung Galaxy Win, already uses Samsung integrated processor, The company is looking at making integrated processors for the high-end devices also.

"Since we see more opportunity for the mid- and low-end segment where integrated makes more sense, we're already working on it," Hong said. "We have a whole product roadmap to address that space with different approaches."

Samsung also aims to be the top mobile processor maker, "There is some perception in the market, naturally, because it's the same Samsung name, but there's a clear division between Samsung Mobile and Samsung System LSI," Hong said. "Once we work with our customers, then they fully appreciate this separation between the different business units." Qualcomm currently leads the market with its Snapdragon processors.