Samsung Attempts to shake off the Doldrums by Hinting that Iris Recognition Could be coming to the Galaxy S6
With Samsung's profits falling by 47% this past quarter, they're now trying to shake off the doldrums by cranking up their propaganda machine once again. Today, a new Korean report states that Samsung is going to use the octa-core Exynos 7 processor in the Galaxy S6, which is scheduled to be released early next year. The hinted twist is that the Galaxy S6 could introduce Iris recognition which supports their ongoing work on this project. The report stated that "images of the new model are being revealed." Whether the noted imagery is that which they provided and noted in our cover graphic is unknown at this time.
According to Samsung on Oct. 16, the System LSI business will mass produce its own application processor (AP) starting late this year using the production process of 14 nm FinFETs, which is going to be used in the Galaxy S6. Samsung won't be alone on that front for very long as Apple will be shifting to 14nm FinFET for next year's A9 processor.
Due to Samsung's new Heterogeneous Multi-Processing (HMP) solution, the CPU cores perform 57 percent better compared to the octa-core Exynos 5 processor. Owing to the use of the Mali T-760 GPU, the processors' capability to handle graphically-rich tasks improves as much as 74 percent, especially for 3D graphics.
In particular, the new AP will provide face and iris recognition solutions, and also delivers distinct performance when supporting an application needed to realize augmented reality. That could boost the performance of their Gear VR which is in collaboration with Facebook who owns Oculus. Facebook's CEO was in Korea this week to discuss the next phase of their VR partnership.
Other than being a gimmick, it's unknown at this time what other possible purposes iris recognition could possess. In the bigger picture, the new Apple Pay mobile payment system that officially launches this coming Monday works with a simple fingerprint scan to finalize a purchase safely and securely. The use of an iris scanner for this purpose won't be supported by retailers, so it's a non-starter.
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