Samsung to follow Apple's footsteps with its own flavour of a 64-bit chip for mobile devices which will be a turning a point in company’s products.!

Described as a "2-step approach," Samsung is working first on an 64-bit processor based on a design from ARM, then, developing its own "optimized" 64-bit design, said Stephen Woo, president of System LSI at Samsung Electronics, during a presentation at Samsung's Analyst Day in Seoul, South Korea.

"Many people were thinking, why we needed 64-bit for mobile devices?" asked Woo. "People were asking that question until three months ago. And now I think no one is asking that question. They're asking, when can we have that?"

Apple drew plenty of oohs and aahs when it revealed the first 64-bit chip for smart phones in September. That Apple A7 processor is also an ARM-based design that has been optimized and processed by Apple. It is now available iPhone 5S and iPad Air.

Woo did not say about the release of the 64 bit chips.!

"We are marching on schedule," said Woo. "We will offer the first 64-bit [processor] based on ARM's own core. After that, we will offer an even more optimized 64-bit [processor] based on our own optimizations."

Samsung is also going to drop hints on the future of mobile devices packing PC-like memory that would require a 64-bit processor.

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