Samsung's latest non-foldable flagship phones, the Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+, and Galaxy S25 Ultra, feature Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. People are very happy that the tech giant went with it rather than the in-house developed Exynos 2500. That’s because in the past, Exynos processors have usually performed worse than those from Qualcomm, resulting in slower performance, lower battery life, and overheating. However, the main reason for Samsung to go with Qualcomm was not performance.
The brand chose the Snapdragon 8 Elite because it was unable to make Exynos 2500 profitably due to the low yield rate of the 3nm fabrication process on which the SoC is based. Well, as it turns out, Samsung is now trying to fix not just Exynos' performance issues but also the yield rate of the 2nm fabrication process with its upcoming SoC for mobile devices, the Exynos 2600. It will enable Samsung to use it for the Galaxy S26 series over the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2, which will return the brand better profits.
Samsung sets up task force to improve Exynos 2600 and 2nm process
According to a new report from Korea’s FN News, Samsung has set up a task force to improve the performance of the Exynos 2600 chipset so that it compete fiercely with the offerings from Qualcomm and MediaTek as well as improve the yield rate of Samsung Foundry's 2nm fabrication process (SF2) on which the chipset is based.
If the task force manages to fix the two issues, Samsung will have no problem going ahead with the Exynos 2600 processor for the Galaxy S26 series. Using an in-house developed chipset over the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 will also save the company a lot of money. It’s a different thing that people won’t be happy about it.
Improving the yield rate of the 2nm fabrication process will also attract third-party customers to it, such as AMD, Nvidia, or even Apple. If that happens, Samsung Foundry could finally bid a goodbye to its tough times.
Speaking of yield rates, according to the publication, its source claim that the yield rate of the Exynos 2600 and the 2nm fabrication process is already better than that of the Exynos 2500 and the 3nm fabrication process.
Reportedly, Samsung is seeing its attempt to improve the performance of Exynos SoCs and the yield rate of 2nm fabrication process as a last chance to revive Exynos. It will be interesting to see if Samsung’s return to Exynos will hit the sales or not.
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