Weak Exynos yields and contract penalties keep Snapdragon in charge

Samsung’s next Galaxy flagships are shaping up to be a pricey headache as the dark satanic rumour mill claims the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 will power about 75 per cent of Galaxy S26 models worldwide.

Samsung’s Exynos refuses to learn the lesson

It takes a certain flair to kick off an industry trend, and MediaTek managed it when it lobbed efficiency cores out the window with its Dimensity 9300 in November 2023.

Qualcomm expects 75 per cent chip share despite Exynos revival

Samsung might be dusting off its Exynos project for the Galaxy S26 series, but even the Koreans seem to know where the real firepower lies.

2nm Exynos could give the Galaxy S26 a head start

Samsung’s next top-tier mobile processor, the Exynos 2600, is tipped to be built on the company’s own 2nm fabrication process, putting it ahead of Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, which is being produced on TSMC’s 3nm node.

NPU in the baseband could beam up with SpaceX satellites.

Samsung looks set to inject more AI into its upcoming Exynos chipsets, with reports claiming the company will embed a neural processing unit directly into the 5G modem.

Slimmer design, bigger battery, and more improvements

At the IFA 2025 show in Berlin, Samsung has unveiled its new Galaxy S25 FE smartphone, bringing several improvements, including a slightly faster Exynos 2400 SoC, a slimmer design, a better front camera, and a larger battery.

Dimensity 8450 could plug gap left by weak in-house silicon

MediaTek has  rolled out its Dimensity 8450 chip at the India Dimensity Summit, offering a lightly reworked version of the 8400 it pushed out in December 2024. The real eyebrow-raiser, though, was Samsung turning up to the launch. 

“Google incident” forces soul‑searching at Samsung 

Google’s decision to dump Samsung for TSMC to make its Tensor chips has reportedly caused chaos behind closed doors in South Korea.

Entry-level gets a boost with Exynos 1330 or Dimensity 6300

Samsung has officially announced its new Galaxy A16 5G budget smartphone, bringing a larger 6.7-inch screen, Exynos 1330 or Dimensity 6300 SoC, and up to 6 major Android upgrades, which is a rather big surprise.

3nm chipset with single Cortex-A78 and four Cortex-A55 cores

Ahead of its July 10th Unpacked event, Samsung has decided to officially announce its new smartwatch SoC, the Exynos W1000. The new SoC is built on Samsung's 3nm GAA process and features a single Cortex-A78 and four Cortex-A55 cores, a new packaging that brings a smaller form factor, better heat dissipation as well as puts both DRAM and NAND flash memory on the SoC.