The Samsung Galaxy S series usually adopts a dual-platform strategy, such as the Galaxy S22 series, the US version uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 chip, while the European version uses the Exynos 2200 chip.
However, the latest report points out that the Exynos chip may miss the Samsung Galaxy S23 series. On May 31, the whistleblower Garyeon Han hinted on social platforms that Samsung will no longer develop Exynos flagship chips this year, which means that the Galaxy S23 series to be released in 2023 will all use Qualcomm chips.
The report pointed out that the Galaxy S22 series released by Samsung this year provides the Exynos 2200 version and the Snapdragon 8 version, of which the Exynos 2200 version has problems such as heat and freeze, which affects the reputation of the Exynos chip.
To this end, Samsung has decided to start developing a dedicated chip for Galaxy smartphones, which will debut as soon as 2025, which means that both the Galaxy S23 series in 2023 and the Galaxy S24 series in 2024 will use Qualcomm Snapdragon chips.
As usual, Qualcomm will launch the second-generation Snapdragon 8 chip (Snapdragon 8 Gen2) at the end of this year. This chip will be manufactured by TSMC. It is expected to still be a “1+3+4” three-cluster architecture design, which will be in 2023. This processor will also be used in the Galaxy S23 series.
As for Exynos, the household name chip has had its moment. In 2015, Samsung Galaxy S6 edge and Galaxy S6 used Samsung Exynos 7420 processor, because Samsung took the lead in using the 14nm FinFET process.
With this advanced process, Samsung Exynos 7420 has a more stable frequency and power consumption performance. Compared with 20nm, the performance of 14nm FinFET is 20%, and the power consumption is reduced by 35%.
At that time, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 used TSMC’s 20nm process, and this processor was exposed to heat problems. In contrast, the Samsung Exynos 7420 has a higher energy efficiency ratio and is called “Android Light”. Now that Samsung plans to build its own Exynos chip for Galaxy smartphones, we’ll have to wait and see if it can revive the Exynos glory.