Samsung may make Qualcomm's next 2nm high-end chip

In the last few years, Samsung's semiconductor manufacturing division has struggled to find customers, as it couldn't make chips as good as TSMC. The South Korean tech giant changed that with the development of its second-generation 2nm fabrication process (known as SF2P).

Samsung, being the first brand ready to make 2nm chips and the technological advancements the SF2P offers, was able to attract Tesla. AMD and Google are also expected to jump on the bandwagon soon. Well, it looks like Qualcomm is also planning to get chips made by Samsung Foundry.

According to a report from Hankyung Korea Market, at CES 2026, Qualcomm’s CEO Cristiano Amon met with reporters and discussed the company’s collaboration with Samsung Foundry on 2nm chips.

He said, “Among many foundry companies, we have started discussions with Samsung Electronics for contract manufacturing using the latest 2-nanometer process. We have also completed the design work with the goal of commercialisation soon.”

The report doesn't say exactly which chip Qualcomm is planning to get made from Samsung. Considering that it will be a 2nm chip, it could be a high-end model. According to a previous report, it will be the Snapdragon 8s Elite Gen 5, which could be a slightly superior/inferior version of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.

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