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The chip will likely be used in the Galaxy S28 series in 2028.
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Earlier this year, Samsung launched the world’s first 2nm smartphone chip, the Exynos 2600. It has been used in the Galaxy S26 and the Galaxy S26+ in most countries globally. While the specifications of the Exynos 2700 are not yet available, early details about the Exynos 2800 have already started to emerge.
The Exynos 2800 is expected to power the Galaxy S28 series and could launch in early 2028.
A report from ZDNet Korea (via @jukan05) claims that Samsung has set a target to tape out the Exynos 2800 before the end of this year. Tape out refers to the completion of the design phase of a chip, and the design is then sent to a chip foundry (chip manufacaturing facility). The chip will be manufactured by Samsung Foundry. It could use System LSI's custom CPU cores and a completely in-house GPU architecture.
The Exynos 2800 is reportedly codenamed Vanguard and will be built on a 2nm process node. However, it will not use the same 2nm process as the Exynos 2600. Instead, the Exynos 2800 is expected to use Samsung Foundry’s third-generation 2nm process, called SF2P+.
Samsung had previously planned to use a more advanced 1.4nm fabrication process for the Exynos 2800. However, the company has reportedly decided to focus on improving yields and optimizing performance instead of moving to a newer node too quickly.
SF2P, which is Samsung’s second-generation 2nm process, already delivers up to 12 percent better performance, 8 percent area reduction, and 25 percent improved power efficiency compared to the first-generation 2nm process (SF2). The Exynos 2700 chip, which will come equipped in the Galaxy S27 series, is expected to use the SF2P proces. The newer SF2P+ process is expected to offer further improvements in performance and efficiency.
Samsung has also reportedly postponed its 1.4nm process node by about two years, which means such chips may not arrive until around 2029.
Internally, Samsung appears to have acknowledged that transitioning to a new process node every year is no longer practical. As a result, it is focusing more on Design-Technology Co-Optimization (DTCO), an approach that improves performance and efficiency by optimizing chip design and manufacturing together rather than relying solely on smaller process nodes.
Asif is a computer engineer turned technology journalist. He has been using Samsung phones since 2004, and his current smartphone is the Galaxy S23 Ultra. He loves headphones, mechanical keyboards, and PC hardware. When not writing about technology, he likes watching crime and science fiction movies and TV shows.
