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Galaxy S25’s Exynos 2500 to be more efficient than Snapdragon 8 Gen 4

Samsung is developing the Exynos 2500 chipset, which it could offer with the Galaxy S25 series smartphones in some regions. Last year, the company confirmed that it would make the upcoming chipset on Samsung Foundry’s second-generation 3nm fabrication process, which is expected to offer better power efficiency than not only Samsung’s 4nm fabrication process that […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
4 weeks ago

Galaxy Watch 7 could launch in three variants, have 50% more power-efficient chip

A few days ago, we exclusively revealed that Samsung is seriously considering launching a new smartwatch with a squarer screen. Now, new rumors reveal more information about the Galaxy Watch 7 series, and it brings a surprise if the information ends up being correct. It could be getting a new variant and a brand-new processor. […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 months ago

Samsung facing the heat from new contract chip manufacturers Intel and Rapidus

For the past few years, Samsung Foundry and TSMC were the only brands capable of making semiconductor chips on 7nm (or better) process nodes. While TSMC has been the best in performance and efficiency, Samsung was a good option for firms that couldn't afford TSMC or get enough volume. Intel and Rapidus plan to make […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 months ago

Samsung could use Nvidia tech to improve its semiconductor chips

Samsung Foundry has been lagging behind TSMC over the past few years. Its semiconductor chips haven't been able to perform as well as those made by TSMC. Samsung reportedly plans to use Nvidia's Digital Twin technology based on its Omniverse platform to catch up with its Taiwanese rival. Samsung could use Nvidia's Digital Twin technology […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 months ago

Samsung and Arm collaborate on next-gen Cortex-X CPU cores

Samsung Foundry, Samsung Electronics' division that fabricates semiconductor chips, has announced its collaboration with Arm (Arm Holdings PLC) for optimized fabrication of next-generation Cortex-X series CPU cores. This collaboration will improve the performance and power efficiency of CPU cores using Arm's latest Cortex-X series designs and fabricated using Samsung Foundry's GAA process. Arm and Samsung […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
3 months ago

3nm Dimensity 9400 to launch in late 2024 to compete with Exynos 2500

Four flagship smartphone processors will be launched by the end of this year: Apple A18 Pro, MediaTek Dimensity 9400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, and Samsung Exynos 2500 (tentative name). All four chipsets will be made using cutting-edge 3nm semiconductor chip fabrication processes. More details about the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 have been revealed. 3nm Dimensity […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
3 months ago

Exynos 2500 specs leak before the Exynos 2400 has been thoroughly tested

Samsung unveiled its newest flagship smartphones for the year last week. The Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+, and Galaxy S24 Ultra are available for pre-order in several countries worldwide, and but they haven't even reached customers yet. The performance and efficiency of the Exynos 2400 haven't been tested widely, but some information about the Exynos 2500 […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
4 months ago

Future flagship Snapdragon chips could be made using Samsung’s 2nm process

Ever since the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 debacle, Qualcomm has switched most of its new chips to TSMC. Starting with the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chips, the company has almost moved away from Samsung Foundry to TSMC, but it could come back to Samsung Foundry in the future, and that too for its flagship Snapdragon […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
5 months ago

Galaxy S25 could use wildly powerful 3nm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip

Now that we're very close to the expected launch of the Galaxy S24, rumors about the Galaxy S25 series have already started coming in. It is rumored that the Galaxy S25 will feature a new design language, and that design will then be used in other Samsung phones. Now, another piece of information has come […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
5 months ago

Qualcomm and MediaTek flagship chips to use TSMC’s 3nm tech, not Samsung’s

AMD, Apple, MediaTek, Nvidia, and Qualcomm have all been using TSMC's new fabrication technologies to make their new semiconductor chips. While some of them also use Samsung Foundry to make their chips, they are usually not the flagship models. Samsung Foundry was hoping that some of them would switch from TSMC to its 3nm process, […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
6 months ago

AMD’s Zen 5c chips could be made by Samsung’s improved 4nm technology

Samsung lost a lot of its semiconductor chip clients to TSMC over the past few years. First, it was Apple, and then Nvidia and Qualcomm switched from Samsung Foundry to TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company). However, it looks like the South Korean firm is on the cusp of getting some of its clients back, as […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
6 months ago

Samsung expanding chip production capacity by importing equipment from ASML

Samsung, the second-biggest contract chip fabrication firm in the world, has set its sights firmly on TSMC. The company wants to become the world's biggest semiconductor chip company by 2030. To that end, the company is said to be buying more advanced chip fabrication equipment from ASML. Samsung wants to own over 100 EUV chip […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
6 months ago

Samsung’s next-gen 3nm, 4nm chip tech to be ready by second half of 2024

Earlier this week, Samsung announced its quarterly revenue for the third quarter (July – August) of 2023. During the announcement, the company said it is on track to keep its second-generation 3nm and fourth-generation 4nm semiconductor chip fabrication processes ready for mass production by the second half of 2024. Samsung's improved 3nm and 4nm processes […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
6 months ago

Samsung confident of Exynos 2400 GPU, confirms 3nm for Exynos 2500

While Qualcomm fully unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 a couple of days ago, Samsung has only announced the existence of the Exynos 2400. The Exynos 2400 is expected to be used in the Galaxy S24 and the Galaxy S24+, while the Galaxy S24 Ultra reportedly uses the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. But how do […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
7 months ago

Galaxy Watch 7 might be Samsung’s first device to sport a 3nm Exynos chip

It's no secret that Samsung wants to manufacture 3nm chips next year and aims to be capable of 2nm and 1.4nm manufacturing in 2025 and 2027, respectively. But the company won't create its next in-house Exynos silicon on either one of those processes. The next-gen Exynos 2400, which is expected to power the Galaxy S24 […]

By Mihai Matei
7 months ago

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