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The jury's still out on whether Samsung will use the homegrown Exynos 2600 for some variants of the Galaxy S26 series. While a final decision has reportedly not been made yet, it appears the company is close to mass production.
A new report out of South Korea indicates that Samsung is almost ready to fire up the proverbial ovens for manufacturing the Exynos 2600.
The Exynos 2600 will be manufactured on the foundry division's 2nm process. If it has got the thermal and yield issues sorted out, it may be able to produce the chip in enough volumes to meet the mobile division's demand.
It's also claimed that performance tests on the chip are currently ongoing and the MX will evaluate the chip based on those results to make a final decision by the fourth quarter of this year. Even if the decision is made to use the Exynos 2600, rumors suggest that Samsung might still stick with Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon chipset for the Galaxy S26 Ultra.
The reasons to bring Exynos back into the flagship fold may go far beyond that just having a Samsung-made chip in a Galaxy phone. Snapdragon chipsets are getting expensive not just because Qualcomm is raising prices, but because the San Diego-based company is also having to pass on TSMC's price hikes for 2nm manufacturing.
Samsung needs to strike a balance in its mobile chipset costs to ensure continued margin sustainability on some of its highly desirable devices.
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A new report out of South Korea indicates that Samsung is almost ready to fire up the proverbial ovens for manufacturing the Exynos 2600.
Final decision expected in Q4 2025
The Exynos 2600 will be manufactured on the foundry division's 2nm process. If it has got the thermal and yield issues sorted out, it may be able to produce the chip in enough volumes to meet the mobile division's demand.
It's also claimed that performance tests on the chip are currently ongoing and the MX will evaluate the chip based on those results to make a final decision by the fourth quarter of this year. Even if the decision is made to use the Exynos 2600, rumors suggest that Samsung might still stick with Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon chipset for the Galaxy S26 Ultra.
The reasons to bring Exynos back into the flagship fold may go far beyond that just having a Samsung-made chip in a Galaxy phone. Snapdragon chipsets are getting expensive not just because Qualcomm is raising prices, but because the San Diego-based company is also having to pass on TSMC's price hikes for 2nm manufacturing.
Samsung needs to strike a balance in its mobile chipset costs to ensure continued margin sustainability on some of its highly desirable devices.
The post Samsung’s close to firing up the ovens for the Galaxy S26’s Exynos 2600 appeared first on imeisource.