The Galaxy S26 collection is “for sure” bringing again Exynos, writes leakster

Delays threw a wrench in Samsung’s plans for the Exynos 2500, however its successor is growing on agenda – it’s turning into more and more most probably that Samsung will use the Exynos 2600 for the Galaxy S26 collection.

The most recent document comes from the dependable @Jukanlosreve, who writes “The Exynos 2600 is for sure again and it is going to be used within the S26. However the chip quantity is so restricted that it’ll most probably be very similar to the Exynos 990 state of affairs.”

The Exynos 2600 will probably be fabbed on Samsung SF2, a 2nm Gate All Round (GAA) node. Here’s a timeline of Samsung’s nodes from TrendForce:

A roadmap of Samsung’s semiconductor nodes

SF2 makes use of third-generation GAA tech and guarantees 12% increased efficiency, 25% higher energy potency and a 5% relief in chip space in comparison to SF3 (the 3nm node which will be used for the Exynos 2500).

We’re no longer positive what @Jukanlosreve approach via the “Exynos 990 state of affairs”. That chip was once used within the Galaxy S20 and Be aware 20 collection bought in maximum areas, except for for the United States, Canada and China. That was once extra of a “Qualcomm has patents and costly attorneys” state of affairs than one in all restricted provide. And the yield from the SF2 node is it sounds as if beautiful excellent (TrendForce reported a “higher-than-expected preliminary yield of over 30%”).

Anyway, Exynos 2600 must cross into mass manufacturing within the ultimate quarter of this yr to satisfy the call for for the Galaxy S26 collection manufacturing – the brand new flagships will possibly debut on the finish of January or early February.

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