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Exynos had been the ugly duckling of chips for years. BMW thinks the opposite.

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When choosing a high-end Samsung, the dilemma between betting on the Exynos version or the Qualcomm version has always been clear. In fact, until just a generation ago Samsung reserved its chips Exynos for the “non-Ultra” models, and provided its flagship with Snapdragon Elite on duty. Its chip division has been in crisis for almost a yearbut the latest leaks point to the comeback being close. Meanwhile, the company has a plan to revitalize the income of this business area: bet on the automotive industry. bmw. According to Korean sourcesBMW has chosen the Samsung Exynos Auto V720 to give life to a very important vehicle for the German brand: the next iX3. It will be the first electric car to use this platform. One of the current wars in the automotive sector is precisely to lead in infotainment systems, and there the processor plays a fundamental role. The Exynos Auto V720. This processor will be manufactured in a five nanometer process, and its announcement will be imminent according to the source. It is not the first time that BMW has opted for the Korean company, since flagship vehicles such as those of the Series 7 of the company have been betting on platforms such as the Exynos Auto V920 since 2023. Why is it important. Samsung’s Samsung LSI (Large Scale Integration) division is responsible for the design and development of chips and solutions for semiconductors. It is not only responsible for manufacturing Exynos processors, but also ISOCELL image sensors or the 5G modems themselves. Without a detailed shock plan, the data on the table tells us of estimated losses of 1 trillion won in 2024, a result that was partly due to the inability to integrate the processor Exynos 2500 in the Galaxy S25 series. Beyond smartphones, a crucial division for Samsung, fully entering the automotive world is an important step to clean up its accounts. In fact, Samsung’s move goes beyond simply supplying the Exynos Auto. Recently, Harman (Samsung subsidiary) agreed to purchase ZF Friedrichshafen’s ADAS unit to reinforce its presence in advanced assistance systems (cameras, radars, critical computing, etc.). Interior of the BMW 7 Series The software war. The current war in the automotive world is not about the engine, It’s in the software and the screens. It’s getting to that pointthat manufacturers such as Volkswagen have come to declare that “they are not phones, they are cars”, as an argument to reintroduce the haptic buttons that their customers missed so much. The European Union itself has had to take action on the matter, and the new Euro NCAP will be valued very positively the return of physical buttons. Despite this, screens are here to stay. Image | bmw

Samsung opens the era of 2nm chips with the Exynos 2600. Chances are we won’t notice much

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Samsung has announced officially the Exynos 2600 SoC. This smartphone chip is especially notable for one particular feature: it is the first to be manufactured with 2 nm photolithography. The question, of course, is whether that will change things much. Why is it important. Node jumps in photolithographic processes are especially striking because they usually lead to significant improvements in performance and efficiency. By reducing the scale it is possible to fit more transistors in the same space, which in essence ends up giving us “more for the same.” The Samsung Exynos 2600 goes precisely in that direction. The data. Samsung’s new System-on-a-Chip (SoC) boasts above all of that new 2nm GAA (Gate-All-Around) manufacturing process, and is composed of the following elements: CPU: ten cores in total. The configuration features one 3.8 GHz C1-Ultra core, three 3.25 GHz C1-Pro cores, and six 2.75 GHz C1-Pro cores. GPU: Samsung Xclipse 960 NPU: 32K MAC What can we expect. According to Samsung, this new CPU increases performance by 39% compared to the Exynos 2500. The Xclipse 960 GPU manages to double the computing capacity of its predecessor and 50% more performance in ray-tracing. And finally, the NPU allows 113% more performance than its predecessor, which will allow you to enjoy AI functions in a theoretically notable way. 320 MP sensors. Another of the differentiating elements of this SoC is the support for sensors of up to 320 MP, in addition to offering zero latency for captures of up to 108 MP. Or what is the same: you take snapshots thanks to that processing capacity. It is also compatible with 8K recording at 30 fps and 4K at 120 fps with HDR. Less throttling. One of the most important novelties of these chips is Heath Path Block technology (HPB). This system improves thermal conductivity using new materials, which reduces thermal resistance and helps the chip maintain high performance for longer. It will therefore be more difficult for us to notice drops in chip performance due to potential overheating, for example in gaming sessions with the mobile phone that integrates this SoC. If that promise is fulfilled, we would be facing a potential solution to a problem that has traditionally been criticized in Exynos chips. Will we notice anything? The truth is that current SoCs are already true computing beasts in all sections and usually give so much room for maneuver that it is difficult to notice differences between them in our daily lives. That perception is misleading, because these hardware advances allow us to take advantage of that performance and efficiency “without realizing it.” Increasingly better photos captured and processed instantly, absolute fluidity in the interface even with high resolutions and refresh rates, or of course gaming in increasingly demanding games are scenarios in which these chips do their best. remains to be seen if Google finally goes ahead with its “PC mode”an area in which having powerful chips like this can offer a user experience much closer to the usual laptop/PC. Competition for Qualcomm. Theoretically, the Samsung chip will be able to compete head to head with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. Some previous leaks That’s what they pointed out, but without a doubt we could be facing a great option for a market that will certainly benefit from that competition. Prepared for the Galaxy S26. Samsung is expected to use the new Exynos 2600 in its Galaxy S26 series, although it is not clear at the moment whether that decision will be global and will depend on the region. A global commitment would allow, for example, to integrate this chip on the Galaxy S26 and use Qualcomm chips only in the S26 Ultra, but everything remains to be confirmed. Of course, that type of strategy would be the definitive litmus test for Samsung Foundry, which in recent years has clearly been one step behind in performance and efficiency compared to its competitors. In Xataka | The Samsung Galaxy S26 will be much more than a phone for Samsung: the future of Exynos depends on it

Samsung is playing his future with the Galaxy S26 processor. Exynos 2600 is in critical phase

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Samsung needs a plan to make its chips cast competitive again. Korean sources They point out that the smartphone industry giant is working on its new Exynos 2600 processor, with the aim of installing it in the Galaxy S26 series next year. It will be your first processor manufactured in the process of two nanometers, something that translates quickly: risk. The race for the two nanometers. We know Samsung It has been drawing a plan for years Not to be the last in the career of the two nanometers. Kye Hyun Kyung, general director of the Samsung semiconductor division, predicted in 2023 that his company would exceed TSMC and its other competitors (Intel) over the next five years. It is something that They also predicted in Intel. But, except geopolitical crisis in Taiwan and While China works on its own UVE lithography teamsTSMC seems simply unbeatable for now. Samsung, Intel and TSMC will begin this 2025 the massive production of chips with 2NM lithographic process, but the starting points are very different. Samsung keeps moving forward, but slowly. Korean sources point out that Samsung Foundry has started mass production of exynos 2600 chip TSMC 2nm lithography. In Europe it is key to be a leader (or at least, be up to it) in semiconductors for smartphones. Samsung has not taken long to give up its own processors when the performance has not been enough, and has even made artificial distinctions between members of their family S: in 2023 the S24 arrived with exynos, The ultra model, with Qualcomm. It is not being easy. Samsung has reached a 50% wafer performance for its 2 nm lithography. They remain far from the minimum necessary (70%) to make it viable to produce it on a large scale, but there is still more than half a year for the end of 2025. On the other hand, both Intel and TSMC They have shown confidence in which their nodes have enough maturity to enter mass production. In fact, TSMC already has its eyes on its 1.4 nm lithographyscheduled for 2028. Samsung will have to demonstrate that your They cannot afford to lose. Samsung He is losing money with his semiconductor division. Business Post Korea sources They collected a rumored complete restructuring of the samealready 2024 we knew that Samsung Electronics had delayed reception of some of the key ASML teams for its new chips plant in Taylor Texas. This plant is Samsung’s trick to attract US clients who do not want to depend on Taiwan or Korea. The sources pointed out that their facilities were not yet prepared to house EUV systems, fundamental to manufacture under advanced lithographic processes. Both this new factory and the lithography of 2 Nm will be key for the Samsung division to face the current situation. At a time when China drives its own nodes with SMIC and ASML faces restrictions to sell your most advanced machinesthe global industrial balance in chips depends on how many players can manufacture in this process. Future steps are already given. At the end of 2024, Samsung made the greatest change ever made in its dome. It is a movement that talked about Samsung’s position both in semiconductors and in key components to fight with giants such as SK Hynix (DRAM memories, NAND, HBM, etc.), One of the main HBM memories suppliers for NVIDIA. To lead, Samsung needs customers, and to attract them you need to recover your competitiveness. This is no longer only technical or economic: it is also geopolitical. Samsung not only competes for buyers, but for being a strategic partner for the West, a reliable alternative to TSMC. With Google betting on TSMC and abandoning exynosThe company needs to give a blunt message: launch its S26 family with its own processor. Image | Xataka In Xataka | Best Samsung mobiles: which buy and recommended models based on budget, tastes and quality price

Samsung had it difficult with its exynos processors. Google and Xiaomi have only aggravated their situation

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The future of Samsung processors is an unknown. The company It crosses one of the most difficult stages in its historyunable to follow competitors such as TSMC and SK Hynix. One of the few shelters who stayed beyond exynos in Galaxy were the Google Pixel. Google’s mobiles incoporab tensor chips manufactured by the South Korean giant. But the agreement between both companies comes to an end, after years of criticism for the low performance of the Google Pixel with respect to its direct competence. The turn of Google TSMC, accompanied by giants such as Xiaomi demonstrating what they are capable with the help of TSMC They put Samsung in an even more delicate situation: they need to demonstrate that they are competitive in chips, and need customers who trust them. Goodbye to Samsung. Google, According to Taiwanese sourceshas closed an interannual agreement with TSMC for the manufacture of its tensioner processors. It is a collaboration that, in case Google wants it (they are still those who have the power to design the chip), you can completely change the Google Pixel as we know them today. According to Digitimes, Google executives recently visited the TSMC headquarters in Taiwan to close a cooperation agreement between three and five years. Own design … or mediatek. Although it is an open secret that Google will have processors with TSMC technology, we are not sure if they will design them or if they will leave this work in the hands of a third manufacturer. Recent leaks talk about An alliance between Google and Mediatekone that would make enough sense. MediaTek is known for offering a better quality-price compared to Qualcomm, and solutions such as dimensity 9400 have proven to live up to the best chips on the market. The Xiaomi case. Betting on TSMC is betting on the winning horse, Xiaomi knows it well. The Chinese company has designed one of the best processors in the market, at the height of the most powerful and efficient of the moment: the Apple A18 Pro, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and the Mediatek 9400 Dimensity. What Samsung has not achieved in all his career with Exynos has achieved by Xiaomi with the first chip that is taken seriously. The second generation process of TSMC three nanometers is fantastic, and they have not hesitated to get on this ship. The exynos 2500. We have been listening to the Exynos 2500the processor that will allegedly give life to the Galaxy Z Flip7. The problem? The same as always. According to Geekbench data, your scores are far from the current high -end chips. Specifically, yield as a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. Being a new horn processor, to perform as a platform almost two years ago is not the best news for the company. At the moment, this is filtered information, and it will remain to verify how this processor pays in the final units. The race for the two nanometers. With its main rivals betting on TSMC (including Samsung herself, which currently uses Qualcomm Chips in her best mobiles), and without customers like Google, Samsung needs to rival TSMC and attract new customers to make chips. The exynos division is losing moneyand the manufacture of their processors It has been falling eight percentage points In the last five years. Samsung wants its second production plant in Taylor (USA) Reutersdue to lack of customers who make it viable. This factory will assume the manufacture of semiconductors with two nanometers lithographic nodes, an essential role for Samsung to fight to recover its competitiveness against giants such as TSMC. Image | Xataka In Xataka | Google Pixel 9A, Analysis: The mobile that reminded me why I like so much Android

Samsung is losing money with its exynos processors. No one knows what your shock plan will be

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Samsung Electronics has a problem with its LSI division (Large Scale Integration) System. This, in charge of the design and development of chip and semiconductor solutions, is the one behind the processors, sensors and circuits integrated in the different Samsung devices. Not only is it responsible for manufacturing Exynosit is also the one behind the image sensors ISOCEL or the company’s modems 5g. According to Korean sourcesSamsung is considering integral reorganization to save the situation of this division, currently in an unwanted economic situation. The company has denied everything. Despite this, there is something undeniable: We do not know what will happen to exynos processors in high -end modelsand the exynos 2600 will be one of the keys to the future of this division. The exynos division is losing money The System LSI division has registered Estimated losses in 1 billion Wones in 2024a result that is partly attributed to the inability to integrate the processor Exynos 2500 in the Galaxy S25 series. This model ended up reaching the market with Qualcomm processor, after the desired performance in its own processor was not achieved. Kwon Hyung-Man, General Director of the System LSI Division, acknowledged in February that The performance of the business unit will remain slow Due to the loss of launching this chip for the Galaxy S25 series. To face the crisis, there are those who propose that the company would unite the chips manufacturing units with the manufacturing of mobile phones. Having both the design of smartphones and the chips under the same roof, a door opens to improve the efficiency and integration of the components. A challenge, since this integration could negatively affect the financial performance of this last division. Although Korean sources point in this direction, Samsung Electronics has denied that (for the moment), this reorganization will become effective. The future of exynos 2600 The success or failure of the next generation of processors, The exynos 2600 could be decisive for the future of the LSI division. Currently, the company is focused on the development of this chip using the process SF2 (2 nanometers), hoping to reverse the current situation. Recently, the initial stage of exynos 2600 has been completed, which marks an important milestone in the manufacturing process, since it implies the transition from production to production. Samsung faces a huge challenge. Qualcomm is in one of the best moments in its history, with a 8 elite that has shown unprecedented performance, Mediatek planting And, for the first time in many years, at the height of its direct rivals, and an Apple that remains one of the fundamental pieces at the time of mark the way in chips yield. Internal coordination and efficiency in the development of the next Exynos 2600 chip will be key to recovering profitability in this division. The final decision on the reorganization of the System LSI division and the future of Exynos could have a significant impact on the company’s strategy in the coming years. Image | Xataka In Xataka | Samsung Galaxy A56, first impressions: the candidate for king of the mid -range repeats formula and adds a new ingredient

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