The confirmation many Samsung fans had been looking forward to may have come today. It seems Samsung will truly go all in on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip for the Galaxy S23 series, with the European variant showing up in a benchmark with the Snapdragon chip inside it instead of the Exynos 2300, […]
Read MoreA pair of unannounced Samsung chipsets appeared on the Bluetooth SIG database ahead of their imminent launch. The Exynos 1330 and Exynos 1380 are expected to arrive alongside the new Galaxy A-series phones in Q1 of 2023. The Bluetooth SIG listing confirms both upcoming chipsets support Bluetooth 5.3 connectivity thanks to the Samsung Bluetooth Controller […]
Read MoreSamsung usually launches its new-generation Galaxy A series phones in early Q1 every year. In early 2023, the company is expected to announce the Galaxy A54 and the Galaxy A74, among other devices. At least one of these smartphones is expected to come equipped with a new Exynos mid-range processor, and that chipset has now appeared […]
Read MoreGoogle launched the Pixel 7 series with the Tensor G2 chipset. While it has been only a month since the phones were out, rumors about the next generation have already started floating on the internet. In August, we reported that Samsung would make Google’s third-generation Tensor chip using its 3nm process. In line with that report, […]
Read MoreCountless Samsung fans anticipating the release of the Galaxy S23 flagship series next year are wondering whether the Korean tech giant will launch a new Exynos chipset. Some recent rumors claimed that Samsung halted development on the Exynos 2300 SoC, but that doesn’t seem to be the case, as revealed by a new entry in […]
Read MoreLast year, AMD and Samsung announced that they’ve co-developed an RDNA2-based GPU for Exynos chipsets. And the first chipset with such a GPU is the Exynos 2200, which debuted earlier this year with the Galaxy S22 series. However, the AMD-Samsung collaboration might be in danger, and we might not see AMD GPUs inside Exynos chipsets […]
Read MoreThe Pixel 7 and the Pixel 7 Pro, which were launched last week, use Samsung Foundry’s 4nm fabrication process and System LSI’s Exynos 5300 5G modem. The new chipset succeeds last year’s Tensor processor used in the Pixel 6 series and brings modest improvements in CPU and GPU performance. Google unveiled last week that its […]
Read MoreSamsung held its annual Tech Day 2022 event yesterday in San Jose, California, in the US. It was the company’s first in-person event in the past three years, and more than 800 customers and partners attended it. During Samsung Tech Day, the company announced various new semiconductor products and technologies that will drive the next […]
Read MoreA lot has been said about the future of Samsung’s Exynos chipsets, particularly of the flagship variety. Earlier reports suggested that the company may now use Qualcomm Snapdragon processors exclusively for its high-end devices. While it’s possible that the company may still ship some variants with the Exynos chipsets, there’s been an interesting development. The […]
Read MoreFor as long as we can remember, Samsung has shipped two iterations of its flagship smartphone. A select few countries get the Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset whereas the rest of the world gets the equivalent Exynos chipset. We saw this most recently with the Galaxy S22 series that was split across the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 […]
Read MoreIt’s too early to be sure of what exactly Samsung’s next Galaxy S23 flagship phone series will offer, but market watchers continue to speculate. And as you probably know, multiple reports have suggested that the Galaxy S23 will use a Snapdragon chipset worldwide. Now, however, another rumor says that the Galaxy S23 lineup may still […]
Read MoreJust one day after rolling out the September 2022 security update to the Galaxy S21 FE’s Snapdragon version, the update has been released to the Exynos 2100 variant of the device. The latest software update for the Exynos 2100 version of the Galaxy S21 FE (SM-G990E) comes with firmware version G990EXXU3CVH7. It brings the September […]
Read MoreDespite all the criticism that Samsung has received over its Exynos brand of mobile chipsets lately, Exynos SoC sales are not slowing down. On the contrary, a new report has revealed that the Exynos market share has grown in Q2 2022 thanks to increased sales, while Samsung’s most fearsome competitors have recorded lower sales throughout […]
Read MoreAs per a report from GalaxyClub, Google and Samsung are already working on a third-generation Tensor SoC, which should power next year’s Pixel 8 lineup. On the one hand, it’s no surprise that Google and Samsung will continue to work on their joint venture but on the other, it’s not the first time Google has […]
Read MoreWhen Samsung announced that it was collaborating with AMD for mobile GPUs, expectations were high. Samsung’s Xclipse 920 GPU, based on AMD’s RDNA2 architecture, arrived with the Exynos 2200. However, it didn’t meet the high expectations that many had from it. Even as the fate of Samsung’s high-end Exynos chipsets hangs in the balance, the […]
Read MoreIt is widely known that Samsung is helping Google build a Tensor lineup of chipsets for smartphones, tablets, and more. The first-generation Tensor processor, used in the Pixel 6 and the Pixel 6 Pro, is a modified version of the Exynos 2100. Now, the company is testing a couple of new chipsets, one of which […]
Read MoreMarket watchers and investors are worried that Samsung Electronics is losing its grip on the semiconductor market. More so, Samsung is reportedly losing ground due to internal issues rather than external factors driven by the competition. Critics worry that the Korean tech giant, particularly its chipset division, has lost its ability to innovate under Lee […]
Read MoreIt’s Friday, and we have another SamMobile Podcast ready for our readers and YouTube / Spotify subscribers. As usual, for Episode 17, we’re recapping some of the most exciting news of the week. And what a week it was?! Samsung and Qualcomm have extended their chipset license agreement to 2030, and this could mean big […]
Read MoreMany Samsung fans have consistently called upon the company to just use Qualcomm chipsets worldwide in its flagship smartphones. Its Exynos efforts have remained unable to outperform the Snapdragon rivals. In recent years, Samsung has increased its reliance on Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets for flagships. Over 70% of all Galaxy S22 units shipped globally come with […]
Read MoreWhile Samsung has been manufacturing its in-house Exynos chipset for a long time, it never really performed the way chips from Qualcomm have. For example, the massive fanfare surrounding the Exynos 2200 featuring the AMD GPU in the Galaxy S22 models quickly died down as soon as it was compared with the Qualcomm Galaxy S22 […]
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