2024 has been a good year for buyers of Samsung’s high-end mobile phones. The reason: Qualcomm has been more present than ever. Although the company is confident in its Exynos, the distinction is clear even in its catalog. He Galaxy S24 Ultra mount the best Qualcomm, the S24+ and S24 ride Exynos.
This generation, in addition, folding phones have also arrived with a Qualcomm processor, something that could change next year. Historically, Spain has been one of the regions with the greatest presence of Exynos, and Korean sources point to changes for the next year.
The drama of three nanometers. Both TSCM and Samsung they had problems last year to achieve good performance per wafer in its best lithography. The jump to three nanometers has been quite a headache, although it ended up being resolved.
He Exynos 2400In fact, it is a four-nanometer processor, and it will not be until the Exynos 2500 when the company makes the jump to three. To manufacture this processor, Samsung used FOWLP -‘Fan-out Wafer Level Package’- technology, a process that allows smaller packaging with greater efficiency.
Fixed in the new Exynos. According to Korean sources, Samsung is confident in the performance of its three-nanometer manufacturing process. It has managed to stabilize it, and is prepared for the arrival of the Exynos 2500, a processor that would debut in the next Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7.
The only reason for not implementing it in the S25 is that mass production has not been easy, and there is not enough quantity to supply this family. It is not ruled out, however, that the strategy of installing Qualcomm in the S25 Ultra and Exynos in the rest of the models in the family will be repeated.
The bar is very high. What Qualcomm has achieved with the 8 Elitetoday, is not easy to beat. Not even the Apple A18 Bionic or the Dimension 9400 -which is very close- are on par with the outrageous processor they have created.
After the production problems, it seems difficult for Samsung to surpass what TSMC has achieved this generation. Historically, Exynos processors have always been behind those from Qualcomm, although in the last generation the results have been more than decent.