By now, you may have already heard about Samsung’s self-made Exynos 2600 chip, which is going to be featured inside the Galaxy S26 series. It was assumed that the silicon is built around Samsung Foundry’s 2nm process node, but we now learn the true reality of the company’s latest chip.
ZDNet gave a contradictory statement about this new process that Samsung has suddenly started promoting. It’s true that the company has a 2nm chip on the way based on the SF2P (2nm) fabrication process. But this is not meant for smartphones at all.
Apparently, Samsung is looking for external clients that might be interested in the foundry’s 2nm process node. If what the publication reported is true, we might see the SF2P fabrication power some advanced AI chips in the future rather than the Exynos 2600.
Yes, the company has finalized the design for Samsung's latest flagship model's 2nm chip manufacturing process called the SF2P. But all its promotional material is targeting external partners that could leverage the new chip design to build faster and more efficient AI chips. The AI chip market is currently booming, and Samsung clearly wants a piece of the pie.
This new 2nm chip design could help the AI chips score 12% more performance and reduce their power consumption by 25%. Also, this has the potential to downsize the die on the chip by 8%. These are some huge improvements over the existing N3P process that’s currently in use.
Sadly, this project will be exclusive to Samsung Foundry clients and not the internal teams like System LS1, which is usually responsible for making the Exynos mobile chips. The new chip for the Galaxy S26 continues production, but without the SF2P 2nm process.
Some upgrades are expected with the Exynos 2600, but it may not be able to compete with Qualcomm’s mobile beast, the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2, which was recently tipped with up to a 5.3GHz boost clock. There will also be a weaker version of it with a 5GHz speed. Stay tuned if you want more updates on this SoC and its potential use inside the future Galaxy S26 lineup.
