TL;DR
- Samsung has been facing issues with its current foundry and chipsets.
- Qualcomm dropped Samsung from manufacturing its flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen processors.
- Samsung is working on a new premium chip that will be ready in 2025.
Samsung’s silicon business has been in disarray recently, at least, on its 4nm node process. The company couldn’t catch a break from the Exynos mess, and now, another major blow has arrived. According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, TSMC will exclusively manufacture the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 through its 4nm node. It is also expected that fabrication of both Snapdragon Gen 3 and Gen 4 chips will be eventually awarded to TSMC.
To refresh, both TSMC and Samsung have produced the current SD 8 Gen 1. However, Samsung’s output has been less efficient and problematic, which in turn affects the performance of devices powered by the chip. Presumably, this is the reason why Qualcomm has dropped Samsung’s foundry.
The same leaker alleged that next year’s Samsung Galaxy S23 series will be using Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 instead of an Exynos 2300. Qualcomm’s upcoming premium chip will be official at the end of 2022. In terms of performance, early details hint that it is 15 percent more efficient than the new SD 8 Gen 1 Plus.
Samsung is not completely out of the chip making business yet
There are now rumors of Samsung working on a premium chipset that may replace its current Exynos lineup and will rival Apple’s Bionic and M processors. Unfortunately, it will not be ready until 2025, which is in time for Galaxy S25 series.
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Source: https://www.nextpit.com/samsung-snapdragon-8-gen-3-qualcomm-tsmc-build