Samsung’s semiconductor arm has been behind the competition for the past few cycles, but that appears to be changing with the move to 2nm, particularly with the Exynos 2700, which is expected to power Android phones like the Galaxy S27 series next year.
Samsung’s second-generation 2nm process, also known as SF2P, is being used to build the Exynos 2700. This is a major upgrade for Exynos, as we’ve already seen with MediaTek, Qualcomm, and Apple’s chips after they moved to 2nm.
According to reports from Korea, wafer start volumes for the Exynos 2700 are slated to climb over 10% compared to the Exynos 2600, which we also heard earlier this month from other sources there. This directly expands in-house IP for the LSI division. And for the Foundry Division, securing an internal client on the SF2P process can help attract external customers.
Samsung could opt to use the Exynos 2700 in more devices next year
This is great news for Samsung, particularly Samsung Mobile. At a time when the mobile bill of materials (BOM) is under pressure from rising LPDDR5X RAM prices, switching from Qualcomm to Exynos could cut processor costs and make a big difference for Samsung.
Rumors already suggest Samsung is testing the entire Galaxy S27 series with the Exynos 2700, rather than the new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 processors. Samsung’s SF2P process promises a 12% boost in performance and a 25% drop in power consumption on paper.
Samsung really wants to use its in-house chips for its phones and other mobile devices. The company spent $8.8 billion on mobile processors last year alone. Most of that went to Qualcomm. If Samsung can shift that money to another arm of the company, that’s a major win, similar to Samsung spending big on RAM from its Memory business.
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