Earlier this month Samsung introduced that it’s making ready its foundries for mass manufacturing of its first 3nm Exynos chipset utilizing its Gate All Round (GAA) design. It’s not clear which chipset that is, although. Exynos 2500 for subsequent yr’s Galaxy S25? Maybe. Or is it the Exynos W1000, which ought to launch in a few months time with the Galaxy Watch7? Additionally attainable.
The corporate can be trying to the long run as ETNews studies that work has begun on a 2nm chip – the Exynos 2600, which is code named Thetis. Mass manufacturing is anticipated to begin within the second half of 2025 in order that there could be provide for the Galaxy S26.
Some studies declare that Qualcomm will stick with a 4nm node for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, which can give the Exynos 2500 ought to have a semiconductor benefit over it. Different studies counsel that the Gen 4 chip shall be produced on the newer 3nm node from TSMC (N3E). Apple reportedly secured 90% of TSMC’s 3nm manufacturing capability final yr, although demand for this yr could have been lowered, so plans could have modified half means via.
That would be the case for later this yr, anyway, a Taiwanese information outlet claims that Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 for Galaxy chips shall be fabbed on Samsung’s 3nm GAA Plus (aka GAP) node beginning in 2025.
TSMC can be engaged on a 2nm node, however its foundries will probably be busy churning out chips for the iPhone 17 Professional and a few Macs. The iPhone 17 sequence is coming in 2026, so we’ll see a 2nm battle between Apple and Samsung.
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