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Samsung Exynos 2500 lives on but won’t power Galaxy S25
Samsung has reportedly stabilized its 3nm production yield. Samsung is aiming to commercialize the new Exynos 2500 chip next year, but it won’t be powering any of the upcoming Galaxy S25 series models.
Korea’s Chosun reports that Samsung will use Exynos 2500 in new Galaxy Z Flip phones. That said, the Exynos 2500 will be first seen in the upcoming Z Flip 7. The report states that the Z Flip FE could also be equipped with the same chipset.
Exynos 2500 is designed by the System LSI division. Samsung Foundry is responsible for the production of this chip using the 3nm process. Due to the low initial yield rate, the Exynos 2500 has been dropped from the S25 plans.
Pushing the Exynos to its Flip range; Samsung aiming to revive the business of its in-house application processor. Despite the yield rate stabilized, the performance gap with the Snapdragon 8 Elite makes it hard to be featured in the S25 series.
Previous foldables exclusively used the flagship Snapdragon chipset. It will be the first time when Exynos will power the Galaxy Z Flip phone. It suggests that Samsung will rely on Snapdragon for Galaxy S flagship chipsets.
Meanwhile, there have been internal conflicts between the Foundry and System LSI over the delays in Exynos 2500’s commercialization. Well, both divisions have now agreed to strengthen collaboration to stabilize the production.
A senior official at Samsung explained, “The 3nm second-generation GAA process has faced significant challenges, but now the process is stabilized, and mass production is only a matter of time.”
The official added, “While it won’t be possible to equip the Galaxy S25 series with Exynos 2500 due to supply constraints, it will be fully capable of powering premium models in the Z Flip series.”
Samsung will launch the Galaxy S25 series in January next year, and next-gen foldable phones in the third quarter.
