[ad_1] The Z series phones saw less than stellar sales. | Video credit – Samsung Just like Apple silicon, Galaxy phones powered by Samsung's own in-house Exynos chipsets can outperform the competition handsomely if said chipsets are properly optimized. Galaxy phones are already some of the The best phones in the world and TSMC's rejection won't change that.
Samsung Foundry is still working on its plans for 2nm and even 1.4nm chips. Exynos' deal with TSMC is likely to be a short-term solution until the foundry's manufacturing processes are optimized. Although TSMC's rejection will set Samsung back a few steps, it will not stop the company from implementing Exynos in its phones completely.
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Samsung asks TSMC to manufacture Exynos, gets rejected
Samsung Foundry has had a year full of ups and downs during 2024 and that's why the company had to Ditching Exynos on the Galaxy S25. There were rumors that Samsung was in internal talks about outsourcing Exynos production to TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) at present. Apparently, not only did this not happen, but TSMC actually rejected the offer.
So far there are not many details available about why TSMC rejected the Exynos deal. I thought this would be an excellent opportunity for TSMC to gain more influence in the industry. Insider Jukanlosreve believes that TSMC may have rejected Samsung's proposal because the company wants to protect its internal business from a rival company. The Galaxy S25 phones will use the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. If Samsung has to go with the 8 Elite Gen 2 next year, it will have to make its phones more expensive because Qualcomm plans to raise prices significantly.
During 2024, the big problem Samsung Foundry faced was poor throughput rates for producing 3nm chips. The company recently revealed that its 3nm manufacturing process has finally stabilized. While its latest slides missed its debut on Galaxy S25 Variety thinks so The Exynos 2500 will now power the upcoming Z series phones.
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