Samsung was anticipated to launch the Galaxy S25 collection in January 2025 with Exynos chips for the vanilla and Plus telephones and Snapdragon for the Extremely.
Experiences from Korea revealed this may not be the case, and the corporate might have to make use of Snapdragon chips throughout the entire portfolio. The reason being that Samsung is going through low yields of the Exynos 2500 chips and may be unable to fabricate sufficient models on time for the launch.
In accordance with Enterprise Korea, the Samsung Foundry has a “low yield” of the 3nm course of however did not quote precise numbers. Within the chip trade, yield is rarely 100% as the oblong chip is minimize from a round wafer, and there may be at all times some waste. extra importantly not all chips go the standard certification nd that is why it varies from manufacturing line to manufacturing line.
If the report is appropriate and Samsung actually goes for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 (additionally anticipated to reach as Snapdragon 8 Elite), it will be one more hit to the semiconductor enterprise. The Korean firm already misplaced orders from Nvidia and Apple, as these corporations turned to TSMC for his or her AI-enabled chips.
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