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Samsung confirms the existence of the mid-range Exynos 1080 SoC with Cortex-A78 CPU and Mali-G78 GPU

Samsung confirms the existence of the mid-range Exynos 1080 SoC with Cortex-A78 CPU and Mali-G78 GPU

October 14, 2020
In the last few years, Samsung Systems LSI's Exynos SoCs haven't been competitive with those from Qualcomm, both in the flagship and mid-range segments of the market. In particular, the flagship Exynos SoCs couldn't compete with the Snapdragon 800 series year after year, to the point that Samsung disbanded its Exynos M custom CPU core...
One UI 2.5 ported to multiple Samsung Galaxy phones with the Exynos 7870

One UI 2.5 ported to multiple Samsung Galaxy phones with the Exynos 7870

August 28, 2020
Samsung rolled out One UI 2.1 based on Android 10 for several Exynos 7870-powered devices earlier this year in April. However, the update didn't include the One UI 2.1-specific software features that were introduced with the company's flagship Galaxy S20 series. This prompted XDA Recognized Developer Astrako to release a generic Android 10 ROM for...
Developer ports One UI 2.1 and Galaxy S20 features to several Samsung Galaxy phones with the Exynos 7870

Developer ports One UI 2.1 and Galaxy S20 features to several Samsung Galaxy phones with the Exynos 7870

July 22, 2020
Back in April 2020, Samsung delivered the Android 10 update to the Galaxy J6 sans the One UI 2.1-specific software features. The phone is powered by the Exynos 7870 chipset, a 14nm octa-core SoC from 2016 that also powers several mid-range Samsung Galaxy phones. Many of those Exynos 7870-equipped devices are excluded from getting the...
OnePlus 8 Pro vs. Samsung Galaxy S20+ Review Comparison – The Quest to Attain Parity

OnePlus 8 Pro vs. Samsung Galaxy S20+ Review Comparison – The Quest to Attain Parity

July 6, 2020
Since 2011, Samsung has been the world's best-selling Android smartphone brand. Simultaneously, Samsung has also held the distinction of being the world's top premium Android smartphone brand. Over the last four years, Huawei mounted a serious challenge to Samsung by achieving second place in both the aforementioned rankings and began to quickly close the gap...
Developers bring Project Treble support to several Samsung Galaxy phones with the Exynos 7870

Developers bring Project Treble support to several Samsung Galaxy phones with the Exynos 7870

June 17, 2020
The Exynos 7870 is one of the most widely used SoCs by Samsung. The OEM had been using this octa-core (8x ARM Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.6GHz) system-on-chip in its phones since 2016 and even released the Galaxy M10 in 2019 with the same 14nm processor. Interestingly, some of the newer Exynos 7870-powered devices were...
Samsung Austin R&D Center reveals details of its unreleased Exynos M6 CPU microarchitecture

Samsung Austin R&D Center reveals details of its unreleased Exynos M6 CPU microarchitecture

June 4, 2020
We know that the custom CPU core project at Samsung's Austin Research & Development Center (SARC) came to an end in October 2019. For a project that was promoted with such fanfare with the launch of the Exynos M1-featuring Exynos 8890 in 2016, it was a sad end. Why did SARC fold up the project?...
Samsung’s Exynos 850 is an 8nm chip for budget Android smartphones

Samsung’s Exynos 850 is an 8nm chip for budget Android smartphones

May 29, 2020
Samsung has been designing its own Exynos chipsets for several years now. The Korean smartphone maker normally uses both Qualcomm Snapdragon and Exynos processors for their flagship and upper mid-range devices, but they usually use their own in-house Exynos chips for their budget smartphones. Samsung has recently (and quietly) published a product page for a...
Samsung’s Exynos 992 may be a 5nm chip for the Galaxy Note 20 with ARM’s new CPU and GPU designs

Samsung’s Exynos 992 may be a 5nm chip for the Galaxy Note 20 with ARM’s new CPU and GPU designs

May 29, 2020
This week, ARM announced the new ARM Cortex-A78 CPU as well as the ARM Mali-G78 GPU as part of its TechDay 2020. The two succeeded last year's Cortex-A77 CPU and Mali-G77 GPU respectively. The wildcard announcement was the Cortex-X Custom program (CXC), wherein ARM announced that the first CPU made under the CXC would be...
Samsung announces the Exynos 880 chipset for mid-range 5G smartphones

Samsung announces the Exynos 880 chipset for mid-range 5G smartphones

May 26, 2020
The theme for 2020 is 5G, whether we like it or not. Most of the releases this year have been on a handful of 5G SoCs in the upper ranges of the smartphone ecosystem. This fact will slowly change as more and more chip manufacturer increase their 5G portfolio. Samsung is now building upon its...
Samsung may debut its new Exynos 992 processor on the Galaxy Note 20

Samsung may debut its new Exynos 992 processor on the Galaxy Note 20

April 28, 2020
At Samsung Tech Day 2019 in October last year, the company announced its new flagship Exynos 990 SoC. The SoC is manufactured on the company's new 7nm LPP EUV (extreme ultra-violet) process and it features a triple-cluster CPU core setup consisting of a combination of two custom M5 big cores, two ARM Cortex-76 middle cores,...
Samsung became the third largest smartphone SoC vendor globally in 2019

Samsung became the third largest smartphone SoC vendor globally in 2019

April 16, 2020
Qualcomm has been the dominant player in the smartphone SoC vendor market for much of the last decade. MediaTek has long performed the role of providing cheaper SoCs in the smartphone market. Samsung and Huawei's HiSilicon, on the other hand, make custom SoCs that are intended for use in their own smartphones. Samsung System LSI's...
Motorola One Vision/Action Android 10 kernel source code now available

Motorola One Vision/Action Android 10 kernel source code now available

April 3, 2020
Compared to the monumental popularity of Qualcomm's Snapdragon series of SoCs, the adoption rate of Samsung-designed Exynos chipsets by third-party smartphone makers is remarkably low. Apart from the Korean OEM itself, companies like Meizu and Vivo have occasionally picked up Exynos chips. Motorola also joined this small club by incorporating the Exynos 9609 SoC in...