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Samsung announces the new Exynos 2200 SoC with Samsung Xclipse 920 GPU

Samsung announces the new Exynos 2200 SoC with Samsung Xclipse 920 GPU

January 18, 2022
The launch of a new chip is a big event in the smartphone space. Unlike phones that can be designed, manufactured, and sold by a number of OEMs, phone SoCs are limited to a handful of players, and even fewer of them compete in the flagship space. These flagship SoCs define the very competition expected...
Samsung was supposed to launch the new Exynos 2200 yesterday, but it didn’t

Samsung was supposed to launch the new Exynos 2200 yesterday, but it didn’t

January 12, 2022
Samsung announced a few weeks back that it was going to launch the Exynos 2200 chipset on January 11th, 2022. It's the next generation of Exynos chipset and will likely be powering the Samsung Galaxy S22 lineup in Europe and other regions. It's made closely with AMD as a result of a partnership announced back...
Samsung will reveal Exynos chip with AMD graphics in January

Samsung will reveal Exynos chip with AMD graphics in January

December 30, 2021
Samsung started working closely with AMD back in 2019, with the goal of improving the graphics capabilities of Samsung's Exynos System-on-a-Chip (SoC) designs. Samsung confirmed at the time that the improved GPU capabilites would arrive roughly within two years, and a new tweet from the company confirms it might be ready for the launch of...
Samsung bets big on Qualcomm for the Galaxy S22

Samsung bets big on Qualcomm for the Galaxy S22

November 17, 2021
Samsung has historically remained reluctant to use Qualcomm chips in the Galaxy S lineup. The South Korean giant only releases Snapdragon variants of the Galaxy S phones in the US and China while the rest of the world gets Exynos models. However, it looks like 2022 will see Samsung leaning on the US chipmaker more than...
Samsung may finally use Snapdragon instead of Exynos on the Galaxy S22 series in India

Samsung may finally use Snapdragon instead of Exynos on the Galaxy S22 series in India

November 10, 2021
Samsung is gearing up to launch its next-gen flagship lineup early next year. Recent rumors suggest that the company will unveil three devices -- the Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22 Plus, and Galaxy S22 Ultra -- in February 2022, featuring upcoming Exynos and Snapdragon chips. Like every year, we expect Samsung to launch the Snapdragon variants...
Samsung’s next-gen Exynos chip with an AMD GPU will support ray tracing

Samsung’s next-gen Exynos chip with an AMD GPU will support ray tracing

October 5, 2021
While we're still a few months away from Samsung's next flagship smartphone lineup, leaks about the phones have already started popping up online. Over the last few weeks, we've seen leaked renders of all three devices in the upcoming Galaxy S22 series and learned quite a bit about their specifications. One of the recent leaks...
Samsung details its new 5nm chip that will power the Galaxy Watch 4 series

Samsung details its new 5nm chip that will power the Galaxy Watch 4 series

August 10, 2021
Wear OS-powered smartwatches have historically remained quite underwhelming in terms of battery life and performance. But there’s been a renewed push to turn the situation around with Google and Samsung teaming up to redesign the Wear OS platform and Qualcomm vowing to develop new chips designed for wearables from the ground up. The upcoming Galaxy...
Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy Note 8 can now run Android 11, unofficially

Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy Note 8 can now run Android 11, unofficially

April 14, 2021
Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S and Note lineup are usually offered in two different processor variants around the world. While devices in the US, Canada, China, etc. receive the Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset, most other regions receive devices with an Exynos chip. The bootloader unlocking situation on the Snapdragon-powered models is somewhat complicated, thus the custom ROM...
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 users can now experience One UI 3.1 on Android 11 with this ROM port

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 users can now experience One UI 3.1 on Android 11 with this ROM port

March 10, 2021
Samsung rolled out One UI 3.0 based on Android 11 for the Galaxy Note 10 Lite earlier this year in January. With the Galaxy S21 series launch, Samsung released One UI 3.1 with more new features and the software eventually landed on the Galaxy Note 10 Lite. The phone is powered by the Exynos 9810...
Samsung unveils the Exynos 2100 to challenge Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888

Samsung unveils the Exynos 2100 to challenge Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888

January 12, 2021
Ahead of the announcement of the Galaxy S21 series in two days, Samsung has detailed the chipset that will power the international variants. Samsung today announced the Exynos 2100, its latest flagship-tier SoC fabricated on a 5nm process node, in a bid to compete with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 888. The new Exynos 2100 — unlike previous designs...
Samsung Exynos 2100 chip release date teased, two days before Galaxy S21 reveal

Samsung Exynos 2100 chip release date teased, two days before Galaxy S21 reveal

December 18, 2020
Samsung has posted a teaser video on social media today, confirming the launch of its much anticipated new Exynos chipset. Although not specified, this will be the Exynos 2100, the firm's biggest silicon release in several years, and the beating heart of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S21 series in most regions outside the US. https://twitter.com/SamsungExynos/status/1339903289916321796 The chip...
Samsung announces Exynos 1080 SoC with ARM Cortex-A78 CPU cores and Mali-G78 GPU

Samsung announces Exynos 1080 SoC with ARM Cortex-A78 CPU cores and Mali-G78 GPU

November 12, 2020
Samsung's Exynos lineup of chipsets has been lagging behind their counterparts for the last few generations. While this applies to SoCs across different price brackets, news around Samsung's flagship processors trailing behind their competitors from the Qualcomm camp has gained most traction. The Exynos 990 from earlier this year was also overpowered by the Snapdragon...