Samsung is known for offering its flagship phones in Snapdragon and Exynos variants depending on the market. Countries like the US and China have been receiving the Snapdragon variant, while the European countries have been treated to the Exynos edition. When the Snapdragon and Exynos versions of Samsung’s flagship phones were put side by side, it was clear that Exynos was less powerful than Qualcomm’s chip. A new leak from well-known supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo shows that there won’t be an Exynos version of the Galaxy S23 line.
According to Kuo, the Galaxy S23’s sole chipset supplier could be Qualcomm. It will be equipped with the next flagship chipset that has an SM8550 part number. It will be built with TSMC’s 4nm manufacturing process. It is most likely to carry the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 marketing name.
While Samsung could be working on the 4nm Exynos 2300, the Galaxy S23 may not adopt the SoC. Kuo claims the reason behind it is that the Exynos 2300 cannot compete with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 in all aspects. According to the analyst, the US-based chip maker has designed the SD8G2 to meet the design guidelines of TSMC.
The SD8G2 is expected to offer better computing power and power efficiency than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1. Kuo added that Qualcomm “will gain more market share in the high-end market in 2023.” Since the recession does not affect the high-end market much, Qualcomm and TSMC will significantly benefit from the market share.
In April, Samsung Mobile President TM Roh said that the company is working on a unique processor for Galaxy smartphones. It is unclear how different it will be from the company’s in-house Exynos chipsets.
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