The latest news is about the acquisition of High-NA EUV equipment from ASML, the world’s sole supplier of such machinery. Earlier this month, Samsung shipped its first TWINSCAN EXE:5000 High-NA EUV machine to its Hwaseong Campus in South Korea, which is reportedly necessary for the manufacturing of the 2nm Exynos 2600.
How this development could benefit Exynos 2600
Samsung couldn’t prepare the Exynos 2500 in time, which otherwise would power the base and plus models of the Galaxy S25 series. There have also been rumors about the use of this chip in the upcoming foldables, but nothing is concrete as of writing.
All of it is mainly related to the sub-par performance of the chip, which reportedly does not meet the standards Samsung’s mobile division has set for the flagship bar and foldable devices. The key reason behind the delay with Exynos 2500 was reportedly the yield rate (refers to the percentage of functional, defect-free chips produced on a wafer, compared to the total number of chips created) of the 3nm process node.
With the acquisition of the cutting-edge High-NA EUV machine, Samsung Foundry may finally fix the yield issues. This also means Samsung could use the Exynos 2600 to power some of its future Galaxy flagships, at least the base and plus models like it has done in the past. And given the improvements we have already seen with the Exynos 2200 and Exynos 2400, Samsung Foundry seems to be heading in the right direction.
While it certainly requires some initial investment, a reduction in the manufacturing cost (since they will have to buy fewer or no chips from Qualcomm) may encourage the company to invest some on its resource in redesigning and upgrading the hardware. After all, the S25 and S25 Plus are basically the same phones as last year, and the Ultra model only differentiates itself (in terms of hardware) with the rounded corners and completely flat middle frame.
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