It was thought that Samsung would use Exynos chips for the Galaxy S25 series, which is expected to be released in January 2025. However, the news suggests that some models of the Galaxy S25 series may switch to Snapdragon chipsets. While Exynos 2500 is expected to be used especially in the basic model and Plus versions, Samsung may prefer Snapdragon chipsets in all models due to production problems.
According to the latest information from South Korea, Samsung is facing low yield rates in the production of Exynos 2500 chips. This could prevent the company from reaching its planned production targets on time and could lead to difficulties with the launch of the Galaxy S25.
According to a report published by Business Korea, it is stated that Samsung Foundry is experiencing a “low efficiency” problem in its 3nm production process. Although an exact number is not given in the report, it is known that there is always a certain loss in chip production. In the chip industry, full efficiency cannot always be achieved in the manufacturing process; Because rectangular chips are cut on a circular plate and some losses are inevitable during this cutting. Additionally, not every chip passes quality certification, so yield rates may vary from production line to line.
Samsung may lose other customers due to Exynos 2500 production problems
If these claims are true and Samsung switches to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 (possibly also called Snapdragon 8 Elite) chipset in all Galaxy S25 models, this could deal another blow to Samsung’s position in the semiconductor industry. The Korean technology giant had previously lost major customers such as Nvidia and Apple; These companies preferred TSMC to produce their artificial intelligence-supported chips.
These developments will show how the difficulties Samsung is experiencing in its own chipset production may continue in the future and how it will affect its competitiveness in the semiconductor market. The use of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipsets in all models of the Galaxy S25 series may change the balance in this area.