The Samsung Galaxy S25 series could be equipped with an Exynos 2500 chipset after all, according to a South Korean news report that contradicts claims that the company plans to exclusively use Qualcomm's next-generation Snapdragon mobile processor for to its upcoming flagship smartphones. The firm is reportedly working to improve the performance of its chipset, with just a few months until the successors to this year's Galaxy S24 models are expected to be unveiled. Samsung has also been working on a new Exynos chip to power its upcoming Galaxy Watch 7 series.
According to a report from ZDNet Korea (in Korean), Samsung is “making an all-out effort” to develop its own chipset for the Samsung Galaxy S25 series as part of a project called “Solomon,” which will require the company to improve the performance of the latest generation Exynos 2500 processor, which has remained low for the past few months.
Citing industry sources, the publication claims that Exynos 2500 yields remained below 20 percent from the second quarter of 2024, and the figure was in the single digits in the previous quarter. In order to start mass producing its Exynos 2500 chip, Samsung will need to improve performance by 60 percent (or more) by September or October, according to the report.
The Exynos 2500 isn't the only advanced chip being developed by the South Korean tech company. According to the report, a next-generation Exynos W1000 chip is being developed as part of Samsung's “Sapphire” project, and is expected to arrive as a successor to the dual-core Exynos W930 that powers the Galaxy Watch model 6.
Earlier this month, TF International Securities market analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicted that Samsung would equip all models of the Galaxy S25 series of smartphones with a Snapdragon chipset, due to the low performances of Exynos 2500.
This year, the standard Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24+ models arrived with an Exynos 2400 chipset (except in Canada, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Taiwan and the US), while the Galaxy S24 Ultra features a Snapdragon chip 8 Jan 3. all markets. It remains to be seen if Samsung equips all models of its Galaxy S25 series with Snapdragon chips, just like the Galaxy S23 series that was launched last year.
