Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Samsung Galaxy S23: Why isn’t there an Exynos model?”.
Do you think that you can name the last time that Samsung had a single processor inside of all models in a line of phones globally? Well, I couldn’t I couldn’t think of that, and so I had to look it up and the last time that Samsung had released a Galaxy line of phones globally with the same chipset was way back in 2015.. Eight years later, Samsung is finally returning to a single processor, with the special overclocked version of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy. But it begs the question: why isn’t there an exynos model? So, let’s talk about it for years, the eye roll has arrived with every new launch as users scan through the spec sheets, only to find that, depending on where you live in the world, you may or may not get certain features, performance Etc. This time, though, there is a global parity for s23 buyers, which could be only seen as a good thing. Understandably, though, the exynos versus Snapdragon headache is one that Samsung has already been reluctant to discuss openly, especially in numerous years of controversial silicon performance such as last year’s s22 models and yet exynos has long been a feather in the cap of Samsung.
Aside from Apple and in the past, Huawei Samsung is the only smartphone manufacturer producing its own silicon at first. I thought well wait what about Google, but even Google relied on exynos architecture and Samsung’s manufacturing? Not only does that lend the brand additional Prestige but Samsung. In theory has exynos which ensures that they retain low level input on the direction of the performance and essential features of its handsets, not to mention it’s a healthy buffer against qualcomm’s dominance in the Android SOC space. So with that in mind, the absence of an exynos-powered Galaxy s23 is a glaring Omission, even with the promise of Ray tracing to future-proof 2022 exynos-powered Galaxy phones.
Last year was not a good year for the X. Overheating under stress resulted in game, optimizing service, throttling controversy and previous issues with the now extinct, custom, Mongoose CPUs, it’s starting to look like exynos may have already seen its best days. Of course, you’ll say that’s a little bit of an oversimplification and, of course, you’re right as our writer Rob Triggs and stated in the full article on this topic. Silicon road maps play out over several years.
Samsung has had their stumbling blocks, they’ve tested things out and they’ve had some successes and some failures. Now we aren’t saying that Qualcomm is immune to these issues either I mean just look at the Snapdragon 8 gen 1, which suffered from similar performance issues thanks to Samsung foundries underperforming for an animator manufacturing node, and just to give you guys more context. Samsung Foundry is actually Samsung’s semiconductor manufacturer, well, Qualcomm, ditched, Samsung Foundry and moved to tsmc’s node inside of their revised chip. The Snapdragon 8 plus gen 1..
The exynos 2200 was just the latest in a history of troubled Samsung chipsets. Unfortunately, various Representatives ducked our questions about specifics on the missing Galaxy s23 chipset. However, according to Samsung in July 2022, they said we are reorganizing our system on chip, SOC business model and are pursuing a plan to strengthen our competitiveness in the mid to long term. As part of this restructuring, Samsung has reportedly formed a processing development team within its core mobile business, bringing the two much closer together, but the fruits of this will take years to appear in the meantime, Qualcomm previously noted that it struck a deal to power. The Galaxy s23 and Beyond in a multi-year global agreement and if you’re reading between the lines, we likely won’t see a Samsung chipset in 2024, either. Now, speculation is that Samsung will have a revamped chipset to launch in 2025, which could be a much needed rebuff of the looming. Qualcomm Orion CPU powered platform coming in the next few years. So if there’s no Galaxy s23 exynos model, are you missing out? Probably not exynos looks to be on a Hiatus while Samsung conducts root and Branch restructuring of both its Foundry and silicon design, Ambitions and its capabilities.
The lack of an exynos Galaxy s23 isn’t simply down to a single issue, though there are broader signs that Samsung’s semiconductor operations could become more streamlined to better compete with both its silicon developer and Manufacturing Rivals. Unfortunately, for consumers those issues have come to a head, just as the Silicon industry is at a Crossroads. The rise of arm for PC silicon in the form of Qualcomm, nuvia and apple M series. Silicon presents Samsung with the opportunity to move Beyond powering smartphones and tablets.
A window that it will now likely miss Samsung is trying to reorganize its SOC business right in the middle of the biggest transition in years. Likewise, Ray tracing for smartphones is just in its infancy. Based on our early look, Samsung’s partnership with AMD for graphics yielded really promising results, and it’s a shame now that we won’t be able to see what a second generation Ray tracing exynos SOC would be capable of. Of course, Snapdragon for Galaxy is an exciting chip too and we’ll know don’t provide plenty of performance for this year’s Flagship handsets and Beyond, but that reaffirms the risk that exynos may simply never reappear after the Hiatus, despite Samsung’s rumored intention for it to come back with A bang, eight years after Samsung went exclusive they’re, swapping their EX for a snappier dragon.
Do you think this is the end of exynosaur? Is there still room for competition? Let us know in the comments down below and be sure to subscribe for more I’m Ryan from Authority media be kind and we’ll see you on the next one. Thank you. .