Samsung Foundry on Friday announced its latest chip namely Exynos 2600 for the upcoming flaghship phones. Samsung Exynos 2600 is the world's first 2nm process built chip. There is an eight core CPU, with a C1 Ultra core clocked at 3.8 GHz, three C1-Pro cores operating at 3.25 GHz, and four C1 Pro cores clocked at 2.75 GHz. This 2nm chip is built with advanced GAA (Gate All Around) technology. This chip has been claimed to combine GPU, CPU and NPU into a single compact chip for enhanced artificial intelligence (AI) and gaming experiences. The Exynos 2600 is likely to debut with the upcoming Galaxy S26 series.
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The chipset supports LPDDR5x RAM and UFS 4.1 internal storage. The Exynos features Samsung Xclipse 960 deca-core GPU based on ARMv9.3 architecture and an AI engine with 32K MAC NPU as part of a single integrated chipset. When it comes to handling AI tasks, this chip is said to be 113% better in comparison to the Exynos 2500, and also up to 50% better Ray-Tracing performance.
There's also Exynos Neural Super Sampling (ENSS) technology, said to boost gaming experiences for the users by leveraging AI-based resolution upscaling and frame generation technologies. There will also be Heat Pass Block technology used by Samsung to manage overheating. The chip will support always-on-display with a maximum 4K or WQUXGA resolution with up to 120Hz refresh rate.
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The Samsung Galaxy smartphones which are equipped with the Exynos 2600 chip will be able to support up to 320MP single camera sensors or 64MP + 32MP dual-camera configurations. The chip has hardware backed Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) which enables ROM-rooted protection for future proof security. We are likely going to see this chip on the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra for select markets. Samsung may also opt to bring some devices paired with the Qualcomm's Snapdragon platform.
