Samsung abandons Samsung and will rely on Samsung to make Samsung processors – Makeleio.gr

Samsung vs… Samsung? Or put another way, are we destined for a “split” between Samsung’s mobile division and the South Korean conglomerate’s processor and chip division?

Samsung’s Mobile Communications (MX) business has, for many years, relied on a “sister division” for its mobile processors and chipsets, but that could change. The reason why Samsung’s LSI business division develops mobile processors (System on a Chip – SoC) Exynos.

Indeed, Samsung’s Galaxy S23 series, which is expected to be presented in February, will “wear”, instead of Exynos, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor in all markets, including Greece.

Meanwhile, Elec in South Korea reports that Samsung has set up a chip development (AP) team within the company’s mobile division. Samsung’s chip development team is said to be headed by Executive Vice President Choi Won Joon. Choi joined Samsung in 2016 from the US multinational company Qualcomm.

Samsung System Division (LSI) has designed and produced Exynos for both the mobile segment and other customers over the years, such as Meizu and Vivo.

Elec’s sources indicate that the most likely reason for setting up a chip development team within the mobile division would be to develop its own smartphone processors for Galaxy devices, without affiliation with the LSI segment, sources told the site.

This wouldn’t be the first time we’ve heard that Samsung has ambitious plans for the chips it uses in its own devices. In May, reports emerged that Samsung was working on an ambitious “Galaxy-exclusive” chipset for 2025, and therefore would not use Exynos processors for 2023 and 2024, as they turned out to fall short of expectations. Samsung has since inked a deal with Qualcomm to use Snapdragon processors globally in its most expensive Galaxy models, starting with the Galaxy S23 series next year.

The internal chip development team raises many questions. Will these chipsets continue to be produced by the other division of the South Korean Samsung Semiconductor Group, or can they be produced by the Taiwanese multinational semiconductor design and manufacturing company TSMC? Will the new processors still include AMD graphics technology? What does this mean for Samsung LSI Exynos processors? We’ll have to wait, as Samsung declined to comment on the matter when asked.