Samsung confirms Exynos 2600 as first 2nm flagship smartphone chip

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Professional-Tear996@reddit

This is just going to be their 3nm GAAFET node but since it can produce something that is a little bigger than a smartwatch chip, they're going to call it a 2nm class product.

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pianobench007@reddit

here is the thing process node does not mean literally physical dimensions. 3nm to 2nm for Samsung may just mean they improved upon the GAAFET. So 2nm node is a GAAFET 2.0 with improved yields.

and that is good enough to name it a new process. it signals better yields. better yield means more usable chips per wafer. each wafer goes through thousands of step processes before you have a product. and that is what counts.

node name signals a better process. that is it.

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pi314156@reddit

Not true. Their 3nm GAP is shipping in a bunch of phones today in all Flip 7s, including the US models, which have the Exynos 2500.

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DerpSenpai@reddit

But it is true that SF2 is the mature node that will get QC to make chips there, perhaps Nvidia too

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Nvidiuh@reddit

If the S26 Ultra doesn't have the option for the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 in North America and it isn't at least closely competitive with it, I'm getting the 25 Ultra. That being said, it would be batshit insane if Samsung released a supposedly more advanced node that performs worse than the competitor. I really hope Qualcomm and Samsung can start competing more directly because that'll be great for the rest of us. At this point it's a little too early to tell what's what, but I bet we'll know what to expect by years end.

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DerpSenpai@reddit

Exynos 2600 for the cheaper models, QC 8 Elite 2 for the more expensive ones according to leaks. All markets are the same now

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Scientisma@reddit

I assume QC 8 Elite Gen 2 will also be 2nm..?

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DerpSenpai@reddit

Nope, its N3P

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Scientisma@reddit

Thanks

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Nvidiuh@reddit

Thanks for the info.

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_Lucille_@reddit

if this isn't one of those weird marketing "2nm"s, having some competition in the space is great given how Intel may be folding its fabs.

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BlueGoliath@reddit

Hasn't NM designations just been marketing for awhile now?

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Scientisma@reddit

Partially true, depends on many factors. Generally a performance boost and power efficiency but it's not linear.

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EloquentPinguin@reddit

2nm class chips have like at least 35nm x 25nm feature sizes or something

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_Lucille_@reddit

yeah, but the article itself tried to make it sound like its "better"

other chipset makers are sticking to TSMC's 3nm process for their next flagship chips, the Exynos 2600 may be the first 2nm chip to hit the market.

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the_dude_that_faps@reddit

Honestly, if yields aren't crap, this is great news. TSMC's dominance could use a bit of challenging. Even if it is on a not quite bleeding edge node.

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Gloriathewitch@reddit

yeah but it's exynos, i'll stick to snapdragon