Samsung Sets Team Entirely Focused On Galaxy S26’s Exynos 2600
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The sad story of the Exynos 2500 chip is well known. Samsung designed it to power the Galaxy S25 series, but low yield rates at its 3nm factories will prevent its implementation. Instead, Samsung had to resort to the expensive Snapdragon 8 Elite for all models globally, losing significant profit margins. Samsung wants to prevent a similar situation with the 2nm Exynos 2600 SoC and is setting up a dedicated team to get it ready for the Galaxy S26 lineup.
A team at Samsung Foundry will give it their all to get the Exynos 2600 ready for the Galaxy S26 series
As reported by The Financial News, there’s a new “task force” (TF) at Samsung Foundry that will look to ensure the Exynos 2600 chip is ready for the Galaxy S26 series. If you’re not aware, Samsung’s Semiconductor division has two main branches: Samsung System LSI and Samsung Foundry. System LSI is responsible for designing the chips, while Samsung Foundry produces them.
The failure of the Exynos 2500 chip was mainly due to low yield issues in Samsung Foundry’s 3nm wafers. So, the South Korean giant is directly attacking the situation with a new dedicated team in the Foundry’s division. The task force group has two main goals: optimizing the yield rate of the 2nm wafers and optimizing the performance of the Exynos 2600 chip itself.
It’s not that Samsung is having problems with its 2nm process. In fact, initial tests in February showed positive results with a promising 30% yield rate. While the figure may seem low, these are initial tests. From there, the figure can only improve. Semiconductor factories typically aim for yield rates of 60–70% to make chip production economically viable. In comparison, Samsung’s 3nm wafers had a yield rate as low as 10% at its worst. According to reports, the firm already managed to optimize it, reaching at least 50%.
Everything is going well with Samsung’s 2nm process
The Financial News report also mentions that Samsung is pleased with the progress on its 2nm wafers. “The yield rate of the Exynos 2600, which uses the SF2 process, which is a 2nm process, is significantly higher than that of the previous generation, the Exynos 2500,” an official told.
If all goes well, Samsung will begin mass production of the Exynos 2600 in May. Much of the financial future of Samsung’s Semiconductor division could depend on this chip. It could help the company save millions in costs by being able to implement its own chips again in its devices. It could also attract the attention of third parties to contract Samsung Foundry’s services again. In recent years, the division has lost major clients such as NVIDIA and Qualcomm, among others.
