The Samsung Galaxy S25 series could still be equipped with the Exynos 2500 chipset, according to a South Korean newspaper report, contradicting claims that the company plans to exclusively use Qualcomm’s next-generation Snapdragon mobile processor for its upcoming flagship smartphones. The company is reportedly working to improve the performance of its chipset, with just a few months before the successor to this year’s Galaxy S24 models is expected to be unveiled. Samsung is also working on a new Exynos chip to power its upcoming Galaxy Watch 7 series.
According to a report by ZDNet Korea (in Korean), Samsung is “going all out” to develop its own chipset for the Samsung Galaxy S25 series as part of a project called ‘Solomon’, which will require the company to improve the performance of the next-generation Exynos 2500 processor, which is said to remained low for the past few months.
Citing industry sources, the publication said Exynos 2500 yields remained below 20 percent from the second quarter of 2024, and the figure was in single digits in the previous quarter. In order to begin mass production of its Exynos 2500 chip, Samsung will need to improve the yield to 60 percent (or more) by September or October, according to the report.
The Exynos 2500 isn’t the only advanced chip developed by the South Korean tech company. According to the report, the next-generation Exynos W1000 chip is being developed under Samsung’s ‘Sapphire’ project, and is expected to arrive as a successor to the dual core Exynos W930 that powers the Galaxy Watch 6 model.
Earlier this month, TF International Securities market analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicted that Samsung will equip all models of the Galaxy S25 series of smartphones with the Snapdragon chipset, due to the low yields of the Exynos 2500.
This year, the standard Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24+ models arrived with the Exynos 2400 chipset (except in Canada, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Taiwan and the US), while the Galaxy S24 Ultra has a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip in all markets . It remains to be seen whether Samsung will equip all models of its Galaxy S25 series with Snapdragon chips — just like the Galaxy S23 series launched last year.
