Samsung tipped to outsource Exynos production to TSMC

Yordan, 14 November 2024

Samsung's struggles with Exynos might lead to the company outsourcing chip production. According to one leakster, the Korean company is considering TSMC as an external manufacturing partner, and later, the rumor was backed by a former Qualcomm employee, currently an industry analyst.

Samsung could outsource Exynos production to TSMC

If proven to be true, the rumor is likely regarding future Exynos products. The Exynos 2500 is still happening, despite reports of low initial yields.

TSMC also manufactures competitor chips, like Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite, for example.

We have to point out that even if the switch to TSMC happens, Samsung will continue designing the architecture of the Exynos chip. The main company handles everything from R&D to distribution, only the manufacturing segment is outsourced to a third party, in this case - TSMC.

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Reader comments

Anonymous
15 Nov 2024
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I think the US would love it if China invaded Taiwan. It would take out TSMC and Intel would be competitive again. You can see the US provoking China into an invasion right now.

atichko
15 Nov 2024
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Well I was told to always be safe than sorry. I might have seen too many SF movies but it's a fact in life that relying on one horse is the worse you can do so don't believe me (I don't expect anyone to) but history has told many times...

Anonymous
15 Nov 2024
XVE

Agreed. We need to see the Exynos full potential. BTW, One of the best Qualcom SOC that were made in Samsung 4nm is Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 2x Cortex-A78 (2.2 GHz) + 6x Cortex-A55 (2.0 GHz) So, Samsung fab is not a total lost. They cou...