Samsung and AMD recently renewed their licensing agreement, and new reports indicate their partnership will eventually result in Exynos 2500. While details are still sparse at this point, rumours suggest that this upcoming System-on-a-Chip (SoC) will feature a proprietary GPU based on AMD Radeon IP with some optimizations.
This won’t be the first Samsung SoC with an AMD GPU, though. That would be Exynos 2200 with an RDNA2-based Xclipse 920 integrated GPU which boasted some impressive features like hardware-accelerated ray tracing and variable rate shading.
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While the Xclipse GPU performed well in executing ray tracing, the Exynos 2200 faced poor reception due to falling short of performance and power efficiency expectations. This was primarily due to issues with Samsung's 5nm manufacturing process. In fact, the impact was so severe that Samsung Mobiles decided not to introduce any Exynos models for their flagship Galaxy S23 series the following year.
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The Exynos 2500 will still take a couple of years to materialize and it’s hard to say what process the chip will be based on. Samsung can't afford to fumble and let down customers the second time, which is why we have high expectations of this upcoming chipset. This time around, they'll need to get the basics right and ensure that the Exynos 2500 delivers both powerful performance and long-lasting battery life.
While we wait for the Exynos 2500 to materialize, there are rumours of another chip on the horizon – the Exynos 2400. This chip is expected to debut in the second half of 2024 and is likely to be based on Samsung's second-gen 3nm GAA process.