Samsung’s Exynos chipsets have typically left quite a bit to be desired. It’s why many customers around the world that get the Exynos variant of the company’s flagship phones feel it’s unfair. After all, they pay almost the same price as US customers, but yet get a “worse” chip. However, Samsung is looking to fix that by hiring a former AMD and Intel executive to work on future Exynos chips .
Samsung hires former AMD and Intel exec for Exynos
In a post on LinkedIn , John Rayfield, a former exec at AMD who also held roles at Intel, Arm, and more, announced that he would be joining Samsung and work at the company’s R&D lab, where presumably future Exynos chipsets are being developed.
According to his post, it looks like he will be working on various aspects related to chipsets. “I’m looking forward to leading and collaborating with our exceptional engineers to drive the next wave of GPU, System IP, and SoC architecture innovation, and to continue connecting advanced R&D with meaningful, real-world consumer technology experiences.”
It will be interesting to see if Rayfield will be able to help Samsung with future Exynos chipset, but we’ll have to wait and see. Hopefully his addition to Samsung will result in Exynos chips that can compete with the likes of Qualcomm.
Samsung’s semiconductor ambitions
That being said, Samsung is expected to debut the Exynos 2600 in the Galaxy S26 series. We know, some of you might groan at the idea, but it could be worth looking forward to. This is because the Exynos 2600 is built on Samsung’s 2nm process. It could also very well be the first 2nm mobile chipset to hit the market.
So far, the rumors suggest that it could be quite a powerful chipset . This is because instead of going with the typical configuration of a mix between small and big cores, Samsung has ditched the use of small cores completely. This means that the Exynos 2600 will be all about power.
However, a recent report suggests that one of the areas the chipset could fall short is in battery . This is because it does not use an integrated modem, which could result in some energy inefficiencies.
