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TL;DR Samsung has officially announced the Exynos 2600 processor, the world’s first smartphone SoC built on a 2nm GAA (Gate-All-Around) manufacturing process.
The chip features a 10-core CPU based on Arm’s latest v9.3 architecture, using new C1-Ultra and C1-Pro cores.
Samsung is promising notable gains in performance, efficiency, and thermal behavior.
Samsung has officially announced the Exynos 2600, its next-generation flagship chipset that’s expected to power at least some Galaxy S26 series phones. Beyond being another annual refresh, this chip marks a major milestone for the company and the industry as it’s the world’s first smartphone SoC built on a 2nm GAA (Gate-All-Around) manufacturing process.
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Samsung says the move to 2nm enables notable gains in performance, efficiency, and thermal behavior, an area where past Exynos chips have often struggled against rivals from Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Apple.
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The Exynos 2600 features a 10-core CPU based on Arm’s latest v9.3 architecture, using new C1-Ultra and C1-Pro cores. Unlike previous Exynos flagships, Samsung has dropped traditional low-power little cores entirely. Instead, it relies on a mix of Big and high-performance middle cores.
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