Samsung has just shocked the smartphone world.

Samsung announced that it has completed development and begun mass production of the Exynos 2600 chip, known as the world's first 2nm mobile processor.

The Exynos 2600 chip, Samsung 's world's first 2nm mobile processor. Photo: Samsung .

On December 21st, Samsung officially launched the Exynos 2600, the company's most advanced mobile processor. This product is manufactured using the 2nm Gate-All-Around (GAA) process. This chip also marks a new milestone in the processing, graphics, and AI capabilities of the South Korean manufacturer's mobile devices.

According to QQ , with the status marked as "in mass production," analysts believe Samsung has achieved a sufficiently good defect rate to supply tens of millions of mobile devices in the future. This chip is expected to be used in the Galaxy S26 series, launching in early 2026.

In terms of technical details, the Exynos 2600 features a new 10-core CPU architecture based on the Arm v9.3 architecture, with clock speeds up to 3.8 GHz, 3 high-performance cores and 6 power-efficient cores. According to Samsung, the processing power of the latest chip has increased by up to 39% compared to the previous generation.

Furthermore, the most notable detail is the upgrade in graphics and AI. With the Xclipse 960 GPU, the Exynos 2600 chip delivers twice the computing performance and a 50% increase in ray tracing performance. This promises to be a significant upgrade for mobile gamers on future Galaxy S models.

Meanwhile, AI processing speed has skyrocketed by 113%, providing maximum support for AI generation tasks, real-time translation, and camera processing directly on the device without the need for cloud services.

The Exynos 2600 chip also supports cameras with resolutions up to 320 MP, integrating an AI ISP algorithm to optimize noise reduction and color reproduction.

In the past, the Exynos 2100 and 2200 series were heavily criticized for overheating and performance degradation, leading major customers like Qualcomm to switch to TSMC. Even the upcoming Galaxy S25 series is rumored to have completely abandoned Exynos in favor of the Snapdragon 8 Elite.

The Exynos 2600 is expected to definitively solve this problem thanks to its Heat Path Block (HPB) technology, a first for mobile SoCs. This technology reduces thermal drag by up to 16%, ensuring the chip maintains high performance even in demanding environments such as heavy gaming or 8K video processing.

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