Samsung Electronics on the 19th announced on its website that it has unveiled its next-generation mobile application processor (AP), the “Exynos 2600,” and that large-scale mass production is now possible.

An AP is a core semiconductor that serves as the brain of a smartphone. The Exynos 2600 is a semiconductor chip designed by the System LSI business within the Device Solutions (DS) Division, which oversees the company’s semiconductor operations, and manufactured by the Foundry Business using a 2-nanometer (nm; 1 nm = 1 billionth of a meter) process based on the cutting-edge gate-all-around (GAA) technology. According to Samsung Electronics, the Exynos 2600 is the first mobile AP in the industry to adopt the 2 nm GAA process. It is therefore seen as a product that can gauge Samsung Electronics’ next-generation semiconductor competitiveness in the advanced process technology race.

On its website, Samsung Electronics stated that the Exynos 2600 is in “mass production.” This is interpreted to mean that the company has achieved a satisfactory yield rate that enables large-scale chip production. The industry expects the Exynos 2600 to be installed in the “Galaxy S26 series,” which is scheduled for release early next year.

The Exynos 2600 integrates a central processing unit (CPU), neural processing unit (NPU), and graphics processing unit (GPU) into a single chip. Based on the latest architecture from UK-based Arm and applying a deca-core configuration (10 cores), its CPU computing performance has been improved by up to 39% compared with its predecessor, the Exynos 2500. NPU performance has also been enhanced, boosting generative artificial intelligence (AI) processing performance by up to 113%.

Heat control technology has likewise been reinforced. Samsung Electronics stated that it has applied a “Heat Path Block (HPB)” structure to a mobile system-on-chip (SoC) for the first time, reducing thermal resistance by up to 16%. This allows the chip’s internal temperature to be maintained stably even under heavy workloads or prolonged use. Camera functions have also been upgraded. The Exynos 2600 supports ultra-high-resolution cameras of up to 320 million pixels (320 MP).

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