Exynos 2200 for Laptops and Smartphones Coming in H2 2021: Report
Samsung is reportedly working to launch its first laptop processor soon. According to a report onThe Korea Economic Daily(viaSammobile) citing industry sources familiar with the matter, Samsung is likely to unveil the chipset in the second half of the year.
Exynos 2200 in Second Half of 2021
According to the leaks and rumors so far, the processor in question could be the upcoming Exynos 2200. It is expected to come inboth mobile and laptop variants, making it Samsung’s first laptop processor. In addition, this chip is said to featureAMD’s Radeon GPUandwill run on Windows 10. Even tipster Ice Universe had hinted that Exynos 22xx is in Samsung’s portfolio for 2021.
2021 ExynosExynos 8xxExynos 12xxExynos 22xx
— Ice universe (@UniverseIce)March 2, 2021
According to the report,Samsung will use 5nm fabrication processfor this chipset.“The new Exynos will offer improved functions, including extraordinary computing power and battery efficiency, by utilizing a 5-nanometer processing technology. It’s good for both laptops and smartphones,”an industry source was quoted as saying by The Korea Economic Daily.
This is not the first time we’re hearing about Samsung’s collaboration with AMD for GPU. In fact, there are reportsdating back to 2019hinting at a chipset with AMD graphics. Furthermore,ZDNet Koreahad reported in February about Samsung’s plans to enter the PC market with its Exynos 2200 chipset later this year.
Samsung’s Exynos 2200 will compete against the likes ofApple M1and Qualcomm’sSnapdragon 8cx Gen 2announced at IFA 2020. Will Samsung manage to surpass or at least match the performance and efficiency of M1 given that the company has been working on this chipset for years? That’s something we’ll have to wait and find out. Going by the latest launch timeline, we’ll hopefully know the answer by the end of the year.
Subin B
Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.
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