Overview

• ETNews reports Samsung’s foundry is preparing the Exynos 2600 for volume manufacturing and that a Heat Pass Block in the package is intended to curb overheating.
• Samsung has already confirmed the Exynos 2600 as a 2nm mobile SoC, which it touts as the first of its kind.
• Industry coverage indicates performance testing is underway, with Samsung’s mobile division set to evaluate results before making a deployment decision in Q4 2025.
• The Galaxy S26 range is expected to split by region between Exynos 2600 and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, continuing Samsung’s dual-chip strategy.
• A leak from Digital Chat Station says the S26 Ultra will use a higher‑clocked Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 “for Galaxy” with prime cores at 4.74GHz, edging past the standard 4.61GHz version.