When Samsung announced that it was working with AMD to develop a mobile GPU based on AMD’s RDNA2 architecture, expectations were stretched very high, and as a result, the Xclipse 920 GPU on the Exynos 2200 did not live up to expectations, and Samsung switched to Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 on the Galaxy S22 series in more regions.
However, Samsung is not convinced and has made it clear that it will continue to work with AMD and stick with the RDNA architecture for mobile GPUs.
Sungboem Park, Samsung’s vice president of GPU development, said, “Samsung has officially confirmed that its future Exynos chipsets will continue to use GPUs based on AMD’s RDNA architecture, and we plan to continue to implement additional features in the RDNA family by working closely with AMD.”
The Exynos 2200, codenamed Pamir, is expected to use the 3nm GAA process and have the latest ARM CPU core and updated Xclipse GPU based on AMD’s new Radeon GPU. Mass production of the 3nm chipset is expected to begin later this year, in perfect sync with the next generation of Exynos processors.
In addition, sources say Samsung has set up a “dream team” to build a new high-end custom processor for the Galaxy S series, targeting 2025 on the Galaxy S25. A Samsung spokesperson responded that while we are constantly engaging with customers to develop competitive mobile processors, no concrete decisions have been made.
