Samsung has pushed a new smartphone processor into volume manufacturing, yet the company has not settled whether the part will appear in its priciest handset.
The Korean trade publication The Elec reported that output is running more than a tenth above the previous generation’s target, a lift linked to an extra Galaxy S27 Pro model joining the family. The standard and plus phones would carry the in-house silicon across Korea and Europe, while units bound for the US and China would fall back on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6.
Samsung’s chip design arm wants the part in the Ultra model and is pressing for that outcome, since a flagship win would validate its work. The processor is being made on SF2P, a second-generation 2nm node using gate-all-around transistors. Against the earlier SF2 process, Samsung claims double-digit performance gains, a quarter less power draw and a smaller die.
Internal testing has reportedly placed the new chip ahead of Qualcomm’s top-tier part on multi-core runs, though it gives ground on single-core work.
The mobile division has the final word and is weighing heat, cost, output and what Qualcomm charges before it commits.
Because a finished phone trails a chip’s production start by roughly three to four months, the schedule points to a launch early next year.
