Samsung is already working on the Exynos 2800 SoC for the Galaxy S28

Samsung launched the Galaxy S26 and Galaxy S26+ recently, and in some markets these are both powered by the company’s own Exynos 2600 SoC. Now, a new report from Korea claims Samsung is already working on the Exynos 2800, expected to make its debut in 2028 in the Galaxy S28 family.

Samsung Galaxy S26 5G

Samsung Galaxy S26+ 5G

The Exynos 2800 is rumored to be made by Samsung on a 2nm process (SF2P+, specifically), and Samsung wants to complete the design of the chipset and hand over the schematics to the foundry “within the year”. After that step, the foundry will make multiple generations of samples improving things between them. Only after that will actual chip mass production start.

The Exynos 2800 is allegedly codenamed Vanguard (the upcoming Exynos 2700 is Ulysses). Samsung had planned to use a 1.4nm process from 2027, but it has since decided to focus instead on yield stabilization and optimization rather than chase size at all costs. SF2P+ is an intermediary step until the 1.4nm process does actually arrive in 2029.

The same source claims the design of the Exynos 2700 has proceeded smoothly thanks to the fact that it’s also sticking with 2nm. According to “an official from the semiconductor industry”, Samsung thinks it’s become impossible to carry out process miniaturization in mobile chipsets every year, at the same cadence as in the past.

Instead, the company will also focus on design technology co-optimization – which is optimization between semiconductor design and manufacturing process technology. This will be applied in new processes that are unfavorable for yield improvement due to their low technical maturity.

Source (in Korean)