Back in February 2026, Samsung made the Galaxy S26 series official. Along with it, the much-awaited Exynos 2600 chipset also debuted as the world's first 2nm processor and a breakthrough Heat Path Block (HPB) cooling tech. Now, the South Korean brand is already hard at work prepping the Exynos 2800 for 2028 flagship Galaxy phones.
Samsung Preps Exynos 2800 for Galaxy S28 Series
A new report from ZDNet Korea has revealed that Samsung Foundry has already started developing process yield for Exynos 2800. This means that Samsung LSI is working around the clock behind the scenes to ensure that Exynos 2800 enters mass production in 2027 with good yield rates.
Internally, the Exynos 2800 is codenamed "Vanguard" and will reportedly be based on the same 2nm fabrication process as that of the Exynos 2600 chipset. Samsung was supposed to move to a 1.4nm fabrication process by 2027. However, the new report suggests that it isn't happening.
The primary reason is that Samsung has already made breakthroughs with its 2nm Foundry. It is already testing the upcoming Exynos 2700 on its third-generation 2nm process, called SF2P+. Hence, the report suggests that Samsung wants to keep the momentum forward and base Exynos 2800's 2nm process on its SF2P+ lithography.
As per an official Samsung source, the brand believes that process miniaturisation every single year is currently more difficult than it was in the past. Hence, Samsung LSI wants to stick to tried and tested fabrication process to ensure the same quality of chip fabrication is achieved year-on-year.
That said, it is too early to tell what Samsung has in store for Exynos 2800. There are also claims that the SoC will feature the brand's first-ever fully-custom in-house GPU. However, with an estimated mass production deadline of 2027, we still have a long way to go before the SoC becomes official.
