
What you need to know
- Samsung will reportedly ship the Exynos 2600 exclusively in Korea, with all global Galaxy S26 models switching to Snapdragon.
- The Exynos 2600 is expected to use Samsung’s upgraded 3nm GAP process, custom CPU cores, and a new AMD-backed Xclipse GPU, but those upgrades may stay local.
- The move contradicts earlier expectations of a broader Exynos comeback.