Samsung is eyeing a major strategic shift for its mobile division.

Samsung plans to power 50% of the Galaxy S27 lineup with the Exynos 2700 chip by 2026, marking a massive shift to its internal 2nm GAA manufacturing process.

By the second half of 2026, the company plans to kick off mass production for the Exynos 2700, a chip that could end up powering half of the Galaxy S27 fleet. This isn’t just a minor iteration; it’s a calculated pivot.

According to a report from *The Korea Economic Daily*, citing Kiwoom Securities analyst Park Yoo-ak, the chip will be built on Samsung Foundry’s second-generation 2nm GAA process (SF2P). While initial yields are reportedly hovering around the 50% mark, the company seems confident enough to have already asked its partners to begin promoting the new process.

The numbers tell a compelling story about Samsung’s ambitions. While the Exynos 2600 currently sits in about a quarter of the Galaxy S26 units, the S27 could see that share double. It’s a bold move, especially since the Galaxy S26 Ultra continues to lean exclusively on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 across all markets. By pushing the Exynos 2700 into more devices, Samsung is clearly trying to trim its reliance on Qualcomm and claw back some of those profit margins.

Under the hood, the base design for the 2700 was finalized in 2025. Leaked benchmarks point toward a 10-core CPU with a somewhat unusual 4+1+4+1 cluster setup, paired with an AMD-based Xclipse 970 GPU. Early testing shows lower clock speeds and performance figures, but that’s par for the course for engineering samples—there’s still a long road of tuning ahead before the 2026 launch.

The financial stakes are just as high as the technical ones. Kiwoom Securities projects that Samsung’s non-memory division will see revenue climb 21% to roughly 36.4 trillion won ($24.8 billion) next year, with operating profits hitting 1.8 trillion won ($1.22 billion). If Samsung can successfully scale the Exynos 2700, it won’t just be about making a better phone—it’ll be about finally turning its mobile processor business into a genuine, sustainable profit engine.