Will Samsung release a notebook PC equipped with a new SoC jointly developed with AMD?



Samsung, a major semiconductor manufacturer, plans to release a Windows notebook PC equipped with the next-generation model of the Arm-based System-on-a-chip (SoC) ' Exynos' in the second half of 2021, Korea Economic Daily reports. The new Exynos is developing the GPU part in collaboration with AMD.

Samsung to jump into laptop processor market with Exynos chip in H2The Korea Economic Daily Global Edition
https://www.kedglobal.com/newsView/ked202105090002


Exynos is an Arm-based mobile SoC series developed by Samsung. In January 2021, the Exynos 2100, the flagship model for 5G communication, was announced.

Samsung announces new flagship SoC 'Exynos 2100' to be installed in Galaxy S21 with 5G support --GIGAZINE



Samsung will announce the 'Exynos SoC for both laptops and smartphones' in late 2021, according to industry sources in the Korea Economic Daily. The SoC is equipped with a GPU co-developed with semiconductor company AMD, and 'by adopting the 5nm process, it provides exceptional computing power and battery efficiency,' industry sources say.

In February 2021, a leak suggested the existence of an SoC in which Samsung and AMD are co-developing a GPU.



And in February 2021, ZDNet Korea reported on the notebook PC equipped with the SoC jointly developed by Samsung and AMD.

삼성 전자, 올 하반기'엑시 노스 윈도 10 PC' 출시 --ZDNet korea
https://zdnet.co.kr/view/?no=20210224162744



According to ZDNet Korea, this SoC is tentatively called 'Exynos 2200 series' and is being developed based on Arm.

It is likely to be installed in the next-generation machine of Samsung's notebook PC 'Galaxy Book' in the third quarter of 2021, and this next-generation machine will be installed not only in the processor but also in all major parts such as display, memory, battery, storage It is expected to be a model covered by the product.

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