Technology giant Samsung is reportedly facing a serious problem in the Galaxy S25 series smartphones it plans to launch next year. It turned out that the company was experiencing efficiency problems in the Exynos 2500 chips it produced for these flagship phones, which will use 3 nanometer (nm) technology for the first time.

Is there a risk that the Galaxy S25 series will be discontinued?

According to Business Korea’s report, the yield rates of Samsung’s self-produced 3nm Exynos 2500 chips are much lower than expected. The yield rate is a critical measure of how much of the chips produced meet quality standards. Although Samsung has expressed confidence in its second-generation 3nm process and Exynos 2500 chip, the report points to low yield rates and does not provide clear figures.

This is the latest example of Samsung’s difficulties in semiconductor chip manufacturing. Despite billions of dollars of investment, the company has failed to catch up with its rival TSMC. In fact, the gap between the two companies has widened even further. In the second quarter of 2023, TSMC’s market share rose to 62.3 percent, while Samsung Foundry’s share fell to just 11.5 percent.

Due to the problems, Samsung may be forced to use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite chip globally in all models of the Galaxy S25 series – Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+ and Galaxy S25 Ultra. This may please consumers who generally prefer Snapdragon chips, which are more powerful and efficient than Exynos chips. But for Samsung, it would mean falling behind in its efforts to catch up with TSMC and Qualcomm.

Samsung, which has lost major customers such as Nvidia and Qualcomm in recent years, seems to have lost its hopes of winning back these companies. Whether Exynos 2500 will be used in the Galaxy S25 series is eagerly awaited.