Samsung Reportedly Signed A Contract With Qualcomm To Place Orders For ‘Leading-Edge’ Products, But The Rumor Does Not Mention If It Was For The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2

Qualcomm is reported every year to pursue a dual-sourcing strategy where it would take advantage of technologies from Samsung and TSMC for its upcoming chips. Sadly for the San Diego firm, it ends up having little choice in the matter, and chooses the Taiwanese semiconductor as the Korean foundry has failed to improve its yields time and time again.

Even with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2, it was mentioned that the upcoming flagship SoC will exclusively be mass produced on TSMC’s third-generation 3nm ‘N3P’ process, but out of the blue, a report talks about a surprising twist. Apparently, Samsung and Qualcomm have entered into a contract where the manufacturer will produce ‘leading-edge’ products for its customer.

Unfortunately, we have yet to receive confirmation that the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 will be fabricated using two different lithographies. Samsung’s lack of orders from lucrative clients stems from its failure to improve its yields, but its 2nm GAA process could end the company’s dry spell.

The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 for Galaxy could exclusively be mass produced on Samsung’s 2nm GAA node, but there is no word if Qualcomm has agreed to place orders

The report published on Fnnews was posted by tipster @Jukanlosreve on X, and talks about Samsung’s plans to acquire orders for NVIDIA’s products, which includes HBM memory. Minute details surrounding the company’s alleged partnership with Qualcomm was also spotted, which claimed that a contract for ‘leading-edge’ products was signed with Samsung in the U.S. during the first quarter of the year.

As always, the essential information remains obscure as those products and their nature remain in the dark. However, there is still some hope for Samsung, as the technology behemoth’s trial production yields of the Exynos 2600 on its 2nm GAA process was reportedly 30 percent, and while those figures could see an improvement, the company’s progress is much better compared to its ill-fated 3nm GAA node.

Samsung also stated during its Q1 2025 earnings that it plans to stabilize 2nm GAA yields and will begin taking orders during the second half of the year. The names of its customers were not mentioned in the financial report, but there is a possibility that Qualcomm could be one of Samsung’s clients. It appears that we must remain patient and await future updates, so stay tuned.

News Source: Fnnews