Thursday, March 16th 2023

Samsung Exynos 2300 SoC Specifications Leak, Touted to Feature a Cortex-X3 Super Core Within 9-Core Cluster

Kernel information for a chipset code-named 'Quadra' has been leaked by Home IT. It appears that this SoC is under development at Samsung Electronics, and could be featured in the company's next generation flagship smartphone range. The recently released Galaxy S23 smartphone series is powered by Qualcomm's cutting-edge Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor, which ended up being a fine choice for the end user. This was not an ideal partnership for the semiconductor giant, considering its constant push to promote internally developed hardware.

Industry experts have praised Samsung for not integrating an Exynos processor into this generation of devices, including regional model variations, but that has not stopped the company's persistent development cycle of proprietary mobile CPUs. Rumors point to a collaboration with Google, and the Exynos 2300 SoC looks to form the basis of the latter's next generation Tensor G3 chipset. The leak reveals that the standard 2300 has been designed as a 1+4+4 core configuration, comprised of four performance cores, four efficiency cores, and one super core.
The specifications point to the single ARM Cortex-X3 super core being clocked at a maximum clock speed of 3.09 GHz. The four performance ARM Cortex-A715 cores come in at 2.65 GHz, and the efficiency ARM Cortex-A510 cores will clock in at 2.1 GHz. Based on this leak of internals, the Exynos 2300 seems to be capable of trading blows with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, which also shares a similar configuration of cores and clock frequencies.

The GPU onboard the chipset has been named 'Xclipse 930', and appears to be the product of a continued collaboration between Samsung and AMD. The previous generation Exynos 2200's GPU was based on AMD RDNA 2 architecture, and it looks as if the latest chipset will inherit an updated version of this technology.
Industry insiders have theorized that Samsung is already looking beyond the scope of the rumored Exynos 2300. Producing AI-powered features for future Galaxy devices is a key goal, and requires the integration of a Neural Processing Unit into a chipset. Google's Tensor SoCs already feature similar technology in the form of their custom TPU (Tensor Processing Unit). The rumored collaboration between Samsung and Google could result in the latter's expertise in machine learning tasks being useful in the engineering of next generation Exynos SoCs.
Sources: Pocket-Lint News, IT Home Source of Leak
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12 Comments on Samsung Exynos 2300 SoC Specifications Leak, Touted to Feature a Cortex-X3 Super Core Within 9-Core Cluster

#1
kondamin
Would an S23 ultra be more reasonably priced if it came with an exynos?
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#4
enb141
So, is this good or bad news?

Is this Exynos going to be better than snap dragon or will it suck as current Exynos ones?
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#5
AnotherReader
kondaminYeah, but TSMC has been getting more expensive in the past couple of years. I can't remember samsung raising prices
That's a good point, but given the small sizes of smartphone chips, the difference due to foundries is probably only $15 to $20 per chip.-Of course, not paying Qualcomm is another avenue for savings, but that hasn't meant cheaper Exynos phones in the past.
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#6
kondamin
enb141So, is this good or bad news?

Is this Exynos going to be better than snap dragon or will it suck as current Exynos ones?
Dunno, the architecture wasn't bad tsmc just did a better job making the chips.
which was very obvious with the 8 gen 1 and the 8 gen 1+
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#7
SL2
How much of a difference is it between Exynos and Google Tensor of the same generation?

I'm not talking about specifications like core configuration as I know they are different, but overall performance or battery life for the end user.

Tensor never gets as much negative comments as Exynos, is it because Pixels are cheaper than GS? Or just because GS didn't use their own chip on all markets?

Maybe Exynos would have died out if Google wouldn't have showed up wanting chips lol.. yeah probably not.
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#8
kondamin
MatsHow much of a difference is it between Exynos and Google Tensor of the same generation?

I'm not talking about specifications like core configuration as I know they are different, but overall performance or battery life for the end user.

Tensor never gets as much negative comments as Exynos, is it because Pixels are cheaper than GS? Or just because GS didn't use their own chip on all markets?

Maybe Exynos would have died out if Google wouldn't have showed up wanting chips lol.. yeah probably not.
I'm quite happy it still lives.
Far better than having a duopoly of basic arm and qualcom
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#9
SL2
kondaminDunno, the architecture wasn't bad tsmc just did a better job making the chips.
which was very obvious with the 8 gen 1 and the 8 gen 1+
Not so sure about the 8G1, it didn't seem to be much different from 2200 except graphics.

I'm pretty sure Exynos bad reputation comes from older models, like the one in the S20 models.

I didn't buy the Exynos S22 for a different reason: I wanted the improved Qualcomm X65 modem.

www.pcmag.com/news/exclusive-samsungs-galaxy-s22-is-a-low-signal-beast
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#10
noel_fs
whats with forcing sensational titles with things like "super core", its nothing new
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#11
BorisDG
Exynos is pile of sh*t. Still with 9 cores in total (3 big) won't reach A16, not to talk for the upcoming A17.
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#12
Minus Infinity
This is weird. SD Gen 3 will use A720 and A520 Cortex cores, why is this going to use A715 and A510. In fact why even bother if they are working on Exynos 2400 that is supposed to use the newer cores.

There are so many conflicting stories on Exynos being killed off, it's ridiculous.

Frankly I 'd much prefer if dimensity SoC made it's way into more Android phones.
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