https://www.kedglobal.com/newsView/ked202105090002 * Skip to content * KOSPI 3249.30 +52.10 +1.63% * KOSDAQ 992.80 +14.50 +1.48% * KOSPI200 435.63 +7.07 +1.65% * USD/KRW 1121.4 -4.10 -0.37% * JPY100/KRW 1,033.12 1.07 0.10% * EUR/KRW 1,364.8 7.17 0.53% * CNH/KRW 173.61 0.00 0.00% STOP PLAY View Market Snapshot The korea economic daily Open Menu Search [ENGLISH ] * SIGN IN * JOIN Search form Search [ ] search Close * Companies + Companies Home + Hidden Champions + Future Unicorns * Korean Investors + Korean Investors Home + Who's Who in Korean Investors + Asset Owners Report + Asset Managers' Perspectives + Best Asset Managers by Korean Investors + RFP Alert * Deals + M&A + ECM/DCM * Markets * Culture & Trends * Perspectives * Hidden Champions * Future Unicorns Open Menu Laptop chipsets Samsung to jump into laptop processor market with Exynos chip in H2 Jeong-Soo Hwang May 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00) * hjs@hankyung.com ENG Related Articles Chinese PE firm pays $1.4 bn to take over Magnachip Semiconductor close open Intel's jump into foundry sets off alarm bells for Samsung, TSMC close open Samsung wins Intel foundry order; TSMC takes GPU deal close open [facebook] [twitter] [linkedin] Samsung to jump into laptop processor market with Exynos chip in H2 With the global laptop computer market growing rapidly in the pandemic-caused work-and-learn from home era, Samsung Electronics Co. is working on a laptop version of its flagship mobile application processor (AP) chip Exynos. According to industry sources on May 9, the South Korean tech giant will unveil a premium Exynos chip that can be used in laptops as well as smartphones in the second half of this year. If the product hits the market, Samsung would become the first modern Windows laptop manufacturer to launch its own processor that works as the brain in its machines. Samsung's mobile Exynos chips currently power its Galaxy series of smartphones and mobile phones made by its rivals such as China's Vivo Communication Technology Co. A mobile application processor is a system on a chip (SoC) designed to support applications running in a mobile operating system environment. The new Exynos chip for laptops will use the graphics processing unit (GPU) jointly developed with US semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) to offer improved graphical technology, according to the sources. "The new Exynos will offer improved functions, including extraordinary computing power and battery efficiency, by utilizing a 5-nanometer processing technology. It's good for both laptops and smartphones," said an industry source. Samsung to jump into laptop processor market with Exynos chip in H2 JUMP ON BANDWAGON As the sales of PCs and laptops grow at a fast pace, global tech companies that have focused on smartphone AP chips are also unveiling chipsets for laptops to take on market leader Intel Corp., and Samsung is jumping on the bandwagon. In November 2020, Apple Inc. launched the M1 chip, a desktop- and laptop-grade systems-on-chip (SoC) based on a British processor architecture known as ARM. Apple's M1 chip is used in its MacBook series of laptops, iPads and other tablets. Samsung to jump into laptop processor market with Exynos chip in H2 Qualcomm Technologies Inc., which unveiled its Snapdragon 8cx chip for laptops in 2018, is said to be developing a third-generation 8cx chipset. According to industry tracker Counterpoint Research, global laptop sales reached 173 million units in 2020, the highest volume since 2011. The research firm forecasts laptop sales will rise further to 175 million units this year and 177 million units in 2022. Write to Jeong-Soo Hwang at hjs@hankyung.com In-Soo Nam edited this article. 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