Reportedly, it was found that Samsung Electronics mobile AP (application processor) seems to grow continuously. This is especially in mid to low-end models. While its share which is in the single digit in the first quarter of last year has risen to about 50% in two quarters. Whereas, on the other hand, during the same interval. The share of the flagship market fell from the earlier 50% to 20% respectively.
Also, as per the semiconductor industry on the 9th, and according to an analysis by German market research company G. The ratio of mobile APs installed in Samsung Electronics Galaxy smartphone series is vary by price range.
Additionally, Samsung Electronics has installed its Galaxy smartphones series along with products with respect to big mobile AP fabless companies. It includes Exynos, which is a self-made mobile AP, and also Qualcomm and MediaTek. While, the flagship, mainly adds Qualcomm’s Snapdragon products. Whereas in the mid to low price, it adds MediaTek’s Helio products along with Qualcomm. Also, for the low-end model under $250, it also using chips from Chinese fabless maker UniSoC since last year.
The sales of Exynos continue to grow in mid to low models
Moreover, in the Galaxy A series, similar to the mid to low price, the sales of Exynos continue to grow. While the share of Exynos, installed in the top models in the Galaxy A series, goes down to 5% in the first quarter of last year. Because of the upgradation in Qualcomm and MediaTek, whereas tend to expand to 33% and 51% in the second and third quarters respectively.
Moving further, even in the Galaxy A sub-model. The Exynos share is consistently grown from 16% in the first quarter of last year to 26% in the second quarter and 32% in the third quarter.
As reciprocal to this, talking about Galaxy S and Galaxy Z models(foldable series) the downfall of the Exynos seems very clear. And it is dropped by 25%, it seems to decrease in the future as well. The share of Qualcomm’s in the flagship has tremendously grown from 40-50%(2021) to 60% in the first half of 2022. Thus, in this regard, Samsung Electronics is constantly looking for ways to strengthen Exyno’s competitiveness.
