Exynos 9810 Chipset: Samsung usually releases its high-end smartphones and tablets with Qualcomm Snapdragon or Exynos chips, depending on the region. This year will be no different, as the name suggests Galaxy S8 it will be powered by Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 835 processor or some new Exynos chip, according to SamMobile.
The Galaxy S8 will be the first smartphone to run with Snapdragon 835 SoC. But the device will probably be released in some countries with Exynos 9810 SoC inside. We expect to see the new chip in Europe and some Asian countries.
Information about the upcoming Exynos chipset has been revealed by Samsung's Bangalore R&D Institute, which states on its LinkedIn page that Exynos' upcoming processor will be called Exynos 9810.
Reports say that there could be two variants of the Exynos 9810 chip: Exynos 9810V and Exynos 9810M. The former could feature an eighteen-core Mali-G71 (yes, you read that right 18) unit processings graphics, while the latter may come with a 20-core Mali-G71 GPU. The chipset could have four Mongoose M2 CPU cores, and four Cortex A53 cores.
The series of Exynos 9 are said to be developed with the technology 10nm FinFET and will directly compete with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 processor, Huawei's Kirin 970 chip and Apple's A10 Fusion SoC.
Other reports say that the Exynos 9810 processor will offer better performance and improved consumption energy. The Galaxy S8 with the new Exynos 9810 is rumored to be priced at $874.
It remains to be seen whether the rumors are right.
