Usage of Exynos processors has gone down drastically

Over the last couple of years, Samsung has lowered the usage of Exynos chipsets in its phones and tablets. Take the Galaxy S23 series for example. The company used only the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset for the lineup. The brand is also not using Exynos SoCs in mid-range and low-end devices as much as it used to a few years ago.

While it is clear that the usage of Exynos chipsets is going down, we didn’t have any figures on the trend. Fortunately, that’s changing today. Canalys has just posted a report analyzing the global smartphone market by processor vendor, and it reveals some disappointing news about Exynos chipsets and Samsung Semiconductor.

According to the report, the shipment of smartphones with chipsets from Samsung Semiconductors was 13 million in Q4 2023, which is 48% less compared to that in Q4 2022. As a result, the company’s revenue from smartphone chipsets stood at USD 5 billion in the last quarter, which is 44% lower than what it was in Q4 2022.

Unlike the Galaxy S23 series, Samsung has used Exynos chipset for the Galaxy S24 lineup. So, the shipment of smartphones with Exynos chipsets should go up in this and the upcoming quarters, and with that the revenue of Samsung Semiconductors should also see a steep increase. It would be interesting to see future figures.

The report from Canalys also reveals that MediaTek processors powered the highest number of smartphones (117 million) in Q4 2023. Apple was the second-largest chipset provider with its SoCs powering 78 million smartphones and Qualcomm was the third-largest chipset supplier with its processors powering 69 million smartphones.