Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 overheating may push Samsung to Exynos in Galaxy S27 Ultra

Samsung reportedly found Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 overheating and throttling in Galaxy S27 Ultra testing, and gave Qualcomm until mid-October to fix it. If unresolved, the flagship could switch to Samsung's in-house Exynos 2700 built on the 2nm SF2P node with a 10-core CPU.

• Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 exceeds thermal thresholds and throttles under sustained load
• Samsung set a mid-October deadline for Qualcomm to fix the issue
• Exynos 2700 uses Samsung Foundry's 2nm SF2P process and a 10-core CPU
• Galaxy S27 Ultra is set to launch in early 2027 alongside S27, S27+ and S27 Pro