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Qualcomm posted a video on X recapping every Samsung flagship that ran on Snapdragon, which ends up teasing the potential Galaxy S27 Ultra chipset.

Sixteen years is a long time in this industry, and Qualcomm knows it. The video posted by the chipmaker ends with the words, “and there’s so much more to come.”

Samsung has been playing chipset politics for years.

The Galaxy S26 series brought Exynos back to the lineup after a brief exile, though the company kept Snapdragon inside the S26 Ultra. Smart move, given how badly some Exynos launches have gone historically.

With whispers circulating that Samsung could eventually push its in-house silicon into every slot across the S series, Qualcomm clearly felt it was time to speak up, and it chose nostalgia as the weapon.

Earlier reports already pointed toward Samsung using the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro, internally tagged as the SM8975, inside the Galaxy S27 Ultra. Samsung won’t unveil the S27 series until early next year, so there’s still runway for plans to shift.

The US chip designer is apparently preparing two variants of its next flagship chip, and the Pro version looks like Samsung’s pick for its top-tier model.

Qualcomm’s posting video at this moment isn’t random. These companies don’t post retrospective timelines out of sentiment. They post them to apply pressure, to signal confidence, to remind a partner publicly that leaving would be a story.

The Ultra has always been where Samsung puts its best foot forward. Qualcomm wants to make sure that the foot is wearing its chip.

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• Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Pro leak hints at Galaxy S27 performance roadmap

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Leak season for the next Galaxy S lineup has already begun. A new leak sheds light on specs and features of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and 6 Pro that will potentially power the Galaxy S27 Pro and S27 Ultra globally.

Weibo leaker DCS revealed key specs of Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro, and the chips powering the Galaxy S27 series may be made by TSMC.

TSMC’s 2nm process node means better efficiency, sustained performance, and improved thermal behavior. Qualcomm is also considering a 2nm Snapdragon chip, but it seems unlikely to be from the 6th generation.

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 (SM8950) configuration:

• 2 prime cores
• 3 performance cores
• 3 efficiency cores

The Pro variant keeps the same layout but pushes it harder. Higher clocks are expected, but Qualcomm is also stacking more resources around it.

The standard chip reportedly uses 16MB L2 + 6MB SLC cache, while the Pro bumps system-level cache to 8MB SLC. It may sound minor, but SLC plays a big role in reducing memory latency during heavy workloads like gaming and AI tasks.

Graphics processing unit:

• Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 – Adreno 845, 6 slices, 12MB graphics cache
• Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro – Adreno 845, up to 18MB graphics cache

Memory support:

• Gen 6 – LPDDR5X
• Gen 6 Pro – LPDDR6 (quad-channel 24-bit) or LPDDR5X (quad-channel 16-bit)

LPDDR6 is not just about speed; it is about bandwidth efficiency and power scaling. Both chips still share the essentials: integrated 5G with sub-6 and mmWave, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6.0, UFS 5.0 storage, and 10Gbps USB-C.

The Galaxy S27 and S27+ are expected to use Samsung’s in-house Exynos 2700 in most markets. Meanwhile, regions like the US, Canada, and China could get the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6.

Galaxy S27 Pro and S27 Ultra are tipped to use the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro globally, which at least brings some consistency at the top end.

Samsung may launch the Galaxy S27 series early next year.

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