Samsung LSI might lose its Exynos chip design business to Samsung MX

Currently, Samsung's LSI arm is responsible for the Exynos chip design, but internal talks suggest that the task might be transferred over to Samsung MX (Mobile Experience). That is the division responsible for the Galaxy smartphones. The idea behind it is to bring the chip design team under the Samsung MX umbrella so they can all work on improving the Exynos chips' performance and overall user experience. Samsung's Foundry business will still be manufacturing the SoCs, though. However, there seems to be internal disagreement over that move, the report suggests. Some oppose the...