Galaxy Watch 7 to get performance boost as Exynos W1000 chip details emerge

Wearable chip houses a 2.5D Always-on Display for higher detail in on-device watch faces, enhanced colours
An undated image showing Samsung Exynos W1000 chip in a smartwatch. — SamMobile
An undated image showing Samsung Exynos W1000 chip in a smartwatch. — SamMobile

The users are awaiting the release of the Galaxy Watch 7 Series soon. Samsung, a South Korean tech giant, has added the information of Exynos W1000 chip that will power the forthcoming wearables.

The new wearables have been primarily leaked before the Unpacked launch event. The Exynos W1000 chip is said to be at the essential spec of the Wear OS-powered smartwatches, which might offer a significant performance uplift over the Exynos W930 chip.

The Exynos W1000 has equipped a 5-core CPU that wears a big Cortex-A78 core with four Cortex-A55 cores. According to Samsung’s literature, this must provide up to 2.7x faster app launch times, 3.4x faster single-core performance and 3.7x faster multi-core performance.

Read more: Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 Ultra launch stage set — Specification, prices leaked

Moreover, the Exynos W1000 boasts a Mali-G68 MP2 GPU, which supports displays up to 960 x 540 pixels. The Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 Ultra certainly packs a large screen, the perfect SoC to power a wearable 

Fan-Out Panel Level Packaging (FO-PLP) is utilised here to help enhance heat management and heat dissipation despite the tiny size of the W1000 in wearable devices.

The latest wearable chip houses a 2.5D Always-on Display for higher detail in on-device watch faces and enhanced colours. 

All the other good connectivity boasts like Bluetooth LE, 4G LTE, Wi-FI b/g/n, GPS, and NFC for wireless payments are packed in here too. 32GB of integrated eMMC storage is integrated into the chip.

The Exynos W1000 might be the perfect base for flagship-level wearable software experiences. Unpacked 2024 is slated for July 10, 2024, with the Z Fold 6 and Z Flip 6 anticipated along with a slew of Galaxy Watch 7 series wearables, and new in-ear earbuds.