The Samsung Galaxy S21 may be the first big smartphone launch next year, but you may not have to buy Samsung's flagship phone to get a device with amazing performance. But you may not have to buy a Samsung flagship to get a device that performs amazingly well.

According to tech leaker Ice Universe, Samsung's Exynos 1080 chipset will debut at an event in Shanghai on November 12. While we would rather see the launch of a full phone rather than just components, this particular slice of silicon gives us high hopes for the performance of a low-priced Samsung phone in 2021.

Based on previous rumors, the Exynos 1080 is expected to use the 5nm process node, which means it will offer similar transistor density to Apple's best-in-class A14 chipset in the iPhone 12.

This chip will not be the one in the Galaxy S21, but the Exynos 1000, but the 1080 will still be powerful enough. According to one benchmark, this supposedly mid-range chip outperforms Qualcomm's Snapdragon 865 Plus, the best Android silicon this year.

As IU points out, Samsung has not held a presentation for the previous generation of chips. The fact that they are doing so now could have interesting implications.

Samsung may simply want to show off new features and superior benchmark scores. Or maybe they are trying to follow Apple's example and focus on their own hardware. 11]

We will find out exactly what Samsung has in store for us

just over a week from now. However, we won't see a phone with this chipset until next year, probably after we see the Galaxy S21 debut around February.