SEOUL: Samsung Electronics Co gave its biggest indication yet that the company’s upcoming high-end Galaxy smartphones will use only one chip to run applications and enable wireless connections. The world’s biggest maker of smartphones last week unveiled its latest semiconductor, called the Exynos 8 Octa. It is designed to perform functions that currently require two chips, and mass production is scheduled to start this year. “As a component provider you have to find the biggest customer in the world, and for us it happened to be Samsung,” Hong Kyushik, vice-president for marketing at Samsung’s System LSI business, said Monday during an investor briefing in Singapore. “Exynos 8 is targeted for the premium segment.” He declined to comment specifically on customers for the new chip. Combining two chips into one helps make devices more energy-efficient, and Samsung says the Exynos processor improves performance.