The latest trend among major smartphone manufacturers is the development and implementation of proprietary chipsets, semiconductors, and processors. Components designed and created by you to best meet each brand’s respective needs, wants, and goals. So just as Apple has its chips, so does Apple. OPPO will follow this path.
The objective will be to equip their Android smartphones, tablets, wearable and other products with higher performance, better energy efficiency, and new capabilities.
In other words, by using its own processors, OPPO would have almost complete control over the hardware and software used in its mass market products.
Own processor that TSCM will manufacture, like Apple chips
The precedent? Two actually. We already have the MariSilicon Y processors and the MariSilicon X NPU. The truth is that they are not true SoCs since they do not (yet) replace the Qualcomm and/or MediaTek System on Chip (SoC). However, they already support specific tasks such as image processing and/or audio streaming via Bluetooth.
That said, after this first foray in recent years, the next step for OPPO to take is, naturally, the development of its own SoC. Beyond the image signal processor (ISP) and the Bluetooth audio streaming management chip, the brand will now want a complete solution.
Therefore, just like Apple has its own processors. Just as Samsung has its Exynos chipsets, OPPO is also aiming to have its own processors. The information is now transmitted by a source close to the brand through the Chinese social network Weibo. More specifically, it was hand in hand with the “filter” Cell phone chip expert that the information was disclosed.
Complete solution to control “all variants” in OPPO products
more or filter don’t stop here His statements also point to the fact that OPPO is currently working with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, TSMC. It should be noted that this is the same company responsible for the manufacture and production of Apple processors. It is also the maker of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors.
According to the source, OPPO will work to design its own chip which TSCM will produce later. The date set for the presentation of this component is set at 2024 as one of OPPO’s biggest announcements for the coming year.
Own solution to possibly debut in 2024
It should be noted, however, that this source lacks confirmation and cross-checking of information. Still, in my opinion, this step is not only plausible but practically inevitable. OPPO has been striving for perfection in its new smartphones and part of that process involves exact control of the processors used in such mobile phones, tablets and other products.
The best of all? The fruits of this labor can be enjoyed in the future not only on OPPO’s own smartphones, but also on future OnePlus devices.