OPPO is expected to launch self-developed AP chips in 223.

OPPO is expected to launch self-developed AP chips in 223

OPPO is expected to launch self-developed AP chips in 223. It is reported that Shanghai Zheku, an IC design subsidiary of OPPO, has started the research and development of application processors and single chips for mobile phone systems, and the first AP chip is expected to be launched in 223. Oppo is expected to launch self-developed AP chips in 223. OPPO is expected to launch its own AP chip in 223. 1

In December 221, OPPO, a China smartphone brand manufacturer, officially released its first self-developed neural network processor (NPU)-Mariana X(MariSilicon X), which was built by TSMC's advanced 6nm process and was specially used to improve the image processing performance.

as a matter of fact, Mariana x chip won many people's praise both inside and outside the industry once it appeared. At present, Mariana X has been used by OPPO for its high-end mobile phones Find X5 and Find X5 Pro. Since OPPO embarked on the road of self-developed chips, Mariana X is undoubtedly a good opening work. What OPPO really wants to achieve, or the biggest ambition, is to hope that it can have the strength to independently develop high-end SoC chips like Apple, Samsung and Huawei.

According to China Taiwan media reports on April 5th, according to industry sources, following the advent of Mariana X, Shanghai Zheku, a chip design subsidiary of OPPO, has been developing mobile phone AP (application processor) and SoC. It is estimated that in 223, OPPO will be able to launch the first self-developed mobile phone AP, which will be manufactured by TSMC's 6nm advanced technology. In 224, OPPO is expected to launch the first mobile phone SoC that integrates self-developed AP and Modem, and it will still be manufactured by TSMC's 4nm advanced technology.

according to industry analysis, although OPPO's first self-developed 4nm process SoC may not be comparable to that of Qualcomm and MediaTek, it can be tried out in the low-end mobile phone product line first, and then gradually improve the penetration rate of the self-developed SoC in its own mobile phone product line.

On March 24th, the "mobile phone chip expert" once again broke the news in Weibo, Sina. OPPO has invested 1 billion yuan and thousands of chip design and development personnel to develop mobile phone processors and baseband chips in Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing for more than two years. The government should give OPPO a lot of subsidies and plan to adopt TSMC's 6nm and 5nm processes. "Mobile Chip Master" believes that OPPO's first self-developed mobile phone processor has the opportunity to stream in the second half of 223 and be installed on its own mobile phone products in 224.

Now, when you open the official website of Zheku Technology, you can see that the company has released a lot of positions for job seekers to choose from, as well as information about university recruitment. Zheku is open to social recruitment (including internal recruitment), and its job categories cover digital design, analog/RF, system architecture, chip verification, hardware integration, test development, software development, algorithm, product strategy, project management, business empowerment, IT and others.

For campus recruitment, there are six categories of positions: chips, algorithms, software, testing, products and IT. In short, OPPO is eager for talents for chips and related talents.

nowadays, the outside world can be sure that OPPO is seriously making chips-SoC chips with high technical threshold. Arguably, even if it does not develop its own chips, but relies on Qualcomm and MediaTek for a long time, it is not difficult for OPPO to keep its position as one of the top five mobile phone manufacturers in the world and one of the top four mobile phone manufacturers in China.

However, at the 221 Future Science and Technology Conference held by OPPO, CEO Chen Mingyong said that self-developed chips are an inevitable choice at the strategic level of OPPO, and problems must be solved through key technologies. Without the underlying core technologies, enterprises will have no future. "Self-developed chips are destined to be a bumpy road. We will continue to invest resources and use thousands of teams to do self-developed chips in a down-to-earth manner, insisting that Qingshan will not relax."

Xiaomi began to develop its own chip in 214. In February 217, Xiaomi officially released the first self-developed mobile phone SoC chip 澎湃 S1. This low-end chip is manufactured by TSMC's 28nm process and has not been popular in the market. As the second-generation mobile phone SoC of Xiaomi, 澎湃 S2 (using TSMC's 16nm process technology) is still "only known by its name, but not by its shape".

It is said that by the end of 219, the surging S2 stream failed six times, with a loss of tens of millions of yuan each time. However, in March 221, Xiaomi released the first self-developed ISP chip, 澎 C1. 澎湃 C1 is a chip that can't be smaller, and it is also a chip that consumers will not pay attention to at all. Xiaomi spent two years tackling key problems for C1, and invested 14 million yuan. In December 221, Xiaomi released the first self-developed power management chip, 澎湃 P1.

this chip took 18 months, and the four R&D centers worked together, which also cost over 1 million yuan. If OPPO can release the first self-developed advanced technology mobile phone processor in 223, as rumored, it will greatly surpass Xiaomi.

In 29, Huawei adopted 18nm technology for its first mobile phone chip; In 212, the second mobile phone chip adopted 4nm process; In 214, Huawei released the first Kirin chip, using 28nm process; Since then, it was not until 218 that Huawei released the first 7nm process Kirin chip; In 22, Huawei released a 5nm process chip. In contrast, OPPO's first NPU chip was manufactured by TSMC's 6nm process; At present, the mobile phone AP and the mobile phone SoC under research will also be commissioned by TSMC for OEM under 6nm. OPPO's self-developed chip, from the beginning, chose the advanced process technology below 7nm, one of the reasons should be that it hopes to catch up with the mainstream manufacturers as much as possible. OPPO can have such ambition, which is quite admirable.

In January, 222, Li Jie, president of OnePlus China, told the media that the global mobile phone shipment of Oujia Group in 221 was about 2 million units, of which the global shipment in 221 was 12 million units, double that in 22. Combined with the data released by Omdia, the global mobile phone shipments of OPPO and realme reached 192.2 million units in 221, accounting for 14% of the market, behind Samsung and Apple and surpassing Xiaomi.

among them, OPPO shipped 134.1 million mobile phones worldwide in 221, an increase of 27.9% compared with 14.9 million in 22; Realme shipped 58.1 million mobile phones worldwide in 221, an increase of 48.6% compared with 39.1 million in 22. It may be estimated here that the global mobile phone shipments of OPPO and its two sub-brands OnePlus+realme should reach a new high in 222, and may even surpass the previous global mobile phone shipments of Huawei+Glory of 24 million units.

according to the data provided by Cinno research, in China, the market share of OPPO+OnePlus+realme is as high as 24.5%, and it has already occupied the first place.

Every year, the global mobile phone shipments exceed 2 million units, and the revenue reaches several hundred billion yuan. With such a large market share and such a high revenue scale, once it breaks a new path in the field of chip design, I believe OPPO's position in the mobile phone market will only be more stable. Moreover, OPPO can also use this to enter a broader market such as tablet computers, notebook computers and smart TVs, thus expanding its market share.

after Xiaomi released 澎澎澎 S1, 澎澎 C1 and 澎澎澎澎 P1 successively, it seems that it is difficult to compare with the following. I am afraid that the OPPO self-developed chip is more worth looking forward to. OPPO is expected to launch the research and development of self-developed AP chip 2

in 223, which has become the top priority in the industry. Both consumers and mobile phone manufacturers themselves attach great importance to related issues. Nowadays, chip research and development is no longer the monopoly of Apple, Samsung and Huawei. Manufacturers such as OPPO and Glory have also invested huge costs. After several times of research and development, they have successfully obtained self-developed chips such as Mariana X and AI ISP, which has further improved the research and development strength of domestic manufacturers.

Recently, it is reported that Shanghai Zheku, an IC design subsidiary of OPPO, has started the research and development of application processor and single chip of mobile phone system. It is expected that the first AP chip will be launched in 223 and the first mobile phone SoC will be launched in 224.

(@IT Home broke the news that OPPO will launch its first AP chip in 223)

Some netizens expressed doubts about this speculation, while some people were full of expectations. In fact, OPPO has a rich accumulation of technology in the chip field. For example, Mariana X released at the future science and technology conference last year, whether it is front-end design, back-end design, IP design, memory architecture, algorithm, supply chain streaming, etc., is completed by the OPPO chip team. And the actual performance of this chip didn't disappoint us. Judging from the imaging effect of the first-time mobile phone OPPO Find X5 Pro, it has an obvious additive effect on night scene video, especially the details such as excessive darkness, which is much clearer than that of the same price mobile phone.

(imaging performance of OPPO Find X5 Pro)

Not only that, Mariana X has also made OPPO Find X5 Pro the first smart phone in the industry to support 4K ultra-clear night shooting through powerful algorithms, with a dynamic range of up to 2bit Ultra HDR and pixel-level AI noise reduction processing, which broke the limitation of traditional mobile phones on night scene quality, and also provided reference for future flagship mobile phones in night scene performance.

At the same time, Mariana X's powerful algorithm also acts on the imaging of third-party software, which makes the image quality of Tik Tok, Aauto Quicker and other apps closer to the original camera, omitting the steps that need to be uploaded repeatedly.

(Thanks to Mariana X, the image quality of Tik Tok, Aauto Quicker and other apps is closer to the original camera)

OPPO can develop such excellent chips without the investment in scientific research over the years. As early as 219 in OPPO INNO DAY, it was announced that OPPO had officially entered the deep water area of R&D, and it was established that mobile phones would remain the first entrance and control center in the 5G era.

at the future technology conference held thereafter, the release of products such as the scroll screen OPPO X 221 and the folding screen OPPO Find N all brought amazing operating experience to consumers in different forms from the conventional mobile phones. It is worth mentioning that some bloggers broke the news that OPPO will start commercial scroll screens, and other manufacturers are also preparing, or will be officially released next year.

At the same time, OPPO is also committed to patent research and development in different fields. By March 31, 222, OPPO had applied for more than 77, patents worldwide and authorized more than 38, patents worldwide. Among them, the number of invention patent applications exceeds 69,, accounting for 9% of all patent applications. With such a rich patent reserve, people are also looking forward to the performance of OPPO's second chip.

Generally speaking, under the abundant patent reserves and strong R&D strength, the first self-developed chip Mariana X, the scroll screen OPPO X 221, the folding screen OPPO Find N and other products released by OPPO have made consumers feel refreshed and changed the industry structure more or less.

and the first AP chip and the first mobile phone SoC pointed out in the news are also developed on these bases, and are progressing steadily in an orderly manner. This inevitably makes us look forward to what insights and accomplishments OPPO has in chip research and development, and what surprises it will bring us in the future. OPPO is expected to launch self-developed AP chip in 223

Recently, according to the related news in the semiconductor industry, OPPO has recently made new moves after launching the first self-developed NPU chip for images last year. Its IC design subsidiary, Shanghai Zheku, is currently working on developing AP application processors and mobile phone SoC chips. It is expected that the first AP chip with 6nm process will be launched in 223, and the mobile phone SoC chip integrating AP and Modem will be launched after the technology is mature in 224, and TSMC's 4nm process technology will be adopted.

(chips independently developed by OPPO)

When it comes to mobile phone SoC, that is, processors like Kirin 9 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, I believe everyone already knows it very well. As for the AP chip, the frequency that may be seen on the Internet is not too high, but in fact it also belongs to one of the core chips of mobile phones. The full name of AP chip is "application processor", which is mainly used to run operating system and application software, such as Android and commonly used APP. Together with baseband and RF chips, it constitutes three core components of mobile phones, and it also needs profound technical accumulation to be designed.

(Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor)

Previously, at the Future Science and Technology Conference on December 14th last year, OPPO had officially launched the first NPU chip dedicated to self-developed images-Mariana Marisilicon X. It is understood that the whole design scheme and technology of this chip were developed by the OPPO chip design team, and the whole team included many departments such as design, digital verification and back-end integration, which shows OPPO.

based on the successful mass production of NPU chips, if you want to make AP chips, I believe OPPO also has its own research strength.

(Mariana X image chip)

OPPO's Mariana X chip is still something. It is the world's first NPU dedicated to 6nm images of mobile terminals, and its AI computing power is as high as 18 trillion times per second, which is higher than that of Apple A15. The image supports 4K ultra-clear HDR night scene output. In all fairness, although this image-specific NPU chip seems to be not as "tall" as SoC, it is undeniable that it has brought a better camera experience to the new machine.

for example, the new OPPO Find X5 Pro equipped with Mariana x was launched for the first time, and its comprehensive image strength was greatly improved. Find X5 Pro adopts a 5-megapixel dual main camera and a 13-megapixel telephoto lens to form a three-camera system, plus Hasselblad image and a 13-channel color temperature sensor, so that the color control is more accurate, the noise of the photo is lower, and users can shoot a large film at will.

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