Vivo's first self-developed image chip V 1 is coming. What does this mean?

Not long ago, photos of the vivo chip warehouse broke out on the Internet. Vivo officials did not deny or admit it, just saying, so stay tuned! Recently, Hu Baishan, executive vice president of vivo, made a formal response to the core construction. V 1 is the first professional imaging chip of vivo, which will be used in V70 series mobile phones. What changes will vivo bring to the current mobile phone industry when it is involved in the chip field?

What is the chip developed by vivo? Not a mobile phone processor chip, but an ISP chip dedicated to making images! There are usually two ways to realize ISP chip, one is integrated in the processor chip, and the other is independent of the processor. The former is more integrated, but its performance is not as good as the latter, and the chip V 1 obviously belongs to the latter.

Vivo mobile phones have always been known for their audio and video. The addition of V 1 will make the user experience rise to a new height. For the first time, I didn't choose more complicated processor chips, but started with ISP chips, which has a lot to do with the strategic development of vivo mobile phones.

There are not many domestic mobile phone manufacturers with core-making strength. For example, Huawei's Kirin processor can't surpass Apple's A series and Qualcomm's Opteron processor, but at least it can compete with contemporary products, and its performance is not backward. Under the pressure of the United States, the high-end Kirin processor has faced the dilemma of being unable to produce. Xiaomi's 澎湃 processor has only been developed for one generation, and it is still a mystery how long it will take for the second generation to be interviewed. It's not impossible to die.

The appearance of V 1 makes up for the blank of domestic mobile phone manufacturers' research and development chips to some extent. Of course, although the OEM of Huawei's Kirin processor is difficult, Huawei should not give up the research and development of chips easily.

When it comes to high-end flagship mobile phones, people immediately think of Apple, Samsung and Huawei. Other domestic brands are less competitive. Xiaomi, who has always wanted to enter the high-end flagship mobile phone, has not developed smoothly. In addition to technology precipitation and brand accumulation, lack of characteristics is a major reason. For example, the MIX4 mobile phone just launched by Xiaomi can attract everyone's attention by relying on the full screen of the cup, but the limelight was immediately grabbed by the glory Magic3.

Apple phones have a proud iOS system, Samsung phones stand out from the crowd, and Huawei phones have a unique Kirin processor. Balanced configuration and no obvious shortcomings are the minimum requirements of flagship mobile phones, and function is the key to stand out.

Vivo has been deeply cultivated in the field of imaging, which is its unique survival cheats. Helpless, it has been limited by the processor chip before, and it can't play its full strength. The appearance of V 1 solves the deficiency of vivo hardware, and the combination of software and hardware will be smoother. Whether the re-polished image function can become the killer of vivo mobile phones to enter the high-end flagship, we will wait and see!

The research and development of chips will inevitably cause certain financial pressure on vivo. For this reason, ISP chips may be the first choice. In any case, it is a good thing for more and more domestic enterprises to participate in chip research and development, which can quickly promote the process of domestic chip industrialization and break the monopoly position of the United States in the chip field as soon as possible.

Vivo's first self-developed image chip V 1 is coming. What does this mean? The core of the topic is the first self-developed video chip V 1 of vivo. What does this mean? I think as domestic mobile phone manufacturers gradually embark on the road of self-research, our mobile phone chips will be localized, but it does take time. Judging from the information currently exposed, vivo is developing ISP chips, which means it is closely related to the camera image of the mobile phone. We also know that vivo's mobile phone has always been mainly taking pictures, so with the self-developed image chip, the image will be improved again, but the self-developed route does take time to accumulate. Although the research and development of vivo is still in its infancy, I believe that in the near future, he will also be recognized by people like Huawei. At the same time, another mobile phone manufacturer has developed its own chip in China, which really makes us have more expectations for the localization of the chip.

0 1. The chip series V 1 developed by vivo this time is an image chip, which is objectively relatively low in difficulty and has little impact on the overall market, but it is a good start for vivo itself. Recently, the news of vivo self-research, including the recruitment of chip R&D engineers by vivo Million, is really hot. In fact, it has proved the determination and route of vivo self-developed chip. However, the recently exposed chip V 1 series is only optimized for the image processing and imaging quality of mobile phones. At the same time, it is reported that the ISP chip V 1 series developed by vivo will be used in the vivoX70 series mobile phone released in September, which really makes us look forward to it.

Many people may want to know what the function of ISP chip is, or how it can improve our daily photo taking. Let's focus on the following points:

First of all, the current ISPs are basically integrated into the processor of the mobile phone. Because the smart phone we usually use is different from traditional film photography, and the photo of smart phone needs to convert optical signals into electrical signals, so when we choose a mobile phone, we should not only look at the lens and sensor, but also pay attention to ISP. Of course, many people may not understand this aspect, but we only need to understand that the level of mobile phone processor determines his ability in all aspects, such as the top processor used in high-end flagship, and the optimization of ISP must also be top-notch.

At the same time, if the ISP developed by vivo is used on its flagship mobile phone, it will exist alone. We can imagine that its capacity will indeed far exceed that of an integrated ISP. Of course, optical system, photosensitive element, chip processing and algorithm are all indispensable to get the top camera function. However, in these respects, vivo has indeed been laid out in advance. For example, his cooperation with Zeiss in the optical system, this year's vivoX60 series is equipped with Zeiss's optical algorithm, including the high version and Zeiss's exclusive T coating process. In addition, in terms of camera hardware, vivo phones are basically top-notch, such as Samsung's GN 1 series. The sensor area reaches11.3 inches. In addition, in terms of algorithm, the micro-pan-tilt anti-shake lens algorithm developed by vivo, if coupled with the ISP chip developed by vivo, will mean that the camera strength of vivo has made a qualitative leap.

02. It takes time for self-study to accumulate. At the same time, vivo has long been laid out in this respect. As early as 20 19, two chip trademarks "vivo SoC" and "vivo chip" were registered, covering a series of processor-related products such as CPU, modem, computer chip, printed circuit and computer storage equipment. In fact, in addition to Huawei, domestic mobile phone manufacturers who take the R&D chip route all know Xiaomi 澎 chip, and then vivo mobile phone. Of course, Huawei's self-research route is relatively early, and its development is indeed relatively mature. If it is not restricted by foreign countries, it is still thriving. Although Xiaomi sent the chip, the effect was not ideal. At the same time, it has been four or five years, and there is really no movement. In fact, it also shows that chip development is really difficult.

Not to mention vivo, in fact, it started late, but it is good news for our domestic chip manufacturing industry, because more and more manufacturers have joined the self-research, and the rise of domestic chips is really just around the corner.

At the same time, as early as 20 19, the Samsung Kirin 980 processor used in the X30 series released by vivo is actually a 5G chip jointly developed by vivo engineers and Samsung * * *, which is the first time that vivo has tested water on the chip. This year's vivoX60 series is equipped with Samsung 1080 series chips, which was also jointly developed by him and vivo. In addition, according to relevant data, domestic manufacturers continue to increase their research and development. In 2020, vivo will invest more than 5 billion in R&D headquarters alone.

According to the registration information of vivo, we can also see that the self-research of vivo does cover a wide range, which is also a long-term goal, although it is somewhat difficult to achieve in the near future. However, I believe that vivo will be remembered by people in the near future. At the same time, we also saw that Huawei developed its own HarmonyOS operating system. In fact, domestic mobile phone manufacturers take the road of independent research and development, and ultimately we in China will benefit, because we no longer have to be subject to foreign countries because of chip problems, and our country's international status will be higher.

Summary: First of all, after seeing the research and development of vivo, my personal pride also arises spontaneously. Because vivo is also a domestic brand, just like Huawei. Although vivo is only developing image processing chips such as ISP, I believe it will be as powerful as Huawei in the near future. At the same time, with manufacturers such as vivo and Huawei taking the independent research and development route, it is believed that the goal of chip autonomy will eventually become a reality.

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