Yesterday, Samsung announced the Exynos 980 processor, its first mobile phone processor with an integrated 5G modem. However, the Exynos 980 isn’t a flagship chipset but a mid-range one, and today, Vivo has announced it will launch a phone powered by the new chipset later this year.
Yes, Vivo will announce a mid-range 5G smartphone this year and it will have an Exynos processor under its hood. This is a big move for Samsung and Vivo! The smartphone should be the first Vivo phone not to be powered by a Qualcomm or MediaTek processor.
Vivo first confirmed the use of Samsung Exynos 980 processor, vivo said Samsung has developed this processor, this year will release the Exynos 980 smartphone, Exynos 980 is Samsung's first integrated 5G SoC, support SA / NSA, A77 architecture CPU. pic.twitter.com/agauTd2vPO
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Samsung has been making big strides this year with its semi-conductor business. Its Exynos processors have not only powered its own phones this year but have also been found in Motorola’s One Action and One Vision smartphones. Now, it is making its way into a Vivo smartphone.
The Exynos 980 is an 8nm octa-core processor with 2x high-performance Cortex-A77 cores clocked at 2.2GHz and 6x efficient Cortex-A55 cores clocked at 1.8GHz. It has a Mali-G76 MP5 GPU which is said to be built for gaming. It supports LPDDR4x RAM and UFS 2.1 and eMMC 5.1 storage. The maximum display resolution supported is WQHD+ and supports 20MP dual cam and 108MP single camera. The chipset also supports WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.0, and GNSS.
There is also an NPU which works with the DSP for AI-related tasks and better camera features. Its 5G modem also supports 4G LTE, 3G, and 2G networks and provides up to 2.55 Gbps speeds for 5G.
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