After reports about Vivo working on its self-developed Image Signal Processor (ISP) chip, we recently reported that the first in-house chip from the company will be called Vivo S1 which has now been confirmed by Vivo’s Executive Vice President Hu Baishan.
He has also confirmed that the upcoming Vivo X70 series smartphones will come equipped with this new Vivo V1 ISP chip. Further, he has also revealed that the upcoming flagship smartphones from the brand will be made official next month, i.e. in September.
Hu Baishan added that while the company is starting with its self-developed ISP, the plan is also considering laying out chips on other tracks — Design, Image, Performance, and System, which was established by Vivo last year.
It is being reported that it took about two years for the company to develop its own ISP chip which has now reportedly completed mass production. The chip department at Vivo reportedly has a Research & Development team of more than 300 members and the company is also looking to fill many more vacancies in the same department.
The development is in line with the company’s long-term vision as revealed by the Founder and CEO of Vivo, Shen Wei earlier this year. The company is set to heavily invest in technological innovation as well as strategic resources for improving design, imaging, and performance, as well as other areas that users are paying more attention to.
So far, we are aware of two chip-related trademarks from the Chinese firm — Vivo SoC and Vivo Chip. The product categories covered by these two trademarks include central processing units, modems, computer chips, printed circuits, and computer storage.
Chinese smartphone manufacturers are now spending more on innovation and becoming self-reliant after the issues faced by Huawei when it was banned by the United States. It will be interesting to see what Vivo has up its sleeves in this department. OPPO, the sister company of Vivo, is also developing its own chip which is expected to be officially released with the Find X4 smartphone early next year.
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