Oppo is working to develop its own high end mobile chipsets for its premium grade flagship smartphones. The move from the company arrives to reduce its reliance on chipmaking firms like Qualcomm and MediaTek.
As of right now, the Chinese tech giant is the world’s fourth largest smartphone brand and is planning on begin shipping its custom made mobile chipsets sometime in the year 2023 or 2024. Earlier this year, the company had confirmed that it was working on its own self developed processors and now sources close to the matter has revealed to Nikkei Asia revealed the possible launch timeline of these upcoming chipsets.
Notably, this marks another Chinese brand joining the race of smartphone makers that are racing to make its own custom SoC (System on chips). At the moment, brands like Apple, Samsung, and Xiaomi are developing their own chips for their processors. Even Google is working on custom made chips with its flagship Pixel 6 series launching with the new Tensor chipsets. The process of developing its own chips would enable Oppo to have better control over its own supply chain and might also help the impacts of the ongoing global shortages of semiconductors.
The sources also revealed that the company is working on 3nm production technology that is being offered by TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker. In other words, TSMC is also receiving another major smartphone brand as its new client, with Apple, Intel, AMD, and Nvidia being some of its other major customers.
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