Earlier today, in an interview with the media, Hu Baishan, the Executive Vice President of vivo, confirmed that the company will be debuting its first self-developed ISP chip in September. This silicon dubbed as vivo V1 will be present inside the upcoming vivo X70 series. In the same interview, the executive also confirmed the arrival of vivo tablets.

Chinese smartphone brands are said to enter the tablet market very soon. Xiaomi has already released its first tablets in years earlier this month. On the other hand, realme has been teasing its tablet but it is yet to officially launch it. 

Similarly, OPPO, OnePlus, and vivo are also expected to announce their tablets in the coming days. These companies have already filed design patents and trademarks for the same.

At the end of June, vivo was reported to launch its tablet in the fourth quarter of 2021. Looks like that will not be the case. As per Hu Baishan, the company’s first tablet will arrive in the first half of 2022.

When questioned about other ecosystem products like smart televisions, the executive replied that the company is only focussing on tablets for now. He says that tablets have better integration with smartphones than smart TVs.

Unfortunately, the Vice President of vivo did not reveal anything about the firm’s first tablet. Going by trademark filings, it could go official as vivo Pad. Additionally, iQOO, the sub-brand of vivo is also expected to release its tablet.

Since vivo tablets are months away, we will have to wait for a long time to learn about them via leaks and certifications.

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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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