Samsung have officially announced their Samsung Exynos 980 chipset today utilizing an 8nm fabrication process and utilizing a built-in 5G modem, an NPU (Neural Processing Unit) for AI-powered tasks and an ISP (Image Signal Processor) that can support up to 108MP single and 20MP + 20MP dual camera sensors. Powered by an Octa-core CPU consisting of 2x ARM Cortex A77 cores and 6x Cortex A55 cores, there is still no news yet which Samsung device will utilize it, but it has an Arm Mali G76 MP5 GPU for faster graphics and gaming.
The 5G modem in particular will support Sub-6-GHz speeds on 5G for up to 2.55-gigabits, E-UTRA-NR Dual connectivity for 3.55Gbps mobile downlink speeds and LTE CAT.16 5CA 4G LTE for up to 1Gbps speeds. Other tech specs and features of the Exynos 980 include support for WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5 and GNSS for more accurate location along with 4K UHD video recording at 120fps for the new HEVC (H.265) format.
Mass production is expected to start by the end of 2019, so we may only see it being used for 2020 Samsung devices, but probably not for the Galaxy S11 series as it's more for the midrange (wow, 5G and 108MP cameras coming for Samsung's 2020 midrange devices). With the announcement of the Samsung Exynos 980 it really looks like we can expect more such 5G devices next year in 2020 more than this year, but it would make more sense that way considering that 5G networks probably will only be ready next year as well. In the meantime, stay tuned to TechNave.com
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