Thought that 5G would be the playground of expensive flagship devices in 2020? That's not the case as companies are already working on mid-range chipsets with 5G. In the latest leak, some basic info of the Kirin 820 chipset by HiSilicon was revealed and it's expected to provide 5G connectivity to mid-range devices.
According to Digital Chat Station, the Kirin 820 chipset is manufactured on the 7nm process and will come with ARM Cortex-A76 CPU cores and a Mali-G77 GPU. For reference, even the flagship Kirin 990 chipset is still using a Mali-G76 GPU. Allegedly, the Mali-G77 should provide 1.4x more GPU performance compared to its predecessor. However, we do expect it to be clocked at a lower frequency in a mid-range chipset.
Moreover, the Kirin 820 is the first mid-range chipset to have this GPU. It's also expected to have an upgraded NPU and ISP. In terms of performance, it's likely to be far superior to a device using the Kirin 810 chipset, like the Honor 20S. Incidentally, it seems that this new chipset is supposed to be used in the Honor 30S, which is rumoured to be launching in April 2020.
Judging from what's been said, it seems like the goal of this chipset is to enable better gaming performance and 5G connectivity on mid-range devices, which gamers would certainly appreciate. But what do you think about it? Let us know on our Facebook page and stay tuned to TechNave.com for more tech news.
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