News & Reviews:   chipset

Every quarterly, there would always be a new chipset for the next generation. A good example of this is none other than the Snapdragon 865 and Snapdragon 865+ that were released in the same year. Now, according to a new rumour - Digital Chat Station claimed that the Snapdragon 888 Pro chipset is now being tested and is expected to launch in Q3 of 2021.

You don't hear much about chipsets from Nvidia, but a new one was finally announced earlier today at the GPU Technology Conference 2021 - the Nvidia Atlan. This new chipset is expected to be used with autonomous vehicles and other unconfirmed products.

Based on a report by gizmochina, it seems that Xiaomi might be planning to release 3 more smartphones this year that are equipped with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 chipset. While not much is known in regards to when it will be available in the global market, it does give us a better idea of what to expect when it is available in the local market.

By now, you would probably have read a couple of news about chipset shortage around the world. It has affected many things besides smartphones, such as desktops, laptops, graphics cards, automobiles and other technologies from various industries. Many large manufacturers have been forced to reduce or halt production as well.

Based on a report by digitimes.com, it seems that MediaTek was the biggest chipset provider for smartphones in the year 2020 as they’ve supplied around 351.6 million chips in the year alone. Compared to the previous year, MediaTek supplied 27.2% more chipsets effectively overtaking Qualcomm.

5G still isn't accessible to many yet, but chipmakers are pushing for widespread adoption. For instance, there was the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 back in January. Well, Qualcomm also has a new mid-range 5G chipset that it just launched today.

Earlier this month, it was rumoured that the next Huawei MatePad Pro will feature a Kirin 9000E chipset. But it looks like that's not the only chipset that is launching in 2021. In fact, sources claim that there's at least another Kirin chipset on the way.

Based on a statement by money.udn.com, it seems that Xiaomi might resort to sourcing chipsets from MediaTek due to the current shortage in Qualcomm chipsets. With that being said, we could see more Xiaomi smartphones equipped with MediaTek chipsets in the future.

Based on a report by WinFuture.de, it seems that Qualcomm could be working on a chip that seems to be an upgrade from the Snapdragon 7c that was released quite a while back. Not much is known in regards to the exact product that will come with the upcoming chip embedded, our source did mention that it will most likely be similar to the Snapdragon 775 chipset.

It was reported that TSMC's 3nm process will be entering mass production next year and Apple is the first to contract with the manufacturer for the technology. Now, a source is claiming that TSMC will also be working with Apple to develop the 2nm process.