News & Reviews:   chipset

After parting ways with TSMC, HUAWEI has secured a big stock of Dimensity chipsets from MediaTek, as discovered from the chip manufacturer's quarterly results. Now, it is reported that HUAWEI might soon announce a bunch of smartphones that come with MediaTek's chipsets.

Based on a statement by Digital Chat Station on weibo, it seems that a Qualcomm Snapdragon 875 benchmark hints that the chipset performs better than the HiSilicon Kirin 9000 chipset. However, in the GPU department, both chipsets perform about equal.

A report by BusinessKorea states that Samsung will be supplying chipsets to smartphone manufacturing companies such as Xiaomi, vivo, as well as OPPO. With that all being said, we can expect the chipsets to be available on lower-end smartphones while Qualcomm’s chipsets will be used for mid-range and higher-end smartphones.

Last month, the Exynos 1080 chipset appearing more than a few times in rumours. That led to many believing that Samsung would be launching it soon and that does seem to be the case. The company has officially confirmed that a launch will happen on 12 November 2020.

November is upon us and we draw closer to the unveiling of Qualcomm's next chipset. This was hinted near the start of October, when the company announced that its next Tech Summit would be at the start of December 2020. Rumours of the Snapdragon 875 chipset has begun appearing too and the latest is a benchmark score.

Based on a statement by gizmochina, it seems that the US will once again be allowed to supply chips to China, provided that the components are not being used for 5G. Furthermore, it seems that more than 300 companies including major names like Samsung, Qualcomm, and MediaTek had applied for a license in order to do business with Huawei.

Based on a statement by Digital Chat Station on weibo, it seems that OPPO could be the first to come equipped with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 chipset. While not much is known in regards to the release date, our source did mention that the aforementioned chipset will likely come with similar performance minus a few features as the flagship chipset.

When it comes to mobile chipsets, the Exynos 990 hasn't been as impressive as this year's flagship Snapdragon 865. But Samsung decided not to throw in the towel and has two new chipsets on the way. One of it is the Exynos 2100 chipset, which a reliable source has some new info on.

With the announcement of HarmonyOS 2.0 back in last month, many are expecting HUAWEI to bring the in-house operating system (OS) to smartphones. However, it was revealed earlier that the Chinese tech giant will only launch the first smartphone with the HarmonyOS next year. Now, it appears that not only new smartphones can have the OS, but current HUAWEI and HONOR devices will also get to make the switch (well, at least some).

Based on a statement by gizchina, it seems that TSMC will start production of 3nm chips starting from 2022 onwards. While not much is known in regards to which smartphone will come equipped with the new chips, we do know that the new chips will not only provide more power but also higher efficiency.