News & Reviews:   in-house chipset

On 19 October, Google will launch its highly-anticipated Pixel 6 series along with the in-house chipset Tensor. Besides Google, someone might also be interested in making a new in-house chipset that fits better with its own devices. According to the latest information, Microsoft could be planning to develop its own for the Surface devices.

It looks like the trend of making your own custom chipset is going to get bigger. After Apple released the M1 chip, many have praised the performance it brings to the new MacBooks. The success might have inspired a few others to give in-house SoC a try as well. Besides Google's rumoured in-house "Whitechapel" SoC for the upcoming Pixel 6 series, Xiaomi and Samsung are said to be teaming up to develop one that utilizes ARM's Cortex X2 and Mali GPU.

Many of you must have heard the news Apple is planning to make its own 5G modems in the future. With that being said, the company might not be relying on Qualcomm anymore to support their 5G devices after the contract ends. Now, a similar case is happening to OPPO too. Instead of a 5G modem, the smartphone manufacturer is heading to something big, which is to develop its own smartphone chipset.