News & Reviews:   smartphone chip

Most of you might already know that the next Samsung Galaxy S23 series will get powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip, regardless of the region. However, it seems like the Korean tech giant hasn't given up on its in-house chipset yet, as it forms a new team to focus on next flagship chip's development.

Qualcomm launched a new chip without making any big waves. The Snapdragon 782G arrives as the company's latest 6nm processor. Oddly, it doesn't follow the new naming strategy, as it's said to be just a minor upgrade over last year's Snapdragon 778G Plus.

MediaTek has announced its latest-gen flagship chip, the Dimensity 9200. The new chip based on the 2nd generation TSMC 4nm process (N4P) arrives with some firsts in the industry. Now, let's continue reading to find out what it serves!

Around the same time last year, MediaTek unveiled the performance of its not-debuted-yet Dimensity 9000 chip by posting the first 1 million points result scored on AnTuTu. This year, it follows the same promoting strategy for the upcoming successor, Dimensity 9200. The result proves that the chip is worthy of powering future flagships.

MediaTek has been performing exceptionally well in the chip industry. The company's offerings are even going head to head against Qualcomm's flagships nowadays. However, let's not forget that the mid-range chips are the products that gave the semiconductor manufacturer its reputation. With that said, it's back with another new chip today, namely the Dimensity 1300.

Most of us know that Qualcomm is currently preparing to launch the TSMC variant of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, namely Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+. However, we didn't know that the semiconductor manufacturer is secretly working on another chip as well, and it's the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1.

Samsung has always depended on Qualcomm Snapdragon and its own Exynos for its flagship devices. If this new information were accurate, the Korean tech giant could trust the MediaTek chips to power its flagship lineup in the future, which it has been only using for budget devices. 

We know that Tensor is not Google's first and only smartphone chip. Of course, the tech giant will continue to work on the next generation as there's no going back after using its own, not to mention that the chip has received a good amount of praise as well. However, we just found out the company is already on track, and it took us by surprise since the Pixel 6 series only came out last week.