The US-China trade war has changed the dynamics of the tech industry like no other. As a result, Huawei's growth has come to a standstill. You can no longer use Google's mobile service or easily access critical components like a smartphone processor. As a result, Huawei smartphones are literally banned outside of China, and the company has been busy finding suitable "partners" for component supplies. As a result, other Chinese smartphone brands are now focusing more on autonomy and lessening their reliance on US companies like Qualcomm etc. Oppo is one such company that, according to previous reports, has been hired to recruit recruiting experts from various chipmakers. Now Caixin reports that Oppo's China president Liu Bo has confirmed that the company plans to make its own mobile chipsets.
Plan ahead
The new custom proprietary chip, which would be called the Oppo M1, is already listed with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), according to the report. The project manager at Oppo is Yan Chen, who was previously associated with Qualcomm. Chen had previously helped companies like Oppo, Xiaomi, Huawei, etc. implement the Snapdragon 615 SoC in their devices. This decision by Oppo is considered crucial to fuel the company's growth in the future and the company plans to continue working closely with key partners such as Qualcomm, MediaTek and Samsung to develop the 'Mariana' plan. This is not the first time that Oppo has spoken about developing a local solution for smartphone SoC Earlier at the Inno Day conference, Oppo founder and CEO Tony Chen said that the company had earmarked CNY 50 billion for investments in key technologies such as hardware, software and systems Other than Oppo, even Xiaomi had invested heavily in developing its own SoC, although its first attempt at Surge S1 did not go well, the company still aims to make great efforts in this direction.Huawei, on the other hand, has had some success in this regard and has offered smartphones with its own SoC for years.Via: CNBeta