We may only be a couple of years away from Oppo launching its own SoC, one that may follow its first application processor reportedly arriving in 2023.
Although Apple has been making its own smartphone processor for years, it wasn’t until the launch of Apple Silicon, specifically the Apple M1, that device manufacturers realized the benefits of an in-house chip. Since then, phone makers other than Samsung and Huawei have been trying to carve out their own space in the semiconductor market, from special-purpose imaging chips to AI-oriented neural processing units and Google’s very own Tensor application processor in the Pixel 6. It’s not a simple endeavor, of course — otherwise, every phone maker would have already come out with their own-brand CPU. However, that’s not stopping some companies from trying, and Oppo reportedly already has a roadmap to become a bit less dependent on Qualcomm and MediaTek over the next two years. It’ll reportedly do this with its very own Application Processor (AP) in 2023.
