OPPO will no longer develop its own processors

Huawei, before the introduction of American sanctions, equipped its flagship smartphones with Kirin chips developed by its subsidiary

by HiSilicon. OPPO wanted to take the same path, but the circumstances were unfortunate.

What is known

About four years ago, OPPO announcedlaunching a new division called Zeku. His specialization was the development of processors for smartphones, by analogy with the already mentioned HiSilicon and Apple Silicon, which creates chips for the iPad, iPhone and Mac.

The company has received hundreds of patents during its work,some of which were related to semiconductors. About two years later, we saw a very interesting product - MiriSilicon X. This is an image processor that was used in OPPO's flagship smartphones.

Due to the reduction in supplies by almost a thirdAt the end of 2022, the Chinese company decided to look for ways to reduce costs. It was the division that specialized in the development of processors that suffered.