To be independent, Xiaomi and Oppo aim to produce their own chipset. Will it be compatible with the 5G network (Image via Selular.ID)

Why smartphone companies make their own chipsets?

Alfonsus Adi Putra
Business & Industry
Electronic Device
Feb 22, 2020
2075
Gadget companies want to make more things than gadgets. Previously, Samsung, Apple, and Huawei had created their own chipsets with Exynos, Bionic, and Kirin. Willing to enter the competition, Xiaomi and Oppo from China are also considering to make their own chipsets as well.

Xiaomi was reported to make Surge S1 and Oppo is making M1 as contenders for the pre-existing chipsets.

However, M1 from Oppo is not a stand-alone chipset. It is made to support the performance of the planted chipset such as Qualcomm Snapdragon 865. The tech lovers will see the collaboration in Oppo Find X2.

However, what causes the gadget manufacturers to do such a thing?

Of course, the main reason is to be independent of the supremacy of Qualcomm and Mediatek. The companies are unable to produce smartphones with other chipset but the two. Therefore, they develop their own.

If they can make their own chipset, they will not need to rely on both Qualcomm and Mediatek to pry their chipsets into the phones.

The home-made chipsets also serve as a long-term plan for gadget manufacturers to materialize the Internet of Things (IoT). As the development of chipset will continue in the future, it will also affect the IoT.

Source: https://bit.ly/39YAbJd

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