As Innovation Day 2021 approaches, OPPO has begun gradually revealing the highlights of the event. This morning, OPPO announced that it will launch its first self-developed chip on the first day of the event (December 14).
OPPO also announced that its chip development capabilities have made significant progress over the past few months. The company’s first self-developed chip will be an independent NPU manufactured using TSMC’s 6nm process, and OPPO will unveil the chipset next week.
The OPPO chip research and development team currently has over 2,000 members (including R&D staff, researchers, and employees), among whom are talents from Qualcomm and Intel. An insider at the company revealed that the chip completed taping out in June 2021, but has not yet been announced.
He also revealed that the NPU chip will be built on a 6nm advanced EUV process and manufactured by TSMC.
In February 2020, OPPO released an internal article titled “Some Thoughts on Building Core Technologies,” which showcased the three main plans of the Mariana Project, including software development, cloud computing, and chips.
Not only that, OPPO has registered a large number of MARISILICON trademarks this year, including names such as B, X, O, C, Z, M, and E. For specific information, we’ll have to wait for more leaks or until the Innovation Day event 2021.