If we talk about ARM processors for mobile devices, the two reference companies in the market are Qualcomm and Samsung. Huawei's Kirin processor range is currently in standby while they find a manufacturer that can make them. Although Samsung's Exynos processors, has never stood out for being superior to Qualcomm's, it seems that the tables have turned.
A few days ago we talked about the Exynos 1080 processors, a processor that offered performance very similar and even superior to Qualcomm's Snapdragon 865. This processor is the first of the Korean company of 5 nn and will be officially released on November 12 and it seems that it already has potential buyers among which would be Xiaomi and Oppo.
According to the Business Korea media, Samsung's business division is in talks with Xiaomi and Oppo to integrate their processors in the cheapest models which it plans to launch on the market in the first half of 2021. The only manufacturer that is currently relying on Samsung processors is the Asian company Vivo, being the Exynos 980, a processor with an integrated 5G modem, which manages the X30 and Vivo S6 5G.
According to this medium, it has been both Xiaomi and Oppo who have shown interest in starting to use Exynos processors Samsung, now that the company plans to expand production to take advantage of US sanctions on Huawei. The most powerful processor that Samsung plans to launch on the market, the Exynos 1080, is powered by ARAM's Cortex-A78 cores, which in theory offer 20% better performance than the previous generation. The graphic will be a Mali-G78 also from ARM.
It is likely that Asian companies are being forced in some way to rely, as far as possible, on Qualcomm as processor procreator being Samsung the best positionedAs both MediaTek and other Chinese manufacturers have not yet adopted the 5nn manufacturing technology that offers higher power coupled with reduced consumption.
