Samsung Exynos 1080 chipset to launch on 12 November; might not come in Galaxy S21 series- Technology News, Firstpost

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South Korean tech large Samsung is all set to launch the Exynos 1080 chipset on 12 November. The agency made the announcement by way of a Weibo post. The submit stated that the SOC shall be unveiled in a digital occasion in Shanghai, China. Nonetheless, no details about the Samsung fashions it is going to be powering has been revealed. The Exynos 1080 would be the successor to Samsung’s Exynos 980 SoC that’s featured in Samsung Galaxy A71, Galaxy A51, and Vivo S6 5G to call a couple of. Based on Android Authority, the chipset will include the most recent Cortex-A78 CPU cores and Mali-G78 GPU.

Whereas the brand new and upcoming SoC goes to characteristic in lineups launched subsequent yr, the mannequin is not going to be powering the Galaxy S21 collection.

It may be anticipated that the chipset can have two highly effective Cortex-A78 cores and 6 Cortex-A55 cores. The report added that the SoC is more likely to be constructed on a 5 nm manufacturing course of thereby going for a extra compact design whereas delivering stronger energy. The identical manufacturing course of was seen within the chips that got here with the Apple iPhone 12 collection and Huawei Mate 40 collection, and appears to be the popular selection for a lot of producers.

Whereas the brand new and upcoming SoC goes to characteristic in lineups launched subsequent yr, the mannequin is not going to be powering the Galaxy S21 collection, in response to a Sammobile report. Because the Exynos 980 was featured within the agency’s 5G enabled mid-range telephones, it’s being anticipated that its upgraded model can be aimed on the mid-rangers that shall be launched by Samsung subsequent yr. This could additionally embody the successor fashions of the Samsung Galaxy A51 and A71.

The report added that the chipset was noticed on Antutu benchmarking web site in October, the place it outperformed each the Snapdragon 865 and Snapdragon 865+ flagship chipsets. Right here it scored a complete of 693,600 factors.