Oppo and OnePlus are planning the revolution

A well-known leaker claims to have learned that Oppo wants to attack with its own smartphone processors. The subsidiary brand OnePlus should no longer be equipped with Snapdragon SoCs. More performance and lower costs should lead to success from the coming year.

Report: Oppo is planning its own cell phone processors

Google showed the way with its Tensor processors, now the Chinese manufacturer Oppo could follow. According to a leaker, the manufacturer, which also includes the OnePlus brand, is planning one own processor production.

You would no longer be dependent on the previously used Snapdragon SoCs from Qualcomm. In the long term, this should reduce costs and boosted smartphone performance will. You could also react more quickly to a changed demand with your own products.

Supposedly Oppo already from the year 2024 rely on their own processors. According to the report, the manufacturer has already assigned thousands of employees to develop this mammoth task (source: Ice universe on Twitter).

Oppo has not yet commented on the report. It also remains unclear whether the manufacturer completely without Qualcomm or just wants to equip some models with their own processors. It is possible that Oppo SoCs will initially be installed in entry-level models and mid-range smartphones, while flagships could continue to rely on proven quality.

With the Find N2, a new folding cell phone from Oppo is in the starting blocks:

Oppo processors: TSMC as a strong partner

Oppo has been working with the Taiwanese chip contract manufacturer TSMC for a long time, including the one presented in 2021 AI chip MariSilicon X. The cooperation could be further intensified in the future, provided that relations between China and Taiwan do not deteriorate further.

Until cell phones with Oppo processors come onto the market, the company at least has to tackle another construction site in Germany. In Germany, Oppo and OnePlus cell phones can no longer be offered through the official stores after Nokia was able to enforce a sales ban due to two patent infringements.