Thursday, May 28, 2020

Oppo ropes in MediaTek, Qualcomm and HiSilicon engineers to work on its own chip

We know that Oppo is working on a chip of its own for some time now but the company is yet to confirm any specifics. Now, according to a Nikkei Asian Review media outlet, the tech giant is aggressively recruiting engineers to work on its future SoC and most of the engineers come from well-known companies. Most recently, Oppo recruited a couple of top executives from MediaTek and Unisoc. Jeffery Lu, MediaTek's co-chief operating officer is on the list of new employees along with an executive involved with MediaTek's 5G chip development has also agreed to Oppo's offer. Xiaomi also gave...