Oppo is shutting down chip development business

12 May 2023
Oppo claims uncertainty in the global economy and the smartphone industry as the reasoning behind the move.

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Why not sell the division instead of shutting down?

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    • Anonymous
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    Codedslam, 12 May 2023Since No Innovation, Tech Are Going Down Fast Generally.Innovation costs money. Then many of you complain if prices raises.

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      • Anonymous
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      potato4k, 12 May 2023How so? Apple only makes chips for themselves, and their ma... moreDont bother. Ppl here think it is all plan from USA to help Apple to have 100% of phone business marketshare.

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        • Anonymous
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        Txindoki, 12 May 2023Just like Huawei was banned from using TSMC, oppo could fac... moreOppo was never seen as secret agent .
        Why would ban oppo?

          Since No Innovation, Tech Are Going Down Fast Generally.

            potato4k, 12 May 2023That sounds like a lot, until you see the margins Samsung a... moreI agree with you. BBK's philosophy is quick money, that's why they focused on mid-range phones for many years. So I'm not surprised that oppo cancelled chip project given the current market situation. The outcome of in-house chipset project is unpredictable but selling phones w/ 778G and mediocre hardware is a guaranteed way to make profit.

              MRSTEK, 12 May 2023No, that's extremely profitable when you can easily se... moreThat sounds like a lot, until you see the margins Samsung and Apple are having. Making chips need a lot of capitals, and the returns may not be realized until way later. Samsung is still struggling to this day. Apple started with the A4, and the real fruits of their labor were not fully realized until the M1. Oppo quits way too soon, but that might be a sign that they are not that strong financially to support developing their own chips.

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                • Anonymous
                • Ki3
                • 12 May 2023

                Exynos (incl. Tensor brand) and Apple silicon are our future.

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                  • DGV
                  • 12 May 2023

                  china's tech industry is falling apart everyone seems to be running in eights

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                    • Anonymous
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                    • 12 May 2023

                    That's a shame. The MariSilicon X is a great custom ISP.

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                      • Anonymous
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                      MRSTEK, 12 May 2023I bet few people here is familiar with OPPO's operatio... moreThen, why spent $1.4 billion to start a chipset designing venture and stop after they just designed less than 5 chipsets? As good as Oppo ’money farming’ as you put it may be, $1.4 billion is still a huge amount that can be put into better use like CSRs that can actually benefit the communities in China.

                        potato4k, 12 May 2023Probably those are part of the reasons. In another pers... moreNo, that's extremely profitable when you can easily sell something around 400 usd for 10M in a single quarter. That's how they thrived through 2015-2019 without releasing even a single flagship.

                        And yes, I admit that the entire market is (almost) doomed and OPPO's trying to cut spending desperately.

                        Edit. Ah I forgot the OG Find X. Then at least they released one flagship!

                          MRSTEK, 12 May 2023I bet few people here is familiar with OPPO's operatio... moreProbably those are part of the reasons.

                          In another perspective, they're not making enough money (since their sales are mostly mid-rangers and lower margin products) to be pushing chip making.

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                            • 12 May 2023

                            even with enough funding I highly doubt they'll be able to create a chipset that could rival the current top chipsets.

                            their tech is years behind.

                              Apple, 12 May 2023One more step to apple monopoly.How so? Apple only makes chips for themselves, and their marketshare is actually not the majority.

                                Wait, why shut it down? I'm guessing Oppo just realized that doing a chip is not that easy and will take more money than what they currently have.

                                  [deleted post]That's your opinion, not mine.

                                  I do criticize US for banning Huawei from using TSMC and Huawei really has many cutting-edge technologies. But for OPPO, just because OPPO's greedy(or BBK's greedy) and want to farm some easy money so they cancelled the entire project.

                                  Can you see the difference between them?

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 12 May 2023

                                    Only a question of time before they wind up OnePlus as well...

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                                      • 12 May 2023

                                      One more step to apple monopoly.

                                        notafanboy, 12 May 2023Ok mr. business runner. You know so much. Your expertise on... moreAh, I remember when you actually weren't a fanboy.

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