The 5nm Samsung Exynos 1080 will be unveiled in a dedicated event this month
Exynos 1080, Samsung's first chipset based on the 5nm process, will be formally unveiled on 12 November, per industry insider Ice Universe.
We got a brief introduction to the chip last month when Samsung's Dr. Pan Xuebao first talked about it.
The Exynos 1080 will apparently succeed the Exynos 980 which powers mid-tier phones like the Galaxy A71 5G and Galaxy A51 5G. The chip will apparently have ARM’s Cortex-A78 CPU as its primary core and it is also expected to feature the Mali G78 GPU, both of which are considerable improvements when compared to the Exynos 980.
Samsung Exynos1080 will be released in Shanghai, China on November 12.
— Ice universe (@UniverseIce) October 31, 2020
This is the first time Samsung has held a conference for the processor, which means that Samsung has begun to pay attention. pic.twitter.com/DuxRJiw6jQ
Samsung often equips the American and Chinese variants of its phones with chipmaker Qualcomm's Snapdragon SoCs, and other models get the Exynos chips. The company received heavy criticism this year for the growing gap between its proprietary chips and Snapdragon SoCs.
Leaked benchmark scores suggest that the Exynos 1080 will outperform Qualcomm's flagship chipset, the Snapdragon 865 Plus, which is based on the 7nm fabrication technology.
The new SoC will likely fuel upper mid-range smartphones.
Samsung could also announce another midtier chip during the event
Exynos 981's Bluetooth SIG listing
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