Huawei is one of the few smartphone manufacturers that independently develops processors, and this R&D capability is a significant advantage for Huawei.
In the second half of this year, Huawei released the new Kirin 990 series chips, with the Kirin 990 5G making a strong impression.Recently, models equipped with the Kirin 990 series chips have been launched, and attention is now turning to the next generation of chips.A report indicates that Huawei is developing a new chip called Kirin 1020.
Previous leaks mentioned that the Kirin 1020 will use a 5nm EUV process, which is faster and more power-efficient than the Kirin 990 series, and will only support 5G, possibly dropping 4G support.It is expected to have already entered tape-out as early as September this year.Additionally, the leaks indicated that the Kirin 1020 will adopt the new Cortex-A77 architecture.
However, shortly after these rumors surfaced, new leaks emerged.This time, it was mentioned that the performance of the Kirin 1020 is expected to be 50% better than that of the Kirin 990 5G.Simply upgrading to the A77 architecture would not achieve such a significant performance increase.
Therefore, Huawei will skip the A77 generation and move directly to the next generation Cortex-A78 architecture.This means that the new Kirin 1020 will undergo a generational upgrade, providing more powerful performance support.
At the same time, it can gain an advantage in competition with other rivals.For example, MediaTek’s Dimensity 1000 uses the Cortex-A77 architecture, so there should be some performance differences between the two.
This leak also mentioned that the codename for this new processor is “Baltimore,” which aligns with Huawei’s habit of naming products after cities.Additionally, it is reported that the project has now entered the validation phase, indicating that the release of this chip is one step closer.
According to tradition, the new flagship chip is expected to be released in the second half of 2020 and will debut in Huawei’s high-end Mate series models.
Aside from that, there are currently no more detailed parameter leaks available.Of course, given that there is still limited information available, and the official launch is some time away, the existing information should be taken as a reference.
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