Kirin 980 is the SoC chip that will most likely be introduced to the Huawei Mate 20 smartphones first, but the phones will not be on show until October, but the processor itself should be there a few weeks earlier. Probably during IFA 2018 in Berlin.
Kirin 980: All Details Revealed
Kirin 980 is supposed to be one of the first processors for smartphones, which will be made in a 7-nanometer lithographic process. As we know, they are produced by the Taiwanese company TSMC. The premiere is expected to take place at IFA 2018, which will start on August 31. The same was true of Kirin 970.
Kirin 980 is a processor consisting of two core clusters. The first four cores to be used for complex calculations are Cortex-A77 with a clock up to 2.8 GHz. There will also be Cortex-A55 cores, which will be launched in case of simpler calculations. The Chinese are likely to want to create the fastest smartphone chip in the year, which will outperform Snapdragon’s 845th performance, but these plans may be thwarted by Tim Cook and the company. After all, this year’s iPhones will receive the Apple A12 chip, which also has a great power to offer.
Kirin 980 will be the heart of the smartphone Huawei Mate 20 Pro, the upcoming flagship of the Chinese, who will make their debut on October 16th. It is most likely that other models from this manufacturer will also receive this chip, but it is in the Mate 20 that the new SoC will make its debut on the device. The phone will receive a large OLED screen and a triple camera borrowed from the P20 Pro.