Because the 5nm Tensor chip was customized by Google, it allowed the company to create features for the Pixel 6 line that could not have been included if an off-the-shelf chip had been used instead.
Oppo designs its own ISP and NPU called MariSilicon X
Oppo is already looking ahead to 2024 when it plans to design a more powerful and energy-efficient chip that will be assembled by TSMC using its 4nm process node. This chipset will also be integrated with a 5G modem. It is not clear whether Oppo will be using modems designed by third-party firms like Qualcomm and Samsung, or whether it will be designing the modem itself.
The only information we have about Oppo’s self-designed AP is the 6nm process node that it will be manufactured on next year. That would suggest that the phones that the chip will be driving next year will probably not be flagship models. Most likely next year’s chip production will be a test for Oppo to see whether it should continue to design better chips every year eventually working its way up to designing the chips for its own flagship phones.
