Samsung Announces Exynos 1080 Processor
Samsung has announced the Exynos 1080, its new five nm mobile processor.
The processor has eight cores, consisting of four Cortex-A78 and four Cortex A55 cores. More specifically, it has a 2.8Ghz Cortex-A78 core, three 2.6GHz Cortex-A78 cores, and four 2.0GHz Cortex-A55 cores. Its GPU is the Mali-G78, based on Arm’s second-generation Valhall architecture.
The Exynos 1080 has an AI to assist in photo-taking and can support up to six camera sensors. Its specifications list support for a single-camera of up to 200MP and a 32MP+32MP dual-camera as well. For displays, it can support up to 90Hz WQHD and 144Hz FHD screens. The processor also supports 4K 60FPS encoding and decoding.
Samsung says that the processor is compatible with both mmWave and sub-6GHz 5G networks, and supports Bluetooth 5.2 and Wi-Fi 6. LPDDR5 and LPDDR4x memory types and UFS v3.1 storage are supported too.
According to Engadget China (via Engadget), it seems that the first device to sport a Exynos 1080 will be a Vivo phone. Engadget reported that the processor was co-developed with Vivo.
