The fourth largest smartphone maker, OPPO, has ‘abruptly’ shut down its Zeku chip design unit—the company’s subsidiary responsible on the development of its custom chips including MariSilicon. One employee stated, "I can't even go back to the office to get the laptop.” In 2019, OPPO began creating their own custom chips and they were first utilized in 2021. The closure will not affect the performance of such devices, and upcoming phones were still most likely going to use the in-house designed MariSilicon chips. Meanwhile, the SPARK 50 4G uses a MediaTek Helio G81 chipset with 4GB RAM and up to 256GB storage. The realme C100 is powered by the MediaTek Helio G92 Max, while the C100i uses the Unisoc T7250 chipset. Read more in our articles including "OPPO shuts down its design unit behind MariSilicon custom chips" and "Smartphones Under P10,000 | Q2 2026".
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Jun 18, 2026The fourth largest smartphone maker, OPPO, has ‘abruptly’ shut down its Zeku chip design unit—the company’s subsidiary responsible on the development of its custom chips including MariSilicon. One employee stated, "I can't even go back to the office to get the laptop.” In 2019, OPPO began creating their own custom chips and they were first utilized in 2021.
The closure will not affect the performance of such devices, and upcoming phones were still most likely going to use the in-house designed MariSilicon chips. Meanwhile, the SPARK 50 4G uses a MediaTek Helio G81 chipset with 4GB RAM and up to 256GB storage. The realme C100 is powered by the MediaTek Helio G92 Max, while the C100i uses the Unisoc T7250 chipset.
Our coverage of custom chips includes: "OPPO shuts down its design unit behind MariSilicon custom chips"; "Smartphones Under P10,000 | Q2 2026"; "Infinix HOT 70 now available with Dynamic Shine design". Each article provides unique insights and information.