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. Both chipsets introduce Snapdragon Smooth Motion UI. Powering the phone is the MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultimate chipset paired with 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. It is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset. Read more in our articles including "OPPO shuts down its design unit behind MariSilicon custom chips" and "Sony confirms Xperia 1 VIII launch date".
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May 7, 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. Both chipsets introduce Snapdragon Smooth Motion UI. Powering the phone is the MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultimate chipset paired with 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage.
Our coverage of custom chips includes: "OPPO shuts down its design unit behind MariSilicon custom chips"; "Sony confirms Xperia 1 VIII launch date"; "Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5, Snapdragon 4 Gen 5 announced". Each article provides unique insights and information.