Dec 15, 2021 11:20:00

OPPO announces image processing NPU 'Mari Silicon X' for smartphone cameras boasting 18 trillion operations per second

On December 14, 2021, OPPO, a major Chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturer, announced 'Mari Silicon X,'

an imaging NPU developed in-house. OPPO's new image processing specialized processor featuring high power efficiency, dynamic range exceeding 20 bits, real-time RAW processing, etc. will be installed in the company's smartphone 'Find X' series that will appear in the first quarter of 2022 is.

OPPO Unveils 6nm Cutting-edge Imaging NPU --MariSilicon X | OPPO Global
https://www.oppo.com/en/newsroom/press/oppo-imaging-npu-marisilicon-x/

Oppo debuts its first self-made chip, the MariSilicon X ―― 9to5Google
https://9to5google.com/2021/12/14/oppo-marisilicon-x-chip-image-ai/

OPPO is a mobile chip 'Mari Silicon X' that has the computing power of 18 TOPS , which means that it calculates 18 trillion times per second, and the power efficiency of 11.6 TOPS per 1W at its product announcement event ' OPPO INNO DAY 2021'. Was announced. Manufactured by the 6nm process, Mari Silicon X consists of NPU, ISP (Image Signal Processing), and multi-layer memory architecture, and it is possible to separate the task related to image processing from the SoC.

OPPO's Mari Silicon X, which supports AI algorithms with the computing power of 18TOPS, achieves up to 20 times faster performance than

the company's flagship smartphone OPPO Find X3 Pro, which appeared in March 2021, and is frame by frame. By performing AI processing in real time, it will be possible to shoot 4K videos even at night, '4K AI Night Video'.

In addition, it is excellent not only in AI processing but also in imaging, and by supporting shooting with a dynamic range of 20bit / 120dB, which is four times that of Find X3 Pro, the contrast ratio between bright and dark areas is 1,000,000: 1. You can now take realistic pictures.

MariSilicon X will also greatly improve shooting with smartphones by 'real-time RAW processing' and 'RGBW PRO mode' that draws out the potential of the RGBW sensor.

The latest model of OPPO's 'Find X' series equipped with MariSilicon X will be launched in the first quarter of 2022.