NEW Samsung Smartphone Chip: AI & 8K Video Recording

NEW Samsung Smartphone Chip: (Exynos 9820) AI & 8K Video Recording

Samsung has unveiled its plans for a next-generation flagship smartphone processor, called the Exynos 9820. When compared to older Exynos models, the chip is said to offer a significant speed boost and improved energy efficiency.

European versions of the Galaxy S10 are likely to use it, as well as all other models of the handset outside the US. So it gives us a glimpse into some of the capabilities that handset is likely to include.

The new chip should offer a 20 percent speed boost over current devices for single-core applications, Samsung said, while multi-core performance should be up by 15 percent.

“An Intelligent Powerhouse.” Samsung

“The Exynos 9820 pushes the limit of mobile intelligence with an integrated Neural Processing Unit (NPU), a component that specializes in processing artificial intelligence tasks. It allows the processor to perform AI-related functions seven times faster than its predecessor. From enhancing photos to advanced AR features, the Exynos 9820 with NPU expands AI capabilities of mobile devices.”

Chip Specs

• represents a 40 percent efficiency boost, meaning longer battery life.
• designed to deliver 40 percent faster graphics or 35 percent improved efficiency.
• uses eight cores arranged into three clusters. Two are fourth-generation Samsung-developed processors. The others are based on ARM’s Cortex-A75 and Cortex-A55 designs.
• reduced manufacturing geometry to an 8nm process from the 9810’s 10nm process, helping to improve efficiency (rivals such as Apple’s A12 Bionic, found in the iPhone XS, and Huawei’s Kirin 980, in the Mate 20 Pro,  are already using a 7nm process).
•  Built-in AI tasks include automatically adjusting camera settings or detecting objects within images.
• The integrated modem supports LTE Category 20 to offer downlink speed of up to 2.0Gbps with 8x carrier aggregation (CA) and uplink speed of up to 316Mbps.

There’s no built-in 5G support. So if Samsung plan include 5G in the S10, they’ll need to include the necessary technology elsewhere in the device.

“By rendering colors in 10-bit and a wide range of tones and hues, the Exynos 9820 delivers life-like representations of multimedia content on HDR display.” Samsung

8K video recording

For smartphone filmmakers, the most exciting feature of the new chip is 8k video capture capabilities.

The chip supports displays with resolutions of up to 3840 x 2400 or 4096 x 2160, single lens cameras of up to 22MP, dual-lens cameras up to 16MP. Also, the chip supports devices with up to five cameras.

8K video recording will be possible at 30 frames per second, or 4K video at 150fps.

Samsung say they plan to bring the Exynos 9820 into mass production by the end of this year.

What do you think about the hype of 8K? Is it worth adopting it or ignore it?

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