Vivo unveils second self-designed chip

Chinese smartphone vendor Vivo has unveiled its second self-designed chip as part of its broader push to beef up its research and development capabilities.

Known as V1+, the new chipset is designed to boost professional imaging and display performance of smartphones. The first model equipped with the new chip will be the X80 series, scheduled to be released next week.

Hu Baishan, executive vice president of Vivo, said as strategic technical partners Vivo and chipmaker MediaTek have brought in more than 300 researchers since last year to work on the collaborative development of the V1+ chip and the latter's Dimensity 900 processor.

More than 30 patents have been produced during the process, Hu said.

Vivo said the V1+ chip adapts 3D real-time stereo noise reduction, motion estimation and motion compensation technology in addition to featuring a high resolution ratio. Vivo also strengthens color management in four dimensions: detection, shooting, processing and display, to boost the mobile imaging experience.