Huawei officially unveils the latest Kirin 980 chipset, at the IFA 2018 Event in Berlin, Germany. It goes by the tagline of the most powerful and intelligent processor ever. This is the world’s first 7nm processor. However, that’s not all. Kirin 980 is apparently the first ever Cortex A-76 based CPU and first with Mali-G76 GPU. It is also the numero uno processor to support 2133MHz LPDDR4X, dual NPU and Cat. 21 LTE modem.
Kirin 980 chipset will make its market debut with Huawei’s flagship Mate 20 and Mate 20Pro. There were a lot of speculations and rumors regarding Kirin 980 which now confirms with the release. The TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company)will carry out the production of the new 7nm chipset.
The Kirin 980 is an octa-core chipset with a tri-cluster arrangement (2+2+4). The four Cortex-A76 cores are divided into two cores with one set to a CPU speed of 2.6GHz to handle short tasks. The other cores clock out at a speed of 2.2GHz and manage the long-term tasks.
The Cortex-A55 cores aim for efficient power consumption and handle regular tasks. According to the OEM, to distribute tasks among the various cores it follows a flex-scheduling system. The graphics will have a secret weapon called the clock-boosting technology. It will provide more processing power when dealing with high-end graphics. Again with Mali-G76 GPU, overall performance can increase up to 48% and there will be a 178% increase in the efficient power management.
This is one hell of a chipset with super powerful attributes. It brings support for dual NPU chipset which goes by the moniker “Dual-Brain Power”. It is 120% faster than the previous NPU found in the Kirin 970. The Kirin 980 chipset will have 6.9 billion transistors.
With so many credentials besides its name, Kirin 980 chipset will surely be Huawei’s first choice for its future flagships. Efficiency and power both packed together into 7nm chipset, Kirin 980 will be the Chinese OEM’s next big thing.
