Official Announcement of Exynos 980, First Mobile Processor with Built-in 5G Modem

Samsung willingly sells a number of smartphones compatible with 5G networks, including Galaxy S10 5G and Galaxy Note 10 5G, in addition to Galaxy Note 10+ 5G and Galaxy A90 5G, knowing that all these smartphones use Exynos 9820 processor Or the Snapdragon 855 with the Exynos 5100 or Snapdragon X50 modem.

Today, Korea 's leading hardware and semiconductor company has decided to take another step by unveiling its first mobile processor with an integrated 5G modem called Exynos 980 Mobile.

Advertising may seem great, but once you have reviewed the specifications, the excitement will decrease a bit. For the processor, it has two 2.2 GHz Cortex-A77 cores and six additional 1.8 GHz Cortex-A55 cores. When it is a graphics processor, it uses Mali-G76 MP5 cores knowing that the new Exynos 980 Mobile processor is designed as a whole with the help of FiNFET technology at 8 nm.

Other specifications include support for screens up to WQHD + and 5G NR networks with support for download speeds of up to 2.55 Gbps and up to 1.28 Gbps, while LTE Supports download speed up to 1 Gbps and up to 200 Mbps. As you might expect, the new Exynos 980 Mobile processor also supports UFS 2.1, eMMC 5.1 and LPDDR4x RAM.

With regard to the camera, this processor can support a camera with a precision of up to 108 megapixels or two cameras with an accuracy of 20 megapixels each. In terms of videos, this processor will record 4K UHD video at 120 fps, but it's pretty theoretical, it is up to manufacturers to activate this mode.

The Exynos 980 Mobile is expected to be mass-produced by the end of the year, meaning that the first smartphones using this processor will arrive in the first quarter of 2020.

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