Contrast Snapdragon 845: Kirin 980 is stronger in these areas

At this year's IFA2018 conference in Berlin, Germany, Huawei announced its new processor, Kirin 980, which uses 2+2+4 high-performance large-core, energy-efficient large core and energy-efficient small core architecture, 10nm TSMC process. The performance of this processor is very good.

Of course, after the announcement, we saw the approximate product performance of the Kirin 980 processor. Its strength is comparable to that of Snapdragon 845, but each product has its own strengths. In some areas, Kirin 980 does. It is better than Snapdragon845.

This time, the Kirin 980 processor finally dared to confront the Snapdragon 845 against the game quality. This time, thanks to the addition of AI Smart Taikoo scheduling technology, it can ensure a smoother and more durable gaming experience. Compared with the intelligent prediction of the previous generation Kirin 970 processor, the AI ​​load prediction of the Kirin 980 processor can be more accurate and efficient. Release the performance of the phone's SOC to ensure that it is avoided when dealing with different game scenarios. And based on the enhanced AI image quality, the combination of the two, the actual experience can already suppress Snapdragon845.

In addition, in terms of taking pictures, the Kirin 980 processor will use the AI ​​noise reduction technology to ensure excellent noise suppression and detail retention, especially in the use of high dynamic GDR. In the scene, the performance of the Kirin 980 processor model is better than the Samsung S9Plus equipped with the Snapdragon 845 processor. Even in the night scene, Kirin 980 can accurately restore color and environment, which is largely due to the powerful image recognition speed of Kirin 980. The Snapdragon 845 can reach 2,371 sheets per minute, while the Kirin 980 is up to 4,500 sheets.

The improvement of AI performance and actual energy efficiency are the upgrade and progress of Kirin 980 processor. At present, Huawei has also chosen to develop a HIAI third-party platform to attract more OEMs to join in the development. According to the data given by Huawei officially, there are already thousands of partners using Huawei's Goggles 2.0 platform. The growth of Huawei's HIAI ecosystem has played a very good role in the future development of Huawei on the road of artificial intelligence. The road to Qualcomm is not easy. This time, it is not a small success.

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The performance monster Kirin 980 is coming, except for 7nm, what else?

A few days ago, Huawei's terminal microblog released a video preview of "Exploring the future, beyond imagination, Berlin, Germany on August 31." Although the video does not indicate the upcoming product, the pattern of the chip shape clearly implies that the protagonist of this conference is Kirin 980.

Performance monster, full firepower

In view of the excellent confidentiality work of China, we know very little about the specific specifications of Kirin 980. The only thing that can be determined at this time is that Kirin 980 will be the world's first commercial mobile chip using 7nm process technology.

A little understanding of the chip process will tell that the smaller the process, the more the area can accommodate more transistors, which can lead to improved performance and reduced power consumption. It is reported that the 7-nanometer chip is expected to reduce power consumption by 40% compared to the 10-nanometer chip, and the chip area is reduced by 37%. Compared with the 16nm chip, the area can be reduced to 1/3, the power consumption is expected to be reduced by 60%, and the performance is improved by at least 30%.

In addition, Gizmochina said it received an official confirmation from ARM that the Kirin 980 will be equipped with the Cortex A76 architecture. The Cortex A76 is a new architecture released by ARM in June this year. It is a high-performance experience and is designed to replace the two cores of the Cortex A73 and Cortex A75 in the past two years.

According to ARM officially, the Cortex A76 is a "new architecture completely built from scratch." Compared to the Cortex A73, the integer performance is increased by 90%, the floating point performance is increased by 150%, and the overall performance is increased by 80%. Compared to the Cortex A75, the overall performance improvement is also 35%.

At the same time, due to improvements in the instruction set level, the Cortex A76 performs a "machine learning application" with a performance improvement of 400%. There is also a 40% increase in energy efficiency.

Undoubtedly, under the support of Cortex A76 architecture and 7nm process, the performance of Kirin 980 will be greatly improved. On the GPU side, there have been reports that the Kirin 980 is expected to carry the 24-core Mail-G72.

But it is more worthy of our expectation, it should be a new generation of NPU.

Next generation NPU

Artificial intelligence (AI) is probably the most popular technology at the moment, bringing new possibilities for the improvement of the user experience of smart phones. The functions that were previously limited by hardware performance and can not be realized can also achieve new breakthroughs by relying on AI.

The carrier carrying the AI ​​operation currently has two main forms, one is a heterogeneous operation represented by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, and the DSP is used to coordinate the GPU and the CPU for calculation. The other is a form of adding an independent AI operation module represented by the Kirin 970 and Apple A11 bionics.

The Kirin 970 was equipped with the Cambrian 1A (NPU) for AI calculations. Its market performance has proven consumer support for the NPU. Today, Cambrian has released the third generation of the terminal product using the 7nm process - Cambricon 1M. Not surprisingly, the Kirin 980 will be equipped with this newly released product.

Compared to the Cambrian 1A, the performance of the Cambricon 1M has increased tenfold. It is reported that its 8-bit computing performance ratio is 5Tops/watt (5 trillion calculations per watt), providing three scales of processor cores (2Tops/4Tops/8Tops) to meet different processing requirements of different processing scenarios. And can further improve performance through multi-core interconnection.

What are the surprises of Huawei Mate 20?

Without any surprise, Huawei Mate 20 will be the first product to be equipped with Kirin 980. With the huge success of Huawei's Mate 10 global shipments exceeding 10 million, what surprises will Huawei Mate 20 bring?

The performance improvement is inevitable. Under the support of Kirin 980, Mate 20 may also be equipped with a new generation of CPU/GPU Turbo technology, bringing new possibilities for games and daily application experiences.

Thanks to the enhancement of the Kirin 980 process, the Mate 20 will also perform better in terms of battery life and power control. The 4200mAh battery, 5V/4.5A fast charge, can help Mate 20 solve the problem of battery life.

The full screen design will not be absent, and the COP package will bring a narrower chin. In order to integrate the whole machine, the screen will be added to the optical fingerprint recognition. In addition, there are also reports that the Mate 20 Pro will be equipped with 3D structured light technology.

The highly acclaimed Leica three photos are naturally preserved, and the upgraded NPU will help take Mate 20's photo to the next level. In addition, EMUI 9 based on Android 9.0 will also appear at the same time.

There is no doubt that Huawei Mate 20 will become a strong competitor in the high-end flagship market in the second half of the year.

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