Processor Samsung Eyxnos 9610 will make the camera smartphone "smart"

Samsung Electronics introduced a new mobile chipset in the family Eyxnos 7, which promises to bring the mobile photo to a new level. As regards performance, the Exynos 9610 is also OK.

What kind of beast?

The Samsung Exynos 9610, rumored to have been around last summer, comes in 10-nanometer process technology, including four powerful ARM Cortex-A73 cores with a clock speed of 2.3 GHz and four more energy efficient Cortex-A53 at 1.6 GHz. The built-in video accelerator is a three-core Mali-G72 MP3. For processing data from the sensors of the device, the Cortex-M4F coprocessor responds.

The chip has the rudiments of artificial intelligence, which has made it possible to advance strongly in image processing. The neural network engine scans the space, recognizing surrounding objects and faces in the frame. Even with a "single" camera, the Exynos 9610 can create a depth-of-picture map for the bokeh effect. Similar algorithms of software background blur are used in Google Pixel 2 devices.

The integrated signal processor became 1.6 times more powerful and doubled the bandwidth of the data interface. Due to this, it was possible to realize slow-motion shooting at a speed of up to 480 frames per second with Full HD resolution, even on "traditional" sensors without its own memory chip. In addition, the HEVC codec (H.265) allows you to record and play 4K-video at a rate of 120 frames per second.

Built-in 4G LTE modem provides data transfer in mobile networks at speeds up to 600 Mbps, and in receive mode - 150 Mbps.

When to expect?

Samsung plans to begin mass production of the Exynos 9610 in the second half of 2018. The timing of the release of the first devices based on it is not specified. Probably, it will be the next generation of smartphones of the Galaxy A series and Meizu devices.

Source: Samsung