Oppo phones could be running the company's own custom SoC in as little as two years

It feels like everybody in smartphones is thinking about custom chips lately, and last month, Oppo launched the Find X5 series with the MariSilicon X imaging NPU, its first-ever custom processor. We’ve been hearing that Oppo might produce its own chips for its smartphone for a while now, including full-blown SoCs. Now a new report adds fuel to that fire, attempting to lay down a more specific timeline for when this chip might arrive.