In some ways, these moves are normal business moves, as the Quest 2 uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 chip. However, this may help provide a deeper understanding of how Meta will compromise and control the high cost of its metaverse strategy in the face of declining revenue.

The partnership with Qualcomm suggests that Meta’s upcoming headsets, including a high-end headset codenamed Cambria and a lower-priced version of the Quest headset, will not use entirely Meta’s own chip designs. Meanwhile, Meta’s rival companies, such as Apple, Amazon and Google, are currently making product decisions around custom chip designs such as the M2, Graviton3 and Tensor, and Meta itself has had a dedicated team in place since 2018 to do similar work.

The press release about the partnership indicates that these Qualcomm chips will be “customized” to meet Meta’s needs. It’s unclear, however, how different Meta’s “high-end devices” will be from the hardware of other manufacturers. Other products are likely to strictly follow the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR reference design.

In April, it was reported that Meta employees were working with a chip foundry to produce custom chips for an augmented reality headset that has not yet been announced. That same month, it was also reported that Meta had encountered some obstacles in producing the custom chips, forcing it to use Qualcomm chips as an alternative in its second-generation Ray-Bay smart glasses.

A Meta spokesperson said in response that Meta would not discuss the specifics of the evolution of its product roadmap or comment on plans to adopt custom chips for Quest products. However, Meta’s overall strategy for custom chips is that there is no “one-size-fits-all” approach to the technology used in future devices.

The spokesperson said, “It may be the case that we use off-the-shelf chips or work with industry partners to customize them, while exploring new chip solutions of our own. It is also possible that we will use both partner products and custom solutions in the same product. Everything we do is designed to create the best metaverse experience possible.”

There are other signs that Meta’s virtual and augmented reality business has shrunk. Currently, Meta uses Android in its Quest headset, but there are reports that the company is developing its own operating system for virtual reality and augmented reality devices. Some media outlets have reported that Meta has suspended a project called XROS, which may involve an operating system. Meta’s response to the report is that the company “is still developing a highly specialized operating system for our devices. However, the “microkernel-based operating system” that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he was working on in 2021 has still not been unveiled.

The backdrop to all of this is that Meta is under enormous pressure. Meta’s revenue fell for the first time this year as Apple’s tweaks to iOS privacy settings impacted precision ad delivery. Zuckerberg, for his part, made it clear that he plans to increase the pressure on employees. I think some of you might say that this place is not for you,” he said. I have no problem with that choice of autonomy.” In the meantime, he’s betting heavily on the metaverse strategy. meta spends billions of dollars a year on projects in this area, including augmented reality and virtual reality headsets, but has suffered huge losses.

It’s a risky competition for Meta. But for now, users who access Zuckerberg’s vision of the metaverse through Meta’s hardware will continue to use chips from other manufacturers.

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And from the latest reports in the English-language media, it appears that after Intel, Qualcomm and Marvell, Broadcom and Texas Instruments, too, will raise their prices.

The English-language media is reporting that Broadcom and Texas Instruments will raise prices, according to sources in the industry chain. Sources in the industry chain say that Broadcom and Texas Instruments have decided to follow the lead of other vendors and raise their chip prices, despite growing concerns about demand.

Newly joined the ranks of price increases Broadcom and Texas Instruments, are important chip suppliers, have a large number of customers around the world, they raise the chip offer, will inevitably affect the price of many end product manufacturers and end products.

It is worth noting that Broadcom and Texas Instruments, are also Apple’s suppliers. Last year it was reported that Apple lowered its iPhone 13 production target by 10 million units last year because Broadcom and Texas Instruments could not deliver enough parts.

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Samsung Galaxy S22 series European version using Exynos 2200

Previously, some users reported that the Exynos 2200 version of the Galaxy S22 series had bugs such as lagging and GPS failure, while the Snapdragon 8 version of the Galaxy S22 series did not have these problems, which may be an important reason for Samsung to abandon the use of the Exynos chip.

It is worth noting that this does not mean that the Exynos chip will be completely abandoned. According to the rumors, Samsung set up a dedicated chip team, jointly led by TM Roh, head of Samsung’s mobile division, and Park Yong-in, head of Samsung’s LSI division. This team will develop Exynos chips for Galaxy smartphones, which are expected to be commercially available in volume production in 2025.

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With Apple taking the lead in developing its own chips and demonstrating impressive performance improvements with the M1 and M2, it was once rumored that Samsung would also join the fray.

However, leading tech industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo points out that Qualcomm is likely to be the sole processor supplier for the Galaxy S23.

For reference, Qualcomm chips account for nearly 70% of the Galaxy S22 series smartphone shipments.

But thanks to the next flagship 5G chipset using TSMC’s 4nm process, the Qualcomm SM8550’s power efficiency performance will be significantly better than Samsung’s own legendary Exynos 2300.

While the Samsung Exynos 2300 is falling across the board, Qualcomm is gaining more market share in the high-end Android smartphone market in 2023.

It should be noted that although the Tianfeng International Securities analyst has a history of breaking news quite reliably, most of the supply chain news previously shared was related to Apple.

Occasionally, however, @mingchikuo makes predictions about tech giants like Samsung and Meta, and AppleTrack’s website shows that it’s 72 percent accurate.

Although it sometimes misses the mark due to inaccurate sources or changes in plans during the early design and production stages, it is still widely regarded and recognized by the global media.

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