LG plans for new processor business

Though LG has slipped to sixth place in the ‘world’s top phone manufacturers’ list, the Korean mobile major hopes to comeback with its processor business.

LG has recently developed an 8-core application processor Nuclun, which will be incorporated in its forthcoming G3 Screen smartphone and will be sold only in South Korea. Till now, LG has Qualcomm chipsets in all its handsets. Not many phone-makers use their own chips, apart from Samsung and Apple.

Nuclun has four 1.5GHz ARM Cortex-A15 cores for heavy work and four 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7 cores for light work, along with Category 6 LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), which supports download speeds up to 225 Mbps.

According to a media report, chips will be made at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC).

“With this new in-house solution, we will be able to enhance our product strategy against our competitors,” LG mobile chief Jong-seok Park said in a statement.

G3 Screen is equipped with 5.9-inch IPS screen, microSD slot, 32GB inbuilt memory, 2.1MP front end camera, 13MP rear camera and a 3,000mAh battery. Weighing 182g G3 Screen will go on sale this week.