China's Oppo to cease chip development amid smartphone gloom

Device maker making 'difficult adjustments for long-term development'

CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei Asia chief tech correspondent

LONDON -- China's leading smartphone maker Oppo says it will shut down its semiconductor division and cease development of its own chips, citing a gloomy smartphone market and uncertainties in the global economy.

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