As part of its CES 2016 announcements,
chip company MediaTek has revealed the new MT2523 processor series.
Not exact matches
The
companies will integrate IBM's millimeter - wavelength radio
chips, antenna and package technology with
Mediatek's digital base band and video processing
chips.
Google is said by report sources to be working with Taiwan - based
chip producer
MediaTek on a mobile device that, while relatively low in overall specification, could end up being sold by the
company for under $ 100 off - contract.
According to ARM, 10
companies have licensed its latest
chip designs, which include HiSilicon,
MediaTek, and Marvell.
The suit so far has resulted on a temporary injunction some of Xiaomi's cheaper phones that use
MediaTek chipsets, however the
company is permitted to sell devices with the Qualcomm
chips.
Apple is said to have asked semiconductor
company MediaTek to send
chip samples for inclusion in a «dedicated wireless charging back cover.
The
MediaTek Helio P60 is the
company's answer to the Snapdragon 660
chip.
For those looking to aim even lower, the
company has a less - expensive option, the SJ1.5, a $ 129 3G phone that uses a
MediaTek chip.
The
company has confirmed that it is already working with Asus, HTC, LG, Motorola and Samsung;
chip makers Broadcom, Imagination, Intel,
Mediatek and Qualcomm; and fashion brands like the Fossil Group to bring you watches powered by Android Wear later this year.
Presuming this info is accurate, this price tag may be a bit high for the ZenFone Max Plus considering it's fueled by the
MediaTek's MT6750T 64 - bit octa - core SoC, which is one of the
company's entry - level
chips.
In other news, ARM, the microarchitecture
company whose designs partners like Qualcomm, NVIDIA,
MediaTek, Huawei and others turn into
chips that power our phones, tablets and even laptops, unveiled its latest high - end
chip design, the Cortex - A73.
Many people probably see
MediaTek as a hardware /
chip company, but hardware without software is just silicon.
You can quibble over camera quality and app performance, but the reality is that as long as they're running a recent version of Android, with a turnkey set of Qualcomm or
MediaTek (or perhaps Samsung or Rockchip or any number of
companies producing SoCs based on ARM's architecture)
chips, they'll be fine.
The handset is powered by the Helio P23 chipset from
MediaTek, which is the
company's mid-tier
chip.
Xiaomi has been embracing Qualcomm's portfolio to a larger extent in recent years, having frequently opted for various Snapdragon
chips in favor of their
MediaTek - made counterparts, with the Taiwanese semiconductor
company thus effectively losing one of its largest clients.
Internally HTC has kitted out the One E9 + with a
MediaTek MT6795M SoC, a high - end
chip from the Chinese
company that comes with four ARM Cortex - A57 cores clocked at 2.0 GHz alongside for Cortex - A53s at an unspecified clock speed.
Google gave a complete list of
companies, including «Asus, HTC, LG, Motorola and Samsung;
chip makers Broadcom, Imagination, Intel,
Mediatek and Qualcomm; and fashion brands like the Fossil Group to bring you watches powered by Android Wear later this year.»
MediaTek earlier rumoured to announce MT6592 octa - core
chip and now silently the
company has introduced the same as world's first - ever true octa - core processor for mobile devices.
MediaTek's System - on -
Chip mobile processor business has been stepped up in the last eighteen months with the
company having pushed into eight, or octa, core processors and into the new 64 - bit architecture, plus developing its own integrated 3G and LTE basebands, or modems.