Right on schedule, MediaTek today unveiled its MT6592 System On a Chip (SoC), billing as “the world’s first true octa-core mobile platform.” The Chinese company’s first octa-core processor is built around eight ARM Cortex-A7 cores with each core capable of being clocked up to 2GHz. Fully scalable, the MT6592 can run both low-power and more demanding tasks by using any […]
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MediaTek to launch octa-core processor on November 20
MediaTek will officially take the covers off its octa-core MT6592 System-on-Chip (SoC) on November 20. The Chinese company first announced that it was working on an “authentic octa-core SoC” back in July. It yesterday told local media that it is now ready to unveil this SoC and that it will hold the event in Shenzhen, China. MediaTek was a bit more […]
6-inch Sony Xperia Tianchi to sport octa-core MediaTek SoC?
Do you remember those rumours that Sony was readying a new flagship device with an octa-core MediaTek SoC? This device has popped up in the rumour mill once more, this time with a codename and a few additional details. Based on these, it now look like the Sony Xperia Tianchi will not be a new flagship device but a low-cost […]
MediaTek working on true octa-core SoC
Is that quad-core processor powering your smartphone or tablet a tad too slow for you? Finding that those so-called octa processors based on ARM’s BIG.little architecture lacking a little pep? Fortunately for you, hope is at hand. True octa-core processors could soon make their way into our mobile devices if MediaTek has anything to say about it. Calling itself “the […]
Future Sony flagship smartphone to use MediaTek octa-core processor?
MediaTek, better known for its more affordable processors, has reportedly sent samples of its upcoming octa-core Mediatek MT6592 chipset to a number of smartphone manufacturers including Sony, LG, ZTE, Huawei and Lenovo. Running between 1.7GHz and 2GHz, it has reportedly setting some impressive scores on the AnTuTu benchmark suite. Based on a Cortex-A7 architecture, it will be manufactured on a […]