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 […]
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MediaTek to supply Samsung with quad- and octa-core chipsets in 2014
Here is a development that is sure to surprise more than one. Samsung is set to begin using MediaTek quad- and octa-core mobile processors next year. According to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report citing CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets, a independent equity brokers and financial-services firm, the Taiwanese company will “enter the supply chain of Samsung Electronics” in the second half of […]
MediaTek announces triple-SIM technology for Android smartphones
Dual-SIM handsets may not be very common in North America but they are quite popular with frequent travellers as well as those who need to keep separate work and business phones. They have also proven more popular in emerging markets such as China. MediaTek has now pushed the envelope further with its announcement of what it bills as the “world’s […]
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 […]