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MediaTek Touches 150Mbps Down

by Tom Allen

Mediatek is building a 64-bit octa-core smartphone chip, as it competes against Qualcomm. The MT6752 will be in smartphones shipping by the end of Q2. All eight cores are based on ARM’s Cortex A53 …

Tags:Chips| LTE| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Processors| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Apple Leads Tablet Processors, while Qualcomm Dominates Phones

by Tom Allen

The global market for tablet application processors rose 16% YoY in Q3’14, to $1.4 billion, according to Strategy Analytics. Apple, Intel, Qualcomm, MediaTek and Samsung were the top tablet processor vendors in terms of revenue. Apple led with a …

Tags:Apple| Intel| iPad| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Processors| Qualcomm| Samsung| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 05

MediaTek Sets up ‘The Bomb’

by Tom Allen

Reports from China claim that Mediatek is working on a processor with ten (deca) or twelve (dodeca) cores, neatly bypassing the 64-bit octa-core processors that are being released today. According to GizChina, the new …

Tags:Chips| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Processors| Vol 22 - Issue 04

IC Vendors Looks to New Foundry Partners

by Bob Raikes

Industry sources in Asia say that Qualcomm will look at Samsung and TSMC to manufacture its 1Xnm chips this year. Mediatek is also expected to have more than one foundry partner.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mediatek| Qualcomm| Vol 22 - Issue 01

Slowdown in Orders Hits Chip Firms

by Raverstead

Seasonal weakness was blamed for disappointing results amongst Taiwan’s chip manufacturers. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) said that a slowdown in orders for the latest iPhone device was the main reason why sales in November …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Industry| Semiconductor Market| TSMC| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Mediatek’s October Sales at All Time High

by Raverstead

Mediatek hit a new sales high last month, with sales increasing 16.5% sequentially to NT$21.6 billion ($706.6 million), a monthly record. October’s result helped Mediatek to achieve a 62.7% increase in sales for the …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 45

DivX Certifies MStar

by Super User

MStar’s HEVC TV SoC will be the first digital TV chip to receive DivX’s HEVC Certification. The Certification means that the SoC can playback HEVC UltraHD video using the DivX codec.

Tags:Back Panel| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Mediatek| SOCs| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Amazon Chooses Mediatek for Fire HD

by Super User

Amazon’s new Fire HD tablets use Mediatek processors, it has been announced. The Fire HD 6, Fire HD 7 and Fire HD Kids Edition (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 37) use the MT8135 SoC …

Tags:Amazon| Back Panel| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 41| Volume 21

Mediatek’s Platform Speeds Time-to-Market

by Super User

Mediatek’s new smartphone platform, the MT6735, is a 64-bit device designed to speed products’ time-to-market. The MT6735 Mainstream Worldmode Smartphone Platform, to give it its full name, aims at ‘mid-range’ price points. It incorporates …

Tags:Chips| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Processors| SOCs| Vol 21 - Issue 41| Volume 21