Coming globally next month

Xiaomi has officially announced the global launch of the Redmi Note 9 and the Redmi Note 9 Pro smartphones. Both smartphones live up to the Redmi brand, bringing a lot of bang for the buck.

No-one likes a cheater

Benchmarking outfit UL has delisted over 50 smartphone models powered by MediaTek processors from its popular list of the best smartphones after the outfit was caught cheating on benchmarks.

Helio P95 outperforming Dimensity 1000L

AnandTech claims to have caught MediaTek fudging its benchmarks.

Dimensity 800 Series

MediaTek released its Dimensity 800 Series 5G chipset family that it claims will bring flagship features, power and performance to New Premium mid-range 5G smartphones.

Senior director confirms early 1H 2021

Two weeks ago at beautiful Hawaiian island Maui, Intel also had a bit to say about the mobile side of things. The big laptop giant went against Qualcomm’s 8CX mainly on compatibility and lack of 64-bit support, but Martyn Stroeve, senior director of technology marketing, talked a bit about 5G powered laptops.

Octa-core Cortex-A77+A55 CPU with Mali-G77 GPU

Mediatek has announced its new Dimensity 5G chipset family, with 7nm Dimensity 1000 as its first premium integrated 5G chipset. This is a single 5G chip solution with octa-core Cortex-A77 and Cortex-A55 CPU cores, ARM Mali-G77 MC9 GPU, hexa-core APU 3.0 for AI, dual 5G SIM, and more.

For the next generation of PC experiences

Both Intel and Mediatek have announced that they are partnering on the development, certification, and support of 5G modem solutions.

7nm with ARM's new Cortex-A77 CPU/Mali-G77 GPU

Mediatek has made quite a surprising announcement as its new SoC will be the first to use ARM's new SOC design with Cortex-A77 CPU cores and Mali-G77 GPU, as well as an integrated 5G modem.

Down 16.2 percent

MediaTek has reported net profit fell 16.2 percent sequentially to a four quarter low of $110.5 million.

Largest IC design house in Asia title up for grabs

Huawei's IC design subsidiary HiSilicon may take MediaTek’s crown as the largest IC design house in Asia later this year.