MediaTek allegedly working on a more powerful Helio X30 chipset

Taiwanese chip maker MediaTek known the world over for its chipset solutions which have mostly been for low-end smartphones and tablets but after the impressive performance by its Helio series chipsets Helio X10 and X20 in the mid-to high-range smartphones, it is providing tough competition to the likes of Qualcomm.

Its Helio X10 has been used in several mid-range handsets including HTC One M9+, Meizu MX5, Elife E8 and others. MediaTek announced its Helio X20 SoC in May this year which was the world’s first deca-core chipset for mobile.  Helio X20 will be making its debut inside the Chinese smartphone Elephone P9000 which is expected to launch in mid-October. It is also rumored that Xiaomi might use the MediaTek X20 Soc in its future high-end smartphones.

Even before the devices using X20 enter the market, there are reports from the Chinese media that MediaTek has started work on an even faster and more powerful chipset, the Helio X30.

The new Helio X30 will consist of 10-core architecture with a quad-cluster design having two Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1GHz,  two Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.5GHz, two Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 2GHz and four Cortex-A72 cores clocked at 2.5GHz. In comparison, the Helio X20 has a tri-cluster design with four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.4Ghz, four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 2GHz and two Cortex-A72 cores clocked at 2.5Ghz.

The GPU of the Helio X30 will apparently be Mali-T880, an improvement over the Mali T-800 GPU of the Helio X20. In addition, the X30 will also support 4GB LPDDR4 1600MhZ RAM which was not there in the X20.

MediaTek is also tipped to be working on a Helio X22 SoC which will be a faster version of the Helio X20. It is not known when both the chipsets will be announced by the company. First devices carrying the new chips will probably make an appearance early next year.

MediaTek allegedly working on a more powerful Helio X30 chipset

MediaTek announces Helio P10 octa-core SoC offering premium performance and faster LTE

MediaTek had introduced the Helio X20 Soc in May this year and it was the first processor for mobiles to have 10 cores.  No mobile featuring the Helio X20 has been released yet but it is expected that the Xiaomi may use this MediaTek chip in its Mi Note successor. It doesn’t seem likely that the new Helio X20 will be used in mobile devices in 2015.  Devices using the chip will probably start releasing in early 2016 but before that, MediaTek has already unveiled another new chip Helio P10 at the Computex.

Although Helio P10 is less powerful compared to Helio X20, it is more robust, efficient and offers a ”premium performance”. It is a 28nm chip having eight 64-bit Cortex-A53 cores which could be clocked at 2GHz. It falls somewhere between the X10 and the X20 chips in terms of CPU. Although Cortex-A57 cores are more powerful than Cortex-A53 cores, the A53s will help to prolong your battery life.

Helio P10 features a 700MHz dual-core 64-bit Mali-T860 graphics processor and Cat 6 LTE world mode support with up to 300 Mbps down speed and 50 Mbps up speed with career aggregation which is not available in X10.

The P10 also has the integrated TrueBright ISP engine which supports the “ultra-sensitive” RWWB optical sensors. MediaTek claims that these RWWB sensors capture two times the light captured by conventional RGB sensors and also provide a better color resolution.

The Helio P10 offers HiFi audio performance that has a rating of 110dB SNR and -95dB THD due to which device manufacturers won’t have to add a separate audio chip. Other useful feature of MediaTek’s P10 is that its MiraVision 2.0 will offer a smoother 60 fps FHD display, an efficient BluLight defender mode for reducing eye fatigue and an Ultradimming mode for night reading.

MediaTek has disclosed that it will start the shipping of Helio P10 chip in the third quarter of 2015 and we can expect the first device to surface by late 2015 which will be before the X20 device makes an appearance.

MediaTek announces Helio P10 octa-core SoC offering premium performance and faster LTE

MediaTek Announced Helio X20 with Tri-cluster of 10-core SoC

MediaTek has announced their latest SoC for smartphones and tablets recently which goes by the name of Helio X20. The new smart chip will have a 10 core System-on-a-Chip design which will be arranged to a tri-cluster orientation. Currently, smart chips available in the market are arranged in a dual cluster big.LITTLE heterogeneous CPU designs.

One of the clusters will have a low power quad-core A53 cluster clocked at 1.4GHz, another cluster will have a power/performance balanced quad-core A53 cluster clocked at 2.0GHz while the last cluster will have an extreme performance dual-core A72 cluster which clocked in at 2.5GHz.  On top of that to connect them together, MediaTek will use a custom interconnect IP called MediaTek Coherent System Interconnect (MCSI).

There are a few innovative that can be found from this SoC. One of them is MediaTek’s first CDMA2000 compatible integrated modem with Helio X20. The new X20’s modem supports LTE Release 11 Category 6 with 20+20MHz Carrier Aggregation (downstream) which means that the download speed is 300Mbps whereas the upload speed is 50Mbps. On top of that the new modem consumes 30% less power than the previous Helio X10 SoC. Furthermore, it is also integrated with 802.11ac Wi-Fi which has a single spatial stream up to 280Mbps as specified in the spec sheets.

It is surely going to be interesting to find out how this tri-cluster design will perform in the practice. The X20 samples are planning to be shipped in Q1 2016.

MediaTek Announced Helio X20 with Tri-cluster of 10-core SoC

Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 820 with Kryo 64-bit CPU

Qualcomm announced its new chipset, the Snapdragon 820 at its keynote at the MWC in Barcelona. This next gen SoC from Qualcomm utilizes its new Zeroth platform. Now we can expect to see the new Snapdragon 820 chipset in upcoming Android and Windows phones, but it will take a while yet.

Qualcomm revealed its new Zeroth platform which it described as a “cognitive computing platform” which will make its debut with Snapdragon 820. According to the company, Zeroth contains many new hardware and software technologies that will offer a more intuitive and natural experience by anticipating users’ gestures and needs in advance and take appropriate actions. Qualcomm demonstrated a real-life application on stage that consisted of a camera recognizing the subject of the photo.

The FinFET manufacturing process will be used to build the Snapdragon 820 but the company has not disclosed which technology they will be using, Samsung’s 14nm or TSMC’s 16nm. The new chipset uses Qualcomm’s new 64-bit custom ARMv8 CPU called the Kryo. No other details about it are known for the present.

The new Snapdragon 820 processor will start sampling in the 2nd half of 2015 which indicates that the first smartphone and tablets carrying the chip will make an appearance somewhere in early 2016.

 

 

Source GSMArena

Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 820 with Kryo 64-bit CPU

Additional details about HTC One M9 camera sensor and SoC clock speed leaked

HTC’s new flagship One M9 which is going to be unveiled on March 1 at the MWC in Barcelona, has seen numerous leaks up till now. Just recently we saw its renders, specs and other details leaked. Now a new leak has emerged, this time from Twitter that gives some additional details about the HTC One M9 specs.

According to the leaks, the new HTC flagship is supposed to have an improved 20MP rear camera. Spigen’s HTC One M9 cases appearing for pre-order on Amazon also confirmed it. Now this new tip by Roland Quandt claims “filling in the blanks” for the said phone regarding its 20MP camera. According to him, the camera will feature f/2.2 aperture and 27.8 mm lens. This means that the camera might not be Sony’s 20MP snapper that has been used in smartphones such as Xperia Z3 and Meizu MX4, but may be of some other make.

 

filling in the blanks on the HTC One M9: 20 MP cam, f/2.2, 27,8 mm Lens… Android 5.0.2 with Sense 7. Snapdragon 810 4×2.0 GHz & 4×1.5 GHz

— Roland Quandt (@rquandt) February 23, 2015

 

Another leakster Ricciolo tipped PhoneArena that the camera sensor in One M9 is made by Toshiba which is another big surprise from HTC after the huge 5X jump in its camera compared to One M8. This reliable tippster claims that the size of the camera sensor is 1/2.4” which is a little smaller than Sony’s.

 

@phonearena the MAIN M9 sensor is NOT from SONY… is made by TOSHIBA and 1/2.4 (slightly smaller than the Z3 etc)!

— Ricciolo (@Ricciolo1) February 23, 2015

 

Roland Quandt has also confirmed that the HTC One M9 will be powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 SoC. It will have 4 cortex-A57 cores clocked at 2GHz and 4 cortex-A53 clocked at 1.5GHz. The new HTC phone will run Android 5.0.2 with the company’s own Sense 7 UI on top.

Well, we will know for sure in a few days as the MWC 2015 is just round the corner.

 

Via PhoneArena

Additional details about HTC One M9 camera sensor and SoC clock speed leaked

Mediatek"s Super-Midrange SoC For Android Tablets

MediaTek is well known for their affordable ARM-based processor chips. Many of the mid to high range phones sold today use their chips. This makes MediaTek one of the most important players in the smartphone industry. In a recent announcement MediaTek revealed its new SoC (System on Chip), the MediaTek MT8127. This chip is designed fot mid and high end devices.

The General Manager of MediaTek’s Home Entertainment Business unit, Joe Chen said

“The MT8127 demonstrates MediaTek’s continuous commitment to improving technologies that consequently elevate the end-user experience. As the Super-mid market continues to grow, the demand for high-performing yet affordable multimedia features increases exponentially, which is why our quad-core tablet SoC with HEVC video playback is so impactful in the mid-range tablet market. We believe that the MT8127, with its highly integrated system, rich multimedia capabilities and optimal cost-performance ratio, is the best offer in the mid-range tablet market today. It is another example of our dedication to providing high-end technology to the mainstream market.”

The MediaTek MT8127 SoC has the following specifications:

• Can support a 1920×1200 Full HD display


• Full HD 1080p video playback and recording


• MediaTek MiraVision technology for DTV-grade picture quality


• quad-core ARM Mali-450 MP4 GPU


• upto 1.5GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 processor


• Support for up to 13MP camera


• Wi-Fi certified Miracast and NFC


• Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi, FM receiver and GPS

It now supports the new HEVC (H.265) video standard uses 50 percent less video bandwidth compared to the old HEVC (H.264) video standard.

The MT8127 has four ARM Cortex-A7 processors and a quad-core ARM Mali-450 MP4 GPU. It can handle Full HD 1080p video playback. It can also record 1080p video thanks to its support for a 13MP camera. Other features of this SoC include Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi, FM receiver and GPS.

One Touch Pixi 7 tablet of Alcatel is one of the first devices to use this chip. Vice President and Smart Connectivity Business Unit Director for ALCATEL ONETOUCH, Vittorio Di Mauro said:

“We are thrilled to launch PIXI 7 tablet. Combining ALCATEL ONETOUCH’s distinct design flare and visually immersive features with the power and efficiency of MediaTek’s MT8127 series chipset, means we are able to deliver a leading mid-range tablet experience for customers around the world.”

Mediatek"s Super-Midrange SoC For Android Tablets