A Comprehensive History of MediaTek

A Comprehensive History of MediaTek

With the MediaTek Executive Summit upon us, this post aims to cover the history of Mediatek and their rise to become a key player in the world of system-on-chips. In this comprehensive exploration, we will delve into MediaTek’s notable acquisitions, financial performance, and their remarkable range of chipsets tailored for smartphones, Chromebooks & tablets, smart…

MediaTek Announces Dimensity 9300 Chipset with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Beating Claims
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MediaTek Announces Dimensity 9300 Chipset with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Beating Claims

MediaTek has announced its newest flagship mobile chipset, the Dimensity 9300, which the company claims delivers performance that beats Qualcomm’s recently announced Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset. The Dimensity 9300 features an innovative “All Big Core” CPU design and upgraded AI capabilities for enhanced performance. All Big Core Design for More Powerful Computing The Dimensity…

MediaTek Dimensity 6100+ Chipset Announced providing incremental improvements vs Dimensity 810
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MediaTek Dimensity 6100+ Chipset Announced providing incremental improvements vs Dimensity 810

MediaTek has announced a new chipset for mid-range 5G devices. The new chipset appears to rehash the existing technology. Based on the specification that we know, this is basically the Dimensity 810 with improved 5G and the max camera resolution increased to 108MP. Both chips have the same CPU with: Then they are both listed…

MediaTek to manufacture new AI-powered automotive SoCs with integrated NVIDIA GPU
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MediaTek to manufacture new AI-powered automotive SoCs with integrated NVIDIA GPU

NVIDIA has a long history of developing automotive SoCs; starting back in 2015, they have now released or announced 11 reference boards, and they have partnerships with many big-name car manufacturers, including BMW, Mercedes, and Jaguar. MediaTek has been eager to break into this fast-growing market, which according to Gartner, is projected to be worth…

MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus vs Dimensity 9200: A decent upgrade to the existing flagship chipset

MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus vs Dimensity 9200: A decent upgrade to the existing flagship chipset

The MediaTek Dimensity 9200 flagship chipset was announced in November 2022. To the best of my knowledge, there are only two phones that have been launched with this new chipset, the Oppo Find X6 and the Vivo X90. MediaTek like to maintain an aggressive release cycle, and today they have announced a new upgraded version…

MWC 2024: Motorola Defy 2 & Cat S75 Phones Announced with MediaTek 3GPP Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) for Bullitt Satellite Messenger
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MWC 2024: Motorola Defy 2 & Cat S75 Phones Announced with MediaTek 3GPP Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) for Bullitt Satellite Messenger

Living in UK town, I have never felt the need to have satellite communication technology in my phone, but this seems to be the new frontier brands are targeting. Apple announced Emergency SOS on the iPhone 14 last year and this has inevitably seen more interest in the technology from both from consumers and brands….

MediaTek Dimensity 7200 vs Dimensity 1050 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Specification Compared – A new mid-range chipset
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MediaTek Dimensity 7200 vs Dimensity 1050 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Specification Compared – A new mid-range chipset

As much as I love what MediaTek has been doing over the past few years, I am also quite critical of the unremitting SoC launches that consist of incremental specification changes. Thankfully, today’s MediaTek Dimensity 7200 is a product launch that introduces a significant architecture change compared to other Dimensity chipsets. MediaTek Dimensity 7200 is…

CES 2023: MediaTek Genio 700 Chipset for Smart Home IoT Devices launched

CES 2023: MediaTek Genio 700 Chipset for Smart Home IoT Devices launched

MediaTek today announced the latest chipset in the Genio platform for IoT devices, the octa-core Genio 700 designed for smart home, smart retail, and industrial IoT products. The new chipset will be featured as part of a demo at MediaTek’s booth at CES 2023. With a focus on power efficiency, the MediaTek Genio 700 is…

CES 2023: MediaTek Demoes MediaTek Consumer-Ready Wi-Fi 7 Products
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CES 2023: MediaTek Demoes MediaTek Consumer-Ready Wi-Fi 7 Products

At CES 2023, – MediaTek, one of the first adopters of Wi-Fi 7 technology, will be demonstrating a full ecosystem of production-ready devices featuring the next generation of wireless connectivity for the first time. During the annual tech summit, Mediatek announced the Filogic 880 & Filogic 380 WiFi 7 Chips and there were some prototype…

MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus vs Dimensity 9000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 Specifications & Benchmarks Compared
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MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus vs Dimensity 9000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 Specifications & Benchmarks Compared

Last month, Qualcomm announced its mid-cycle refresh of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. Breaking from the traditional fractional improvement with CPU/GPU frequencies, Qualcomm made the dramatic move of shifting fabrication processes. The result was a significant improvement in both performance and efficiency for the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1. MediaTek has now announced its mid-cycle…

MediaTek Filogic 880 & Filogic 380 WiFi 7 Chips announced to compete vs Qualcomm & Broadcom
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MediaTek Filogic 880 & Filogic 380 WiFi 7 Chips announced to compete vs Qualcomm & Broadcom

MediaTek is the last of the three big vendors to announce its range of WiFi 7 chips. Qualcomm announced its WiFi 7 Networking Pro series at the start of May, and Broadcomm has four WiFi 7 products within its ecosystem which were announced back in April. While the development of WiFI 7 is ongoing and…

MediaTek Dimensity 8100 / 8000 vs Dimensity 9000 vs Dimensity 1200 / 1300 vs SD888 Specifications Compared
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MediaTek Dimensity 8100 / 8000 vs Dimensity 9000 vs Dimensity 1200 / 1300 vs SD888 Specifications Compared

At MWC 2022, MediaTek is launching their “little brother” to the flagship Dimensity 9000. It is actually two chipsets, the Dimensity 8100 and 8000, with fractionally different CPU/GPU frequencies. These two chipsets have been rumoured to offer Qualcomm Snapdragon 888-like performance but at a lower price point. MediaTek has also announced the Dimensity 1300. It…

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