Companies like Apple, Qualcomm, and MediaTek have benefited greatly from extending their partnership with TSMC, as not only have they developed the most cutting-edge smartphone chipset technology, but the level of performance is uncanny and would likely not be possible without the Taiwanese semiconductor behemoth providing its advanced nodes. Later this year, we shall bear witness to SoCs reaching clock speeds of 5.00GHz, making it the first time in history, with Huawei sadly unable to keep up with its rivals as it doesn’t have access to the foundry giant’s technology. Huawei didn’t jump into EUV lithography fast enough, as its […]

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MediaTek may have conceded its plans to bring only a single chipset to its Dimensity 9600 lineup because a new rumor claims a ‘Pro’ version will arrive later this year, likely as a direct counter to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro. Like its closest rival, a tipster states that the SoC is bringing desktop-level performance with a target frequency of 5.00GHz and a new CPU cluster. The only catch is that MediaTek has yet to find a way to cool it properly. New target frequency for the Dimensity 9600 Pro may only be in short bursts, as overheating problems plague the chipset, […]

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MediaTek is apparently going all-out on performance for its upcoming Dimensity 9600 flagship chip, as evidenced by recent reports that suggest the new mobile SoC will incorporate 2 ultra-large ARM CPU cores for the first time ever. MediaTek Dimensity 9600 appears to be emulating the 2+3+3 CPU architecture of Qualcomm's upcoming Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chip The Weibo-based tipster, Digital Chat Station, has disclosed that the Dimensity 9600 chip will feature a 2+3+3 configuration of CPU cores (translated via Google): "🐔🐉 Currently, all phones using this model are TSMC N2P processors, featuring a 2+3+3 dual-core all-large-core architecture. The new […]

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It appears that the ongoing inflationary trend vis-à-vis memory chips, despite a modest reduction in spot DRAM prices recently, has reached demand destruction levels. After all, why else would MediaTek and Qualcomm slash their production of mobile chips by millions of units? MediaTek and Qualcomm are reportedly slashing the production of mobile chips geared primarily towards mid and low-end smartphones, as the ongoing memory chipflation starts impacting demand As we noted recently, the wider smartphone industry has been hit by a double whammy of sorts: the astronomical increase in memory chip prices over the past year, largely driven by the […]

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NVIDIA has been preparing to release its exclusive laptop chips for the consumer segment this year, marking the firm's first entry into a market traditionally dominated by Intel/AMD. Here is an extensive coverage of everything you need to know about the upcoming NVIDIA laptop SoCs, to frame your purchase decision. NVIDIA's Laptop Chips: Why Does a $4 Trillion AI Giant Need To Step into This Market at All? This is a question that not everyone might think about, given that a typical consumer's focus is on NVIDIA releasing laptop chips. However, it is important to know about the 'why' behind […]

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MediaTek's Dimensity smartphone APs have become quite competitive over the past few years, especially since the firm opted for a radical chip architecture overhaul by jettisoning CPU efficiency cores. And now, that performance boost is being noticed by consumers, as per a new Counterpoint Research survey. A whopping 81 percent of survey respondents believe that MediaTek's Dimensity chips have a "strong presence" in flagship smartphones The new Counterpoint Research survey has revealed a few interesting tidbits about the increasing penetration of MediaTek's Dimensity chips in smartphones: Do note that this survey was conducted "across India among 1,173 respondents covering all […]

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