TAIPEI, Taiwan — Handset chipset big firm MediaTek debuted 4G octa-core chipset MT6595 yesterday. Surprisingly, the global first to support 2K monitor 120Hz dynamic display, 4G 64-bit octa-core chipset MT6795 was unveiled at the same time. Focusing on 4G high-end market, MediaTek 4G 64-bit domain is in place, making mobile product work the same as PC in spects.
Zhou Yu-jun, Chief Technology Officer at MediaTek, said that before the end of this year they will penetrate into the 20nm manufacture, especially in the layout of advanced manufacture process will be no distance with major competitor Qualcomm.
MediaTek held the MT6595 press conference and customers reunion, more than six hundred participants from all around the world, making it the MediaTek's biggest event ever.
MediaTek demonstrated 64-bit product positioning, for example, MT6795 is designed for high-end products, MT6752 is suitable for the mainstream, MT6732 is perfectly for entry-level products. Handset that carried MT6795 will be released by the end of this year, earlier on season than the market's expectations.
Xie Qing-jiang, General Manager at MediaTek, said “MediaTek is doing our best to keep up with the 4G era, our product lines will be completed, from the entry-level to mid-tier, then covering high-end products, in the 4G LTE market domain MediaTek plays an important role.”\
Zhou Yu-jun pointed out at the first generation 28nm period, MediaTek fell behind of Qualcomm two years, but in the second generation 28nm the distance has shorten to half year. By the end of this year MediaTek penetrated into the 20nm manufacture process, and has no distance with Qualcomm.
Qualcomm announced earlier that they will enhance 64-bit mid-tier products, MediaTek released the 64-bit high-end products to outshine Qualcomm. Source said that Apple has already developed 64-bit products, ARM will put it into mass production in 2016. As the 64-bit era is coming, which means that the calculating ability of mobile device has no difference with PC.
