by dbadmin | Jun 22, 2022 | Mediatek, News
Credit: Kris Carlon / Android Authority Mediatek has launched the Dimensity 9000 Plus SoC. It differs from the standard chipset by offering a 5% clock speed boost for the Cortex-X2 CPU core and GPU. Phones with the chipset are expected in Q3 2022. The Mediatek...
by dbadmin | May 23, 2022 | Mediatek, News
The Mediatek Dimensity 1050 is the company’s first mmWave 5G SoC. The new chip will seamlessly switch between mmWave and slower sub-6GHz 5G. Mediatek will tap TSMC and its 6nm manufacturing process. Mediatek is joining the mmWave 5G party with the Dimensity 1050, its...
by dbadmin | Apr 21, 2022 | Android Security, Mediatek, News, Qualcomm
A major vulnerability impacted the vast majority of 2021 Android phones. The issue is caused by compromised ALAC audio code. The vulnerable code was included in MediaTek and Qualcomm audio decoders. A bug in the Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) impacts two-thirds of...
by dbadmin | Apr 11, 2022 | Mediatek, News, Samsung, Survey Results
Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Samsung has long stuck to using Snapdragon or Exynos chipsets in its flagship smartphones, but this state of affairs could reportedly change in the future. A Korean news outlet reported that Samsung is considering the use of...
by dbadmin | Apr 6, 2022 | Mediatek, News, Samsung
Credit: Eric Zeman / Android Authority Samsung is reportedly considering the use of Mediatek silicon in some flagship phones. It’s believed Mediatek power could come to some Galaxy S22 FE and Galaxy S23 models. Samsung usually sticks to Qualcomm and in-house Exynos...
by dbadmin | Mar 19, 2022 | Features, Mediatek, Qualcomm, Qualcomm Snapdragon, Samsung Exynos, SoC
Android smartphone processors come in all shapes and sizes, with everyone from Qualcomm and Mediatek to Samsung and Huawei contributing SoCs over the past decade and a half. In that time, we’ve even seen major players like Texas Instruments, Nvidia, and ST-Ericsson...