First Chinese phones to use MediaTek’s MT6575 chip show up
Last week we told you about MediaTek’s upcoming MT6575 chipset. Hiding behind that unimpressive name is a 1 GHz ARM Cortex A9-based processor, helped by a PowerVR SGX5 graphics processor, with hot-swappable dual-SIM support thrown in for good measure. Add in MediaTek’s signature low pricing on chips, and you get what will probably power millions [...]
MediaTek launches entry-level smartphone platform- Meet the MT6575
MediaTek might seem like a rather obscure company compared to Texas Instruments or Qualcomm, but do not be fooled by that. They have been selling millions of chips for entry-level mobile device makers in both China and India. Their latest chip, the MT6575 is here to bring high-end performance to low and mid-tier Android smartphones. [...]
MediaTek joins the Open Handset Alliance. An onslaught of cheap Android smartphones to follow?
MediaTek is one of the biggest mobile chipset suppliers to Chinese phone manufacturers. MediaTek’s System-On-a-Chip (SoC) solutions power some of the world’s cheapest phones, which have so far been primarily sold in Mainland China. However, slowly, but surely, MediaTek is making inroads into the Western markets. First, in November of last year, they signed a [...]
New Mediatek chip may bring Android handset prices to $100 level within a year
According to Chinese business daily Commercial Times, Taiwanese chip maker Mediatek, has finished the development of a 3G system on chip for Android devices. Mediatek already started shipping samples of the chip to customers, and expects to start volume production in Q4, this year. The new dedicated Mediatek chip, with an integrated 3G baseband and application processor, [...]