Truth to be told, mobile smartphone industry is today's largest of it's kind and companies related with it are still discovering new ways to make it grow. Let's take MediaTek as an example, a Taiwanese fabless semiconductor company venturing into smartphone chipset industry known for their high-performance chipsets with lower than usual prices.
After making the whole world stop by releasing the first ever true-octa core chipset, it seems like they want to do it again, this time by introducing world's first 10-core chipset, the MediaTek Helio™ X20.
Actually, there are two chipsets available under their new Helio series but the X2ī0 is far more interesting than the X10 so I'll gonna focus with the former.
So as mentioned, the X20 is the first ever deca-core chipset, that's 10-cores available for smartphone processing.
What makes the ten-core up in moving is the touted Tri-Cluster™ technology. Much like ARM's big.LITTLE architecture, the 10-cores are separated in three different clusters for different degree of usage respectively. So the first cluster is for heavy usage which is composed of two ARM Cortex-A72 cores clocked at 2.5Ghz, the next cluster is for moderate usage which uses four ARM Cortex-A53 cores all clocked at 2Ghz. The third and last cluster is for light usage which uses another four ARM Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.4Ghz. So the aforementioned Tri-Cluster technology ensures that each of the three clusters are used depending on usage. For example, light gaming and some casual texting will only use the cluster with the lower-clocked processors. This ensures maximum performance with very minimal battery consumption. According to MediaTek, this technology can save up to 30% more battery.
"By leading with mobile CPU architecture and multimedia innovation, MediaTek continues to push the envelope of power efficiency and peak performance"
- Jeffrey Ju, Senior VP of MediaTek
In line with its top notch performance is the advanced features that it offers.
FEATURES :
• Dual main-cameras with built-in 3D depth engines that allows for a faster shot-to-shot experience in creating complex depth of field images.
• Multi-scale de-noise engines to deliver high quality images with unprecedented detail, color accuracy and sharpness under extreme condition
• A 120Hz mobile display that breaks the barriers of the current 60Hz refresh rate to provide crisp and responsive browsing and uncompromised motion viewing
• An integrated, low-power motion processor - ARM Cortex-
M4 - to support diverse always-on applications such as MP3 playback and voice activation. The sensor hub operates on an isolated, low power domain to assist with tasks for better battery efficiency.
(SOURCE : MediaTek)
MediaTek said that on Q3 (July - Sept.) this year, the Helio X20 will be available for sampling and is expected to make its debut by the end of this year, perhaps through Chinese flagships from Meizu, Xiaomi and Oppo.
With all of the above being said, the Helio X20 is a testament to the ever growing smartphone industry and MediaTek still continues to provide us with such products to enhance our smartphone experience.
So I'm expecting to see our local brands using this chipset by the end of 2016, let's wait and see if what the competition holds.
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