MediaTek
MediaTek Inc. is a Taiwanese fabless semiconductor company that provides chips for wireless communications, High-definition television, handheld mobile devices like smartphones and tablet computers, navigation systems, consumer multimedia products and Digital subscriber line services as well as optical disc drives.
Headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, the company has 25 offices worldwide and was the third largest fabless IC designer worldwide in 2016. Mediatek was founded in 1997. MediaTek also provides its customers with reference designs.
Corporate history
MediaTek was originally a unit of United Microelectronics Corporation tasked with designing chipsets for home entertainment products. On May 28, 1997, the unit was spun off and incorporated. MediaTek Inc. was listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under the "2454" code on July 23, 2001.The company started out designing chipsets for optical drives and subsequently expanded into chips for DVD players, digital TVs, mobile phones, smartphones and tablets. In general MediaTek has had a strong record of gaining market share and displacing competitors after entering new markets.
The company launched a division to design products for mobile devices in 2004. Seven years later, it was taking orders for more than 500 million mobile system-on-chip units per annum, which included products for both feature phones and smart devices. By providing extensive system engineering assistance the company allowed many smaller companies and new entrants to enter a mobile phone market that had previously been dominated by large, often vertically integrated corporations that had long been broadly entrenched in the telecommunications industry. The mobile chip market quickly became the main growth driver for the company.
At Mobile World Congress 2014, MediaTek unveiled its new brand "Everyday Genius", dubbing the term "Super-mid market", with the vision and aiming to make smartphones more accessible affordable to the wider market.
As of November 2014, over 1500 mobile models accounting for 700 million units were shipped globally in 2014, using MediaTek chips, and the company posted revenues of US$5.3 billion in the first half of 2014, nearly as much as the whole of 2013. The revenue growth was however partly due to revenue recognition from the acquisition of MStar which became effective at the beginning of 2014.
On November 25, 2019, MediaTek and Intel announced a partnership to bring 5G to PCs in 2021.
Acquisitions
In 2005, MediaTek acquired Inprocomm, a wireless semiconductor design company producing 802.11a, b and a/g chips.On September 10, 2007, MediaTek announced its intention to buy Analog Devices cellular radio and baseband chipset divisions for US$350 million. The acquisition was finalised by January 11, 2008.
On May 5, 2011, MediaTek acquired Ralink Technology Corporation, gaining products and expertise for Wi-Fi technology for mobile and non-mobile applications, as well as for wired DSL and Ethernet connectivity.
On April 11, 2012, MediaTek acquired Coresonic, a global producer of digital signal processing products based in Linköping, Sweden. Coresonic became a wholly owned subsidiary of MediaTek in Europe.
On June 22, 2012, MediaTek announced it would acquire rival Taiwanese chipset designer MStar Semiconductor Inc., which held a strong market share position in digital television chips. The initial phase of the deal saw MediaTek taking a 48 percent stake, with an option to purchase the remaining stake at a later date. The following merger between MediaTek and MStar was delayed by antitrust concerns in China and South Korea and finalized on February 1, 2014.
Financial performance
MediaTek's financial results have been subject to variation as the financial success of different product lines fluctuated. MediaTek's relatively strong sales in 2009/2010 was based on its strong market position for feature phone chipsets. Smartphone and tablet products contributed to MediaTek's sales and income increase in 2013, while revenue recognition from the acquisition of MStar Semiconductor, which became effective in February 2014, as well as a continuing strong position for smartphone and tablet solutions, were the main reasons for the sales growth seen in 2014. In 2014 smartphone chips accounted for approximately 50–55% of revenue, followed by digital home products, tablet chips, feature phone chips and Wi-Fi products.MediaTek started shipping chips with integrated 4G LTE baseband in volume in the second half of 2014, later than its largest competitor Qualcomm. The additional cost of the separate baseband chip required in every 4G handset made MediaTek's offerings more expensive and prompted some of its larger customers, like Alcatel One Touch and ZTE, to choose competing SoCs like the Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 and 410 platforms, negatively affecting MediaTek's revenue stream.
MediaTek's stock has been trading on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under the symbol.
Product Announcements
The MT8135 system-on-chip for tablets announced in July, 2013 was the industry's first chip to implement the new ARM big.LITTLE technology for heterogeneous multi-processing. A variant of the MT8135 was used by Amazon in its Kindle Fire HD tablet models. Also on November 20, 2013, MediaTek launched the MT6592 SoC, the first system-on-chip with eight CPU cores which could be used simultaneously, in contrast to competing SoCs with eight physical cores of which only a subset could be active at any given time. The "True Octa-Core" trademark was registered to emphasize the difference in marketing materials.On January 7, 2014, MediaTek announced the development of the world's first "multimode receiver" for wireless charging. In contrast to existing implementations it is compatible with both inductive and resonant charging. The resulting MT3188 wireless charging chip, certified by both the Power Matters Alliance and the Wireless Power Consortium was announced on February 24, 2014.
On February 25, 2014, MediaTek announced the MT6732, and the MT6330. The SoC MT6630 supports 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WiFi, Bluetooth, ANT+, GPS and FM radio.
On May 12, 2015, MediaTek announced their Helio X20, which features the industry's first tri-cluster CPU and first CPU with 10 core configuration. It also integrates MediaTek's first modem compatible with CDMA2000. Tri-cluster CPUs were later adopt by HiSilicon in 2018, Qualcomm and Samsung Exynos SoCs in 2019.
MediaTek collaborated with Google on the first Ultra HD TV platform for Android TV, resulting in the development of the MT5595 digital television SoC. The product first shipped in LCD TV models made by Sony.
On November 26, 2019, MediaTek announced their 5G SoC Dimensity 1000, the world's first mobile SoC supporting AV1.
Criticism and controversies
On April 8, 2020, MediaTek published a post title "Why MediaTek Stands Behind Our Benchmarking Practices", and later that day AnandTech published an article MediaTek's Sports Mode. MediaTek said Sports Mode is designed to show full capabilities during benchmarks, that its standard practice in the industry, and their device makers can choose to enable it or not. AnandTech pointed out Sports Mode was also being applied to benchmarks intended on measuring user experience benchmarks, providing otherwise untenable results. And that similar high performance modes from other device makers only turn on if chosen by the user, not from automatic app detection from a whitelist. And that they have criticized other vendors such as Samsung Exynos and HiSilicon for past cheating practices.On April 14, 2020, Qualcomm responded saying they don't use whitelisting as they consider it cheating. On April 16, 2020, Oppo claimed that they tried to remove Sports Mode, but did not know it was still cached, hence it was removed in a firmware update. And UL delisted several MediaTek Helio SoCs from their 3DMark and PCMark rankings.
Product list
Smartphone processors
2003–2007
2009–2012
List of devices using Mediatek SoCs| Model Number | CPU | fab | CPU | CPU cache | GPU | Memory technology | Wireless radio technologies | Released |
| MT6516 | ARM9 | 65 nm | 416 MHz | No GPU | Not 3G compatible | 2009 | ||
| MT6513 | ARM11 | 65 nm | 650 MHz | PowerVR SGX531 @ 281 MHz | Not 3G compatible | |||
| MT6573 | ARM11 | 65 nm | 650 MHz | PowerVR SGX531 @ 281 MHz | 3G, HSPA | 2010 | ||
| MT6575M | Cortex-A9 | 65 nm | 1.0 GHz | 256 KB L2 | PowerVR SGX531 @ 281 MHz | 3G, HSPA | 2012 | |
| MT6515 | Cortex-A9 | 40 nm | 1.0 GHz | PowerVR SGX531 Ultra @ 522 MHz | Not 3G compatible | 2012 | ||
| MT6517 | Cortex-A9 | 40 nm | 1.0 GHz dual-core | PowerVR SGX531 Ultra @ 522 MHz | Not 3G compatible | 2012 | ||
| MT6517T | Cortex-A9 | 40 nm | 1.2 GHz dual-core | PowerVR SGX531 Ultra @ 525 MHz | Not 3G compatible | |||
| MT6575 | Cortex-A9 | 40 nm | 1.0 GHz | 512 KB L2 | PowerVR SGX531 Ultra @ 522 MHz | 3G, HSPA | 2011 | |
| MT6577 | Cortex-A9 | 40 nm | 1.0 GHz dual-core | PowerVR SGX531 Ultra @ 522 MHz | 3G, HSPA, HSPA+ | 2012 | ||
| MT6577T | Cortex-A9 | 40 nm | 1.2 GHz dual-core | PowerVR SGX531 Ultra @ 522 MHz | 3G, HSPA, HSPA+ |
2013 and later (ARMv7)
Dual-core
List of devices using Mediatek SoCs:| Model number | CPU ISA | fab | CPU | CPU cache | GPU | Memory technology | Wireless radio technologies | Released |
| MT6572M | ARMv7 | 28 nm | 1.0 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A7 | 32 KB L1, 256 KB L2 | Mali-400 MP1 @ 400 MHz | GSM/EDGE, Multi-mode Rel. 8 HSPA+/TD-SCDMA, Wi-Fi, FM, Bluetooth, GPS | 2014 | |
| MT6572 | ARMv7 | 28 nm | 1.4 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A7 | 32 KB L1, 256 KB L2 | Mali-400 MP1 @ 500 MHz | LPDDR2 266 MHz | Multi-mode Rel. 8 HSPA+/TD-SCDMA, Wi-Fi, FM, Bluetooth, GPS | June 2013 |
| MT6571 | ARMv7 | 28 nm | 1.3 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A7 | Mali-400 MP1 | GSM/EDGE, Wi-Fi, FM, Bluetooth, GPS | Q3 2014 | ||
| MT6570 | ARMv7 | 28 nm | 1.3 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A7 | Mali-400 MP1 | GSM/EDGE, Multi-mode Rel. 8 HSPA+/TD-SCDMA, Wi-Fi, FM, Bluetooth, GPS | 2015 |
Quad-core
List of devices using Mediatek SoCs| Model number | CPU ISA | fab | CPU | CPU cache | GPU | Memory technology | Wireless radio technologies | Released |
| MT6580 | ARMv7 | 28 nm | Up to 1.3 GHz Quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 | 32 KB L1, 512 KB L2 | Mali-400 MP1 @ 500 MHz | 32-bit single-channel 533 MHz LPDDR2/LPDDR3 | R8 HSPA+/TD-SCDMA, Wi-Fi, FM, Bluetooth, GPS | 2015 |
| MT6582M | ARMv7 | 28 nm | Up to 1.3 GHz Quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 | 32 KB L1, 512 KB L2 | Mali-400 MP2 @ 400 MHz | 32-bit single-channel 533 MHz LPDDR2/LPDDR3 | R8 HSPA+/TD-SCDMA, Wi-Fi, FM, Bluetooth, GPS | Q1 2014 |
| MT6582 | ARMv7 | 28 nm | Up to 1.3 GHz Quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 | 32 KB L1, 512 KB L2 | Mali-400 MP2 @ 500 MHz | 32-bit single-channel 533 MHz LPDDR2/LPDDR3 | R8 HSPA+/TD-SCDMA, Wi-Fi, FM, Bluetooth, GPS | Q3 2013 |
| MT6589M | ARMv7 | 28 nm | Up to 1.2 GHz Quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 | 32 KB L1, 1 MB L2 | PowerVR SGX544MP @ 156 MHz | LPDDR2/LPDDR3 | 3G, HSPA+, TD-SCDMA | July 2013 |
| MT6589 | ARMv7 | 28 nm | Up to 1.2 GHz Quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 | 32 KB L1, 1 MB L2 | PowerVR SGX544MP @ 286 MHz | 32-bit single-channel 533 MHz LPDDR2 | 3G, HSPA+, TD-SCDMA | March 2013 |
| MT6589T | ARMv7 | 28 nm | Up to 1.5 GHz Quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 | 32 KB L1, 1 MB L2 | PowerVR SGX544MP @ 357 MHz | LPDDR1/LPDDR2 | 3G, HSPA+, TD-SCDMA | July 2013 |
| MT6588 | ARMv7 | 28 nm HPM | Up to 1.7 GHz Quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 | 32 KB L1, 1 MB L2 | Mali-450 MP4 @ 600 MHz | LPDDR2 533 MHz, LPDDR3 666 MHz | R8 HSPA+/TD-SCDMA, Wi-Fi, FM, Bluetooth, GPS | Q4 2013 |
Hexa-core, octa-core and deca-core
List of devices using Mediatek SoCs| Model number | CPU ISA | fab | CPU | CPU cache | GPU | Memory technology | Wireless radio technologies | Released |
| MT6591 | ARMv7 | 28 nm HPM | 1.5 GHz hexa-core ARM Cortex-A7 | Mali-450 MP4 @ 600 MHz | 32-bit single-channel LPDDR2, LPDDR3 | GSM, GPRS, UMTS, HSPA+, HSUPA, TD-SCDMA | Q1 2014 | |
| MT6592M | ARMv7 | 28 nm HPM | 1.4 GHz octa-core ARM Cortex-A7 | 32 KB L1, 1 MB L2 | Mali-450 MP4 @ 600 MHz | 32-bit single-channel LPDDR2 533 MHz, LPDDR3 666 MHz | R8 HSPA+/TD-SCDMA, Wi-Fi, FM, Bluetooth, GPS | 2014 |
| MT6592 | ARMv7 | 28 nm HPM | 1.7–2 GHz octa-core ARM Cortex-A7 | 32 KB L1, 1 MB L2 | Mali-450 MP4 @ 700 MHz | 32-bit single-channel LPDDR2 533 MHz, LPDDR3 666 MHz | R8 HSPA+/TD-SCDMA, Wi-Fi, FM, Bluetooth, GPS | Q4 2013 |
| MT6595M | ARMv7 | 28 nm HPM | 2.0 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A17 and 1.5 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 | 32 KB L1, 2 MB L2 | PowerVR 6200 @ 450 MHz | 32-bit dual-channel 933 MHz LPDDR3 | WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, GSM, FDD/TDD-LTE, CMCC 3G, CMCC 4G and TD-LTE | Q1 2014 |
| MT6595 | ARMv7 | 28 nm HPM | 2.2 GHz quad-core Cortex-A17 and 1.7 GHz quad-core Cortex-A7 | 32 KB L1, 2 MB L2 | PowerVR 6200 @ 600 MHz | 32-bit dual-channel 933 MHz LPDDR3 | WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, GSM, FDD/TDD-LTE, CMCC 3G, CMCC 4G and TD-LTE | Q1 2014 |
ARMv8
Quad-core
List of devices using Mediatek SoCs| Model number | CPU ISA | fab | CPU | GPU | Memory technology | Wireless radio technologies | Released |
| MT6735P / MT6735M | ARMv8-A | 28 nm HPM | 1.0 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 | Mali-T720 MP2 @ 400/500 MHz | 32-bit single-channel 533 MHz LPDDR3 | GSM, UMTS, GPRS, HSPA+, HSUPA, TD-SCDMA, EVDO, LTE Cat 4 | Q2 2015 |
| MT6735 | ARMv8-A | 28 nm HPM | 1.3 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 | Mali-T720 MP2 @ 600 MHz | 32-bit single-channel 640 MHz LPDDR3 | GSM, UMTS, GPRS, HSPA+, HSUPA, TD-SCDMA, EVDO, LTE Cat 4 | Q2 2015 |
| MT6737 | ARMv8-A | 28 nm HPM | 1.1-1.3 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 | Mali-T720 MP2 @ 550-650 MHz | 32-bit single-channel 640 MHz LPDDR2/3 up to 3 GB | GSM, UMTS, GPRS, HSPA+, HSUPA, TD-SCDMA, EVDO, LTE Cat 4 VoLTE | Q2 2016 |
| MT6737T | ARMv8-A | 28 nm | 1.5 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 | Mali-T720 MP2 @ 600 MHz | 32-bit single-channel 733 MHz LPDDR2/3 up to 3 GB | GSM, UMTS, GPRS, HSPA+, HSUPA, TD-SCDMA, EVDO, LTE Cat 4 VoLTE | Q2 2016 |
| MT6732M | ARMv8-A | 28 nm HPM | 1.3 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 | Mali-T760 MP2 @ 500? MHz | 32-bit single-channel 800 MHz LPDDR3 | GSM, UMTS, GPRS, HSPA+, HSUPA, TD-SCDMA, LTE Cat 4 | Q3 2014 |
| MT6732 | ARMv8-A | 28 nm HPM | 1.5 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 | Mali-T760 MP2 @ 500 MHz | 32-bit single-channel 800 MHz LPDDR3 | GSM, UMTS, GPRS, HSPA+, HSUPA, TD-SCDMA, LTE Cat 4 | Q3 2014 |
| MT6738 | ARMv8-A | 28 nm HPM | 1.5 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 | Mali-T860 MP2 @ 350 MHz | 32-bit single-channel 666 MHz LPDDR3 up to 4 GB | GSM, UMTS, GPRS, HSPA+, HSUPA, TD-SCDMA, EVDO, LTE Cat 4 | 2016 |
| MT6738T | ARMv8-A | 28 nm | 1.5 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 | Mali-T860 MP2 @ 520 MHz | 32-bit single-channel 666 MHz LPDDR3 up to 4 GB | GSM, UMTS, GPRS, HSPA+, HSUPA, TD-SCDMA, EVDO, LTE Cat 4 | 2016 |
| MT6739 | ARMv8-A | 28 nm HPM | 1.5 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 | PowerVR GE8100 @ 570 MHz | 32-bit single-channel 667 MHz LPDDR3 up to 3 GB | GSM, UMTS, GPRS, HSPA+, HSUPA, TD-SCDMA, LTE Cat 4 | Q4 2017 - |
| - | ARMv8-A | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Octa- and deca-core
List of devices using Mediatek SoCs| Model number | CPU ISA | fab | CPU | GPU | Memory technology | Wireless radio technologies | Released |
| MT6750 | ARMv8-A | 28 nm HPM | 1.0 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 1.5 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 | Mali-T860 MP2 @ 520 MHz | 32-bit single-channel 666 MHz LPDDR3 up to 4 GB | GSM, UMTS, GPRS, HSPA+, HSUPA, TD-SCDMA, CDMA2000 1x/EVDO Rev. A, Cat 6 FDD and TD-LTE w/ 20+20 CA, VoLTE | Q2 2016 |
| MT6750N | ARMv8-A | 28 nm HPM | 1.0 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 1.5 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 | Mali-T860 MP2 @ >520 MHz | Q1 2018 | ||
| MT6753 | ARMv8-A | 28 nm LPM | 1.3 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 1.5 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 | Mali-T720 MP3 @ 700 MHz | 32-bit single-channel 666 MHz LPDDR3 up to 3 GB | GSM, UMTS, GPRS, HSPA+, HSUPA, TD-SCDMA, CDMA2000 1x/EVDO Rev. A, Cat 4 FDD and TD-LTE | Q3 2015 |
| MT6750T | ARMv8-A | 28 nm HPM | 1.0 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 1.5 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 | Mali-T860 MP2 @ 650 MHz | 32-bit single-channel 833 MHz LPDDR3 up to 4 GB | GSM, UMTS, GPRS, HSPA+, HSUPA, TD-SCDMA, CDMA2000 1x/EVDO Rev. A, Cat 6 FDD and TD-LTE w/ 20+20 CA, VoLTE | Q2 2016 |
| MT6750S | ARMv8-A | 28 nm HPM | 1.0 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 1.5 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 | Mali-T860 MP2 | 32-bit single-channel 833 MHz LPDDR3 up to 4 GB | GSM, UMTS, GPRS, HSPA+, HSUPA, TD-SCDMA, CDMA2000 1x/EVDO Rev. A, Cat 6 FDD and TD-LTE w/ 20+20 CA, VoLTE | Q1 2018 |
| MT6752M | ARMv8-A | 28 nm HPM | 1.5 GHz octa-core ARM Cortex-A53 | Mali-T760 MP2 @ 700 MHz | 32-bit single-channel 800 MHz LPDDR3 | GSM, UMTS, GPRS, HSPA+, HSUPA, TD-SCDMA, LTE Cat 4 | Q3 2014 |
| MT6752 | ARMv8-A | 28 nm HPM | 1.7 GHz octa-core ARM Cortex-A53 | Mali-T760 MP2 @ 700 MHz | 32-bit single-channel 800 MHz LPDDR3 | GSM, UMTS, GPRS, HSPA+, HSUPA, TD-SCDMA, LTE Cat 4 | Q3 2014 |
Helio A Series
Helio P Series
Helio G Series
Helio X Series
Dimensity Series
Modems
Standalone application and tablet processors
List of devices using Mediatek tablet processors| Model Number Arm7 | CPU ISA | fab | CPU | CPU cache | GPU | Memory technology | Wireless radio technologies | Released |
| MT8317 | ARMv7 | 40 nm | 1.0 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 | PowerVR SGX531 Ultra @ 522 MHz | 3Q 2013 | |||
| MT8317T | ARMv7 | 40 nm | 1.2 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 | PowerVR SGX531 Ultra @ 522 MHz | 3Q 2013 | |||
| MT8377 | ARMv7 | 40 nm | 1.2 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 | 1 MB L2 | PowerVR SGX531 Ultra @ 522 MHz | 3G, HSPA, HSPA+ | 3Q 2013 | |
| MT8312 | ARMv7 | 28 nm HPM | 1.3 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A7 | 256 KB L2 | Mali-400 @ 500 MHz | Multi-mo | ||
| MT8321 | ARMv7 | 28 nm HPM | 1.3 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 | Mali-400 | UMTS / HSPA+ R8 / TD-SCDMA / EDGE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, FM, GPS | 2014 | ||
| MT8382 | ARMv7 | 28 nm HPM | 1.3 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 | 256 KB L2 | Mali-400 MP2 @ 500 MHz | Multi-mode Rel. 8 HSPA+/TD-SCDMA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS | 1H 2014 | |
| MT8117 | ARMv7 | 28 nm HPM | 1.2 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A7 | PowerVR SGX544 @ 156 MHz | 1H 2014 | |||
| MT8121 | ARMv7 | 28 nm HPM | 1.3 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 | PowerVR SGX544 @ 156 MHz | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS | 2H 2013 | ||
| MT8125 | ARMv7 | 28 nm HPM | 1.2 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 | 1 MB L2 | PowerVR SGX544 @ 256 MHz | 32-bit LPDDR2/DDR3L | 1H 2013 | |
| MT8389 | ARMv7 | 28 nm HPM | 1.2 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 | 1 MB L2 | PowerVR SGX544 @ 286 MHz | 32-bit LPDDR2/DDR3L | 3G | 1H 2013 |
| MT8389T | ARMv7 | 28 nm HPM | 1.5 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 | 1 MB L2 | PowerVR SGX544 @ 357 MHz | 32-bit LPDDR2/DDR3L | 3G | 1H 2013 |
| MT8135 | ARMv7 | 28 nm HPM | 1.7 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A15 and 1.2 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A7 | PowerVR G6200 @ 450 MHz | 2013 | |||
| MT8135V | ARMv7 | 28 nm HPM | 1.5 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A15 and 1.2 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A7 | PowerVR G6200 @ 450 MHz | 32-bit DDR3L | Q3 2014 | ||
| MT8127 | ARMv7 | 28 nm HPM | 1.3 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 | 512 KB L2 | Mali-450 MP4 @ 600 MHz | 32-bit 666 MHz DDR3 | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, FM, GPS | 2014 |
| MT8151 | ARMv7 | 28 nm HPM | 1.7 GHz octa-core ARM Cortex-A7 | Mali-450 MP4 | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS | |||
| MT8392 | ARMv7 | 28 nm HPM | 2.0 GHz octa-core ARM Cortex-A7 | 32 KB L1 1 MB L2 | Mali-450 MP4 @ 700 MHz | 3G | 1H 2014 | |
| MT8735 | ARMv8 | 28 nm HPM | 1.3 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 | Mali-T720 MP2 | LPDDR3 | LTE Cat 4, 3G, 2G, Dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, FM, GPS/Glonass/BeiDou | Q2 2015 | |
| MT8732 | ARMv8 | 28 nm HPM | 1.5 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 | 512 KB L2 | Mali-T760 MP2 @ 500 MHz | Up to 800 MHz LPDDR3 | LTE Cat 4, 3G, 2G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, FM, GPS/GLONASS/BeiDou | Q4 2014 |
| MT8752 | ARMv8 | 28 nm HPM | 1.7 GHz octa-core ARM Cortex-A53 | Mali-T760 MP2 @ 700 MHz | LTE Cat 4, 3G, 2G etc. | Q4 2014 | ||
| MT8161 | ARMv8 | 28 nm HPM | 1.3 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 | Mali-T720 MP2 | 800 MHz DDR3/L | |||
| MT8163 | ARMv8 | 28 nm HPM | 1.3 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 | Mali-T720 MP2 @ 520 MHz | 800 MHz DDR3/L | Dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, FM, GPS | Q2 2015 | |
| MT8163 | ARMv8 | 28 nm HPM | 1.5 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 | Mali-T720 MP2 @ 600 MHz | 800 MHz DDR3/L | Dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, FM, GPS | Q2 2015 | |
| MT8165 | ARMv8 | 28 nm HPM | 1.5 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 | Mali-T760 MP2 | 800 MHz DDR3/L | Q4 2014 | ||
| MT8167A | ARMv8 | 28 nm HPM | 1.5 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A35 | PowerVR GE8300 | DDR3/LPDDR3/DDR4 | Dual-band AC Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth, GPS | 2017 | |
| MT8173 | ARMv8 | 28 nm HPM | Up to 2 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A72 and dual-core ARM Cortex-A53 | PowerVR GX6250 @ 700 MHz | Q1 2015 | |||
| MT8176 | ARMv8 | 28 nm HPM | Up to 2 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A72 and 1.6 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 | PowerVR GX6250 @ 600 MHz | dual channel 32-bit LPDDR3 DRAM | a/b/g/n/ac WiFi, Bluetooth, FM, GPS | Q1 2016 | |
| MT8693 | ARMv8 | 28 nm HPM | 2x ARM Cortex-A72 @ 2 GHz 4x ARM Cortex-A53 @ 1.8 GHz | PowerVR GX6250 | Dual channel LPDDR3 DRAM | WiFi, Bluetooth | ||
| MT8183 | ARMv8 | 12 nm? | 4x ARM Cortex-A73 @ 2 GHz, 4x ARM Cortex-A53 @ 2 GHz | Mali-G72MP3 @ 800MHz | LPDDR3, LPDDR4x | Wi-Fi 5,Bluetooth, FM Radio, GPS | Q? 2019 |
Wearable device SoCs
At the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2015, MediaTek announced the MT2601 for wearable devices based on Google's Android Wear software. According to MediaTek, with its small size it allows fewer components and lower current consumption when compared with other chipsets in the market. The chip includes a dual-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU, an ARM Mali-400 MP GPU, and allows display resolutions up to qHD. It can be combined with the MT6630 chip for wireless connectivity.| Model number | CPU ISA | fab | CPU | CPU cache | GPU | Memory technology | Wireless radio technologies | Released |
| MT2502 | ARMv7 | ? | Single-core ARM7EJ-S @ 260MHz | Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR/4.0 LE, GPRS, GSM | ||||
| MT2523D | ARMv7E-M | ? | Single-core ARM Cortex-M4 with FPU @ 208MHz | Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR/4.0 LE | ||||
| MT2523G | ARMv7E-M | ? | Single-core ARM Cortex-M4 with FPU @ 208MHz | Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR/4.0 LE, GPS | ||||
| MT2601 | ARMv7 | 28 nm | Dual-core ARM Cortex-A7 @ 1.2GHz | 256 KB L2 | LPDDR2/3 up to 512 MB | 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 EDR/4.1 LE and GPS | January 2015 | |
| MT3332 | ARMv7 | ? | ARM7EJ-S | GPS | ||||
| MT6280 | ARMv7-R | ? | Single-core ARM Cortex-R4 | LPDDR/2 Support | ||||
| MT6572 | ARMv7 | 28nm | Dual-core ARM Cortex-A7 @ 1.4GHz | 32 KB L1, 256 KB L2 | Mali-400 MP1 @ 500 MHz | LPDDR2 266 MHz | 2G modem, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth | June 2013 |
Internet-of-Things (IoT) SoCs
The MediaTek MT2621 and MT2625 are two SoC's with build in LTE NB-IoT modems. The MT2625 was launched on June 29, 2017, while the MT2621 was added on 24 November.Wireless connectivity SoC
MT6630 is a five-in-one combo wireless SoC integrating dual-band 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, advanced Wi-Fi Direct and Miracast support, Bluetooth 4.1, ANT+, tri-band GPS and FM transceiver. It is intended to be paired with chips like the MT6595 octa-core smartphone processor which features an integrated 4G modem but no built-in Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/GPS/FM functionality. It could also be used in tablets in conjunction with a stand-alone application processor.GNSS modules
modules.- MT6628 WLAN 802.11b/g/n, WIFI Direct, Bluetooth 4.0 LE, GPS/QZSS, FM
- MT6620
- MT3339
- MT3337
- MT3336
- MT3333/MT3332 GPS/GLONASS/GALILEO/BEIDOU/QZSS, is the world's first five-in-one multi-GNSS that supports the Beidou navigation satellite system.
- MT3329
- MT3328
- MT3318
IEEE 802.11
- RT3883 includes a MIPS 74KEc CPU and an IEEE 802.11n-conformant WNIC.
- RT6856 includes a MIPS 34KEc CPU and an IEEE 802.11ac-conformant WNIC.
Digital television SoCs
| Model Number | CPU | GPU | Video decoder | Video encoder | Integrated connectivity | Segment | Released |
| MT5327 | Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 @ 1.2 GHz | SGX543 MP2 @ 400 MHz | 1080p@60fps MPEG1/2/4, H.264, VC-1, 4Kx2K@30fps H.264 | 1080p H.264 | 3 x HDMI 1.4a, 2.4 GHz WiFI + BT, MHL, USB 3.0 | Android TV, UltraHD TV | H1 2014 |
| MT5329 | Dual-core ARM Cortex-A17 @ 1 GHz + dual-core ARM Cortex-A7 @ 700 MHz | ARM Mali-T624 MP4 | 4K HEVC/VP9 @ 60 fps | Android TV, UltraHD TV | 2014 | ||
| MT5366 | MPEG1/2/4, H.264, VC-1, RMVB, AVS | TCON/OD, Ethernet MAC | 60 Hz cost-efficient TV | ||||
| MT5389 | MPEG1/2/4, H.264, VC-1, RMVB, AVS, VP8 | TCON, 3 x HDMI 1.4 | Basic 60 Hz 3D TV | ||||
| MT5395 | MPEG1/2/4, H.264, VC-1, RMVB, AVS | 720p H.264 | TCON/OD, Ethernet PHY, HDMI 1.4 | Full-HD 120 Hz, 3D LCD TV with ME/MC | |||
| MT5396 | Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 @ 900MHz | MPEG1/2/4, H.264, VC-1, RMVB, AVS, VP8 | 720p H.264 | TCON/OD, Ethernet PHY | Full-HD 120 Hz, 3D LCD TV with ME/MC | ||
| MT5398 | Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 @ 900MHz | MPEG-1/2/4, H.264, VC-1, RMVB, AVS, VP8 | 720p H.264 | TCON, HDMI 1.4 | Smart 3D TV | ||
| MT5505 | Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 @ 900MHz | ARM Mali-4xx MP2 | MPEG-1/2/4, H.264, VC-1, RMVB, AVS, VP8 | 720p H.264 | TCON, HDMI 1.4 | Smart 3D TV | |
| MT5561 | Single-core ARM11 @ 700MHz | MPEG-1/2/4, H.264, VC-1, RMVB, AVS, VP8 | CVBS, HDMI 1.4, VGA, YPbPr | Entry-level Connected DTV | |||
| MT5580 | Single-core ARM Cortex-A9 @ 800MHz | MPEG-1/2/4, H.264, VC-1, RMVB, AVS, VP8 | TCON, Ethernet PHY + MAC, HDMI 1.4 | Connected 3D TV | |||
| MT5582 | Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 | H.265 / HEVC, VP-9 | 1080p H.264 | LVDS, HDMI 1.4, USB 2.0 | Full HD Smart TVs | ||
| MT5592 | Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 @ 1GHz | AVS, H.264, MPEG-1/2/4, RMVB, VC-1, VP-8 | 4K H.264 | CVBS, HDMI, VGA, YPbPr, Ethernet | Smart DTV | ||
| MT5595 | Dual-core ARM Cortex-A17 + dual-core ARM Cortex-A7 | ARM Mali-T6xx? | 4K HEVC/VP9 @ 60 fps | Android TV, UltraHD | Q1 2015 | ||
| MT5596 | Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 @ 1.1GHz | H.265 / HEVC, VP-9 | 4K H.264, VP8 | HDMI 2.0/1.4 with HDCP 2.2, Ethernet, USB 2.0, USB 3.0, Wi-Fi | Flagship 64-bit 4K UHD SmartTV | ||
| MT5597 | Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 @ 1 GHz | H.264, H.265/HEVC, MPEG-1/2/4, VP-9 | HDMI 2.0/1.4 with HDCP 2.2, USB 2.0, USB 3.0 | Cost-effective Digital TVs | |||
| MT9675 | Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 @ 1.5GHz | ARM Mali-G52 MC1 | AV1, AVS2, HEVC, VP9, H.264, SHVC 4K60@10bit | 4K H.264 | HDMI 2.0/1.4 with HDCP 2.2, HDMI 2.1a, USB 2.0, USB 3.0 | High Performance 4KTV | |
| MT9685 | Quad-core ARM Cortex-A55 @ 1.5GHz | ARM Mali-G52 MC1 | AV1, AVS2, HEVC, VP9, H.264, SHVC 4K60@10bit | 4K H.264 | HDMI 2.0/1.4 with HDCP 2.2, HDMI 2.1a, USB 2.0, USB 3.0 | High Performance 4KTV | |
| MT9686 | Quad-core ARM Cortex-A73 @ 1.4GHz | ARM Mali-G52 MC1 | AV1, AVS2, HEVC, VP9, H.264, SHVC 4K60@10bit | 4K H.264 | HDMI 2.0/1.4 with HDCP 2.2, HDMI 2.1a, USB 2.0, USB 3.0 | Premium 4KTV | |
| MT9950 | Quad-core ARM Cortex-A73 @ 1.8GHz | ARM Mali-G52 MC2 @ 800MHz | HEVC: 8K@60Hz, VP9: 8K@30, H.264: 8K@30Hz, AV1: 8K@30Hz, AVS2: 4K@60Hz | HDMI 2.0/1.4 with HDCP 2.2, HDMI 2.1a, USB 2.0, USB 3.0 | Flagship 8KTV | Q3 2019 |