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[br]Working to ensure that the 5G wave touches low-cost handsets, Taiwanese fabless semiconductor company MediaTek on Wednesday introduced its 7nm 5G system-on-chip (SoC) designed to power the first wave of 5G smartphones at Computex 2019 here.[br][br]Also, read: OnePlus 7 set to go on sale from June 4 in India[br][br]The integrated 5G chipset, with the MediaTek Helio M70 5G modem built in, includes ARM's Cortex-A77 CPU, Mali-G77 GPU and the company's most advanced AI processing unit (APU) to meet the power and performance demands of 5G.[br][br]"Everything about this chip is designed for the first wave of flagship 5G devices. The leading-edge technology in this chipset makes it the most powerful 5G SoC announced to date and puts MediaTek at the forefront of 5G design," MediaTek President Joe Chen said in a statement here. [br][br]The multi-mode 5G chipset is for 5G standalone and non-standalone (SA/NSA) sub-6GHz networks. [br][br]It supports connectivity from 2G to 4G to bridge existing network access while 5G networks roll out globally. [br][br]MediaTek's 5G chipset is integrated with its previously announced Helio M70 5G modem to give device makers a comprehensive solution for ultra-fast 5G in a power-efficient package. [br][br]The new SoC would be ready for lead customer samples in the third quarter of 2019 and be in commercial devices by the first quarter of 2020.[br][br] |
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