mediatek has announced a new chipset at an event and also announced that the upcoming Oppo Find X4 and Redmi K50 phones will be powered by Media.
Almost a month after announcing its latest and most powerful SoC, MediaTek has teased a new chip, Dimension 8000 In a press conference. The company’s new chip will be an affordable alternative to the MediaTek Dimensity 9000.
At the event, the company only revealed the name of the chip and mentioned that it is not yet ready to reveal other details about the chip.
However, the rumor mill has already revealed that the chip will use the older TSMC’s 5nm process instead of the latest 4nm process. The 5nm chip will still provide better performance and efficiency than the Dimensity 1000 series chip which is based on the 6nm process.
As far as other rumored specifications of the chip are concerned, the Dimensity 8000 is expected to use the older ARMv8 design with 4 x Cortex-A78 cores clocked at 2.75GHz and four low power Cortex A55 cores clocked at 2GHz. core included. It would have been great if the company had opted for the latest score, but a slightly different one – the A710 and A510 – like the Dimension 9000.
In terms of GPU, the chip is expected to house the latest Mali-G510 MC6 CPU which is claimed to offer better performance and more efficiency than the previous generation GPU.
Furthermore, the chip can handle a 168Hz display at 1080p resolution and a 1440 display at 120Hz. It also supports LPDDR5 RAM and UFS 3.1 Storage.
Smartphones with Dimensity 8000 chip are expected to be launched next year.
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