MediaTek is perhaps best known for its smartphone chipsets, but the company also designs chips for Chromebooks and other smart devices. And it has a successful 5G modem line, which offers an alternative to Qualcomm and Samsung modems.
Today MediaTek unveiled a new fast 5G modem that promises speeds of up to 7.9Gbps. Plus, a couple of chipsets for mid-range Chromebooks and one for premium 4K TVs.
MediaTek T800
A follow-up to the T700, the MediTek T800 is a fast and efficient 5G modem. It supports both sub-6GHz and mmWave operation on Standalone (SA) and Non-Standalone (NSA) networks. And it can be used in dual-SIM configurations (with dual standby support).
The modem can provide download speeds of up to 7.9Gbps and upload speeds of up to 4.2Gbps. The T800 fully supports the 4GPP Release-16 specification for 5G along with 4CC vector aggregation.
The modem is built on an energy efficient 4nm node. It natively supports PCIe and USB host interfaces, but can be connected to the rest of the machine by other means as well.
Dial T520 and T528
This pair of chips is intended for Chromebooks and is nearly identical – the T528 only runs at higher clock speeds. Note that these are aimed at more affordable offers, for premium Chromebooks the company has the likes of Kompanio 1380.
The T520 / T528 uses older hardware than 1380. The octa-core CPU features two Cortex-A76 cores – running at 2.0 GHz in the T520 and 2.2 GHz in the T528 – along with six A55 cores. As for memory, the chip supports LPDDR4X RAM (up to 3,733 Mbps) and eMMC 5.1 storage. MediaTek’s Filogic takes care of Wi-Fi 6 connectivity.
Graphics are handled by a Mali-G52 MC2 2EE GPU, as well as a multimedia engine capable of decoding VP9 and H.265 videos. In addition, there is support for cameras up to 32MP and a HiFi-5 DSP for low-power microphone audio processing.
The chip supports integrated FHD + displays (up to 2,520 x 1,080 px at 60Hz) and can also drive an external monitor (up to 1,920 x 1,080px at 60Hz).
The first Chromebooks powered by the new Kompanio T520 and T528 chips are expected in the first half of 2023.
Pentonic 1000
This chip is intended for flagship 4K TVs with displays up to 120Hz. It supports Dolby Vision IQ with Precision Detail and can also process multiple Dolby Vision streams in parallel. The chip will allow televisions to show up to 8 video streams simultaneously.
Plus, it’s built with games in mind. It supports variable refresh rate inputs up to 4K at 144Hz and features Auto Low Latency Mode (a standard defined by HDMI). Additionally, the chip is ready to stream games from the cloud with built-in low-latency Wi-Fi 6 / 6E connectivity.
MediaTek Pentonic 1000 chipset for flagship 4K TVs
For video streaming the chipset is among the first to support the upcoming H.266, aka VVC. It also handles the usual HEVC, VP9, AVS3 and AV1. Dolby Atmos sound can be coupled with Dolby Vision images.
The first televisions with the Pentonic 1000 are expected in the first quarter of 2023.
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