Almost, all the major chipset manufacturers have already revealed their 7nm chipsets this year. Qualcomm announced its Snapdragon 855 built on the 7nm process. Similarly, Apple and Huawei have also launched A12 Bionic and Kirin 980 7nm chipsets respectively. There are significant improvements that these 7nm mobile SoCs carry over the traditional 12 nm chipsets. The 7nm chipsets have now become standard for high-end smartphones. In order to match the new standards, MediaTek is also going to debut 7nm chipset in the market soon. As per the Finbarr Moynihan, MediaTek’s vice president of corporate sales and business development, the company is eagerly working on the 7nm 5G chipset.
In an interview with our folks over at the Android Authority, Finbarr Moynihan claimed that MediaTek is working on the 7nm 5G chipset. He further added that the new chipset is mainly designed for the higher end market and would be better and more capable than the Helio P90 chipset. Although, he didn’t confirm any specifications for the upcoming 5G chipset but confirmed that it wouldn’t be as expensive as like of its competitors.
In a related question regarding Helio X series, Finbarr replied that “I think you’ll see something moving up-tier from us.” He further added that “How we brand it and what it shows up as, I’m not sure. But you’ll certainly see more high-end capability than, say, we’ve exhibited on the P90.”
Along with 5G compatibility, the new chipset could come up with recently announced M70 5G modem. Although if we match some past revelations, then the new chipset would become available by the end of this year as the 5G modem is slated to debut by the end of this year. So as per developments, next year will be a game-changing year for MediaTek. As most of the high-end devices running the new chipset will come by the first half of 2020.
Although, its too early to comment whether on which devices the new chipset will debut. On the basis of Finbarr sayings, the new chipset will be affordable aka it won’t be carrying a hefty price tag. Overall, the total build cost of the devices using it will significantly reduce. In other words, the devices running the MediaTek 7nm 5G chipset won’t be as expensive as like of Samsung, Huawei and Apple devices.
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