MediaTek has been launching new 5G chipsets for smartphones under its Dimensity lineup at regular intervals. Now, the company has announced a new chipset for 5G smartphones — MediaTek Dimensity 1000C in the United States.
This newly launched chipset will be powering the LG Velvet smartphone in the U.S. on T-Mobile’s nationwide 5G network. The company says that the chipset delivers advanced AI capabilities, enhanced display features, fast connectivity, and improved multimedia capabilities for a premium user experience.
The Dimensity 1000C is manufactured using a 7nm process node and features four Arm-Cortex-A77 CPU cores and four power-efficient Arm Cortex-A55 cores operating up to 2GHz, with a large, low-latency communal cache that improves performance and power-efficiency even further.
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The company adds that it has ensured avid gamers have powerful graphics at their fingertips. There’s also the MediaTek AI processing unit (APU 3.0) that combines three different types of AI processors for AI-camera, AI-assistant, and in-app and OS-enhancements for superior experiences.
It also comes with support for AV1 HDR on Netflix and AV1 video streaming on YouTube. MediaTek says that it is working with Twitch to bring AV1 video streaming to mobile. Along with Dual Display and Dual Voice Wake Up support, it also has advanced camera support.
With this launch, Dimensity 1000C has become the third variant in the series which already has Dimensity 1000 and 1000+ SoCs. Apart from Dimensity 1000, MediaTek also has Dimensity 800 and Dimensity 700 series 5G chipsets.
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