MediaTek is one of the two popular companies other than Amlogic to be known for its TV chipsets. Most high-end smart televisions from different companies use silicon from the Taiwanese chipmaker. Today, the company has announced a new TV chip called MT9602 to further expand its portfolio. This SoC will be debuting in the new Motorola smart TVs that are scheduled to launch tomorrow (October 9) in India.
The newly unveiled MediaTek MT9602 smart TV SoC includes a quad-core processor consisting of 4 x ARM Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.5GHz. Whereas, for graphics. It features Arm Mali-G52 MC1 GPU.
According to the company, this chipset can support up to 2GB RAM and 4K resolution (3,840×2,160 pixels) at 60Hz refresh rate. Like any modern silicon, it also supports popular HDR standards and video codecs like HLG, HDR10, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, AV1, AVS2, HEVC, VP9, H.264, and SHVC 4K60@10bit video decoding with H.264 encoding.
As for connectivity, it supports HDMI 1.4/2.0 with HDCP 2.2, HDMI 2.1a, and USB 2.0. For audio, there’s support for Dolby Atmos decoding and 4x directional microphones. Last but not least, this chip also includes a few technologies from MediaTek like AI-PQ, AI-AQ, and AI-Voice.
As we stated in the beginning, the MediaTek MT9602 smart TV SoC will be debuting in Motorola-branded smart televisions by Flipkart that are set to launch tomorrow in India alongside other home appliances.
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