There are indications that chipmakers AMD and MediaTek are negotiating on a joint venture arrangement that could see AMD producing chips with MediaTek IP integrated into them. A report by DigiTimes says that the collaboration will be focused mainly on chip-level data transmission technologies including Wi-Fi, 5G, and wired data transmission. As per the DigiTimes report, the focus product offering will center on mobility hardware solutions, laptops inclusive.
The joint venture arrangement, if talks proceed smoothly, could see the first chips with the AMD-MediaTek mix being released by 2024. If the talks come to fruition, this would not be the first time such collaborations between AMD and MediaTek will be happening. The AMD RZ608 SoC has MediaTek’s Wi-Fi 6 technology integrated into its design. The RZ608 is the chipset used in AYANEO’s handheld games console.
The collaboration could have a significant impact on AMD’s notebook solutions by making them more attractive with the extensive array of wireless solutions brought to the table by MediaTek. The Taiwanese company MediaTek has evolved to become one of the leading mobile SoC developers with a rich vein of highly successful 5G-enabled solutions. These are seen as solid alternatives to most of the Intel-developed solutions. The choice of MediaTek could be seen as a strategic move by AMD, as it pursues some degree of parity or better all-round performance over Intel.
MediaTek surpassed Qualcomm in mobile chips shipments in 2020 and the company is well primed to continue to deliver some of the leading designs in the mobile SoC market, with a sufficient mix of innovation and versatility. A successful collaboration between AMD and MediaTek will enable AMD to transit to MediaTek-made data communications solutions, while also shoring up the output for MediaTek in the notebook segment of the market.
There has been no official confirmation of the negotiations by either of the companies at this time.
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