MediaTek working on Wi-Fi 7 chips, holds an inaugural tech demo

Sean — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 11:56:49 +0000

MediaTek has just announced its Filogic series products that feature Wi-Fi 7 technology. The new standard is said to allow 4K to 8K video streaming and “metaverse grade” connectivity as well.

The Taiwanese chipmaking giant is just announced that it is working on Wi-Fi 7 chips and also held an inaugural tech demo. According to the company, the new standards would be able to sustain improvements through advancements like multi link operation (MLO) technology. Furthermore, the next generation of Wi-Fi should be able to use new 320MHz channels. The brand has also suggested that users looking to purchase Wi-Fi 7 enabled products should look out for specs like 4K quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM).

These product may also offer multi user resource unit (MRU) features, also rated to address interference. The new standard is estimated to offer a 2.4 times jump in speed over Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E. Notably, MediaTek believes that the technology will ship with its latest Filogic Wi-Fi 7 based products sometime next year. In other words, the standard will become the industry norm next year, which is in line with our previous report as well.

According to Alan Hsu, corporate vice president and general manager of the Intelligent Connectivity business at MediaTek, “The rollout of Wi-Fi 7 will mark the first time that Wi-Fi can be a true wireline/Ethernet replacement for super high-bandwidth applications. MediaTek’s Wi-Fi 7 technology will be the backbone of home, office and industrial networks and provide seamless connectivity for everything from multi-player AR/VR applications to cloud gaming and 4K calls to 8K streaming and beyond.”

MediaTek to be first in launching 5G mmWave mobile SoC, will also launch Wi-Fi 7 solutions next year

Zohaib Ahmed — Sat, 18 Dec 2021 07:21:50 +0000

MediaTek has been making strides in developing chips for devices other than smartphones, recently announcing its Kompanio series of processors for Chromebooks and Pentonic 2000 chip for high-end 8K 120Hz TVs. While most of its revenue continues to come from SoCs for smartphones, it’s clear that the Taiwanese chipmaker is keen on undercutting competition through innovation and being first in offering cutting-edge technologies.

Company CEO Cai Lixing recently revealed that MediaTek will be launching the first 5G mmWave (millimeter-wave) mobile SoC next year. It will be paired with a Wi-Fi 7 solution, also set to be launched early next year (via Digitimes). This, he hopes, will allow the company to achieve 10-20% revenue growth, which although is lower than 2021 growth, is still quite decent.

Lixing further pointed out that MediaTek has received major capacity support in 2022 from its foundries, back-end packaging, and substrate partners, and the shipment situation will be stable next year.

“The post-epidemic era has added many variables to global economic development, and MediaTek will also face many technical challenges, including increasingly complex design architectures and more advanced 3nm and 2nm chip manufacturing nodes,” he said.

MediaTek’s financial report recently revealed consolidated revenue for 3Q21 stood at NT$131,074 million, up 4.3% from the previous quarter and 34.7% year-on-year. Sales of mobile phone chip solutions rose by over 110% year-on-year with a revenue contribution rate of 57%. Sales of non-mobile products including power management ICs and network chips also increased by more than 30%.

In addition, Cai Lixing revealed that MediaTek has become one of the leading companies in the field of wireless communication chips and is doing quite well in the field of Wi-Fi 6/6E.

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MediaTek working on Wi-Fi 7 chips, holds an inaugural tech demo

MediaTek to be first in launching 5G mmWave mobile SoC, will also launch Wi-Fi 7 solutions next year