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Sep. 07, 2015 -
MediaTek announced its Board of Directors had approved a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) with Richtek Technology Corporation (TSE: 6286; hereinafter “Richtek”) today. Per the LOI, MediaTek and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively and individually, hereinafter, “MediaTek”) shall launch ...
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Aug. 20, 2015 -
MediaTek’s rapid growth in 4G smartphones is likely to be undermined by handset makers in China who are designing their own chips, according to an analyst who covers the tech industry in Asia.
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Jun. 22, 2015 -
Sansa Security, a leading provider of embedded security technologies, today announced that Sansa Silicon for TrustZone® has been selected by MediaTek for use in its next-generation mobile processors.
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Jun. 01, 2015 -
MediaTek Inc. said it will continue to use Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) as its foundry for leading edge chips, laying to rest rumors that the world’s third-largest chip designer might shift orders to TSMC rival Samsung.
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Apr. 15, 2015 -
According to preliminary findings from the 2015 edition of Semicast’s Embedded Processing Service, Qualcomm was the leading supplier of 32/64-bit core silicon in 2014, ahead of Apple and MediaTek. The findings show the top three suppliers collectively held an estimated market share of 44%, with the ...
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Apr. 02, 2015 -
Andes Technology today announced that MediaTek Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor company, has adopted the AndesCore™ N9 CPU IP in their SoCs.
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Mar. 04, 2015 -
MediaTek, today announced the launch of MediaTek Ventures - a new strategic investment arm within the company. Headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, MediaTek Ventures will initially invest in startups in Greater China, Europe, Japan and North America, with a US$300m reserve.
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Aug. 07, 2014 -
The top 20 worldwide semiconductor (IC and O S D—optoelectronic, sensor, and discrete) sales ranking for 1H14 includes nine suppliers headquartered in the U.S., three in Japan, three in Europe, two in South Korea, two in Taiwan, and one in Singapore, a relatively broad representation of geographic ...
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Aug. 04, 2014 -
Over the next five years, growth in cellular phones and related devices will push the market for cellular radio components to more than $45 billion led by basebands, power amplifiers and related front-end components, as detailed in "Cellular Radio Components Still On a Healthy Trajectory Through 2018" ...
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Jul. 15, 2014 -
MediaTek today announced MT6795, the 64-bit True Octa-core(TM) LTE smartphone System on Chip (SoC) with the world's first 2K display support. This is MediaTek's flagship smartphone SoC designed to empower high-end device makers to leap into the Android(TM) 64-bit era.
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Jun. 19, 2014 -
A couple of folks on the Street today were banging the drum for mergers and acquisitions in semiconductors, arguing that both tax reasons and the search for earnings growth should propel further deals.
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Jun. 02, 2014 -
Argon Design Ltd., a leading supplier of advanced video verification solutions, through it’s sales and marketing partner ChipStart LLC, has licensed Argon Streams to world leading fabless semiconductor company MediaTek.
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May. 15, 2014 -
The top 20 worldwide semiconductor (IC and O S D—optoelectronic, sensor, and discrete) sales ranking for 1Q14 includes nine suppliers headquartered in the U.S., three in Taiwan, three in Europe, two in South Korea, two in Japan, and one in Singapore, a relatively broad representation of geographic ...
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May. 12, 2014 -
Silicon Image today announced that its reference design partnership with MediaTek has resulted in five new design wins for MHL®-enabled smartphone models from various China and international brands.
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Mar. 18, 2014 -
Synopsys today announced that MediaTek has initiated deployment of Synopsys' IC Compiler™ place and route solution for hierarchical design implementation
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Feb. 24, 2014 -
Silicon Image today announced that MediaTek has partnered with Silicon Image to include the SiI8348 MHL® transmitter in their latest MT6592 and MT6595 octa-core smartphone SoC platforms.
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Feb. 11, 2014 -
MediaTek today announces the MT6595, a premium mobile solution with the world’s first 4G LTE octa-core smartphone SOC powered by the latest Cortex-A17™ CPUs from ARM®. The MT6595 employs ARM’s big.LITTLE™ architecture with MediaTek’s CorePilot™ technology to deliver a Heterogeneous Multi-Processing ...
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Jan. 10, 2014 -
MediaTek came to International CES this year with a singular focus: going global. Taiwan's chip behemoth, which dominates the Chinese market, is now intent on establishing a foothold in the United States in addition to Europe and Japan. For that, the company has new ammo: a multimode-LTE modem chipset, ...
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Jan. 08, 2014 -
Sonics today announced that it has licensed its on-chip interconnect technology to MediaTek Inc. MediaTek will use Sonics' technology in a forthcoming new line of systems-on-chip (SoC).
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Dec. 02, 2013 -
After Intel'sanalyst day, a number of analysts came away thoroughly unimpressed with Intel's plans in the mobile space. While it really does seem that Intel is setting itself up for long-term success, it is important to understand the other side of the coin -- investing requires an ability to understand ...
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Nov. 20, 2013 -
MediaTek today unveiled the MT6592, the world’s first true octa-core mobile platform. The MediaTek MT6592 System on a Chip (SOC) combines an advanced eight-core application processor with industry-leading multimedia capabilities and mobile connectivity for a perfect balance of performance and power ...
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Nov. 20, 2013 -
Memoir Systems announced today that MediaTek, the fourth largest fabless semiconductor company in the world, has licensed Memoir's Renaissance multiport memory IP. MediaTek will gain design flexibility and breakthrough memory performance with multiport functionality.
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Oct. 17, 2013 -
The global tablet processor market registered an impressive 46 percent year-on-year growth to reach $759 million in Q2 2013, according to the Strategy Analytics Handset Component Technologies (HCT) service report
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Oct. 08, 2013 -
ARM and MediaTek announced today that MediaTek has acquired a broad license to Cortex-A50 Series processor cores and the next generation of ARM Mali graphics processing Unit (GPU) solutions
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Sep. 13, 2013 -
Imagination Technologies has signed a further license agreement with MediaTek. The multi-year agreement includes multiple cores from Imagination’s PowerVR Series6 ‘Rogue’ family and beyond.
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Aug. 29, 2013 -
Imagination Technologies recognizes its partner MediaTek Inc. for its unique deployment of heterogeneous processing. Confirmed by leading industry sources, Imagination sees the company’s new MT8135 SoC as the industry’s first publicly announced mobile SoC enabling heterogeneous multi-processing ...
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Jul. 30, 2013 -
MediaTek and Trustonic today announced a strategic partnership to embed the Trustonic Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) into MediaTek system-on-chip (SoC) solutions to enable secure apps for smart connected devices.
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Jul. 29, 2013 -
MediaTek today announced its breakthrough MT8135 system-on-chip (SoC) for high-end tablets. The quad-core solution incorporates two high-performance ARM Cortex™-A15 and two ultra-efficient ARM Cortex™-A7 processors, and the latest GPU from Imagination Technologies, the PowerVR™ Series6.
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May. 30, 2013 -
The new tablet platform is an extension of the company’s highly successful quad-core portfolio, it integrates a power-efficient quad-core Cortex™- A7 CPU subsystem with speed up to 1.5GHz, PowerVR™ Series5XT Graphics that delivers compelling multimedia features and sophisticated user experiences. ...
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Feb. 25, 2013 -
Silicon Image today announced the availability of a reference design based on MediaTek's Quad-Core MT6589 smartphone platform and Silicon Image's SiI8338 MHL® transmitter with Media Data Tunneling (MDT) technology.
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Jan. 15, 2013 -
Imagination reports that it has signed a further license agreement with MediaTek Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions, for a multi-core member of Imagination's PowerVR SGX Series5XT graphics processor family.
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Dec. 20, 2012 -
The new quad-core SoC integrates MediaTek’s advanced multi-mode UMTS Rel. 8/HSPA+/TD-SCDMA modem, a power-efficient quad-core Cortex™-A7 CPU subsystem from ARM, PowerVR™ Series5XT GPU from Imagination Technologies, and is delivered in 28nm process technology.
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Nov. 07, 2012 -
According to Strategy Analytics, Qualcomm topped the cellular baseband market with 51 percent revenue share in the first half of 2012 on the strength of its leading position in CDMA, W-CDMA and LTE basebands.
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Oct. 05, 2012 -
Global smartphone applications processor market showed a robust 61 percent year-on-year growth in 1H 2012 to reach $5.5 billion, according to the Strategy Analytics Handset Component Technologies service report.
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Aug. 08, 2012 -
The supply of chips from foundries in Taiwan is being complicated by discounting and rush orders as companies try to benefit from more-available 40-nm silicon to win against chips design in less available 28-nm, according to reports.
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Jun. 22, 2012 -
MediaTek announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a tender offer to acquire shares of MStar Semiconductor, Inc..
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Jun. 13, 2012 -
Technology Leaders Establish the HSA Foundation to Create a Unified, Open Industry Standard Architecture for Heterogeneous Processing; Heterogeneous Processors, Which Combine Two or More Different Types of Processors Into a Single Chip, Accounted for Nearly Half of All Microprocessor Revenue in 2011
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Apr. 10, 2012 -
MediaTek today approved the purchase and acquisition of the Swedish company Coresonic AB, a global leader of Digital Signal Processor (DSP) technology. Following the formalization of the acquisition, Coresonic AB will become another wholly owned subsidiary of MediaTek in Europe.
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Mar. 05, 2012 -
Rambus announced today it has signed a patent license agreement with MediaTek. This agreement covers the use of Rambus patented innovations in a broad range of IC products offered by MediaTek Inc. In addition, the two companies have settled all outstanding claims, including resolution of past use of ...
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Feb. 23, 2012 -
ARM and MediaTek Inc. today announced an extension to their long-standing relationship with a new MediaTek license for a broad range of market leading, high-performance ARM Intellectual Property (IP).