MediaTek’s First 2nm Chip to Tape Out in September, Manufactured by TSMC

MediaTek's First 2nm Chip to Tape Out in September, Manufactured by TSMC

According to IT Home, on May 20, the Commercial Times published a blog post reporting that at the 2025 Taipei International Computer Show, MediaTek’s CEO Cai Lixing announced its first 2nm chip, which is expected to tape out in September 2025. Note from IT Home: Tape Out refers to the process of converting the designed … Read more

Analysis of Xiaomi’s Xuanjie 3nm Chip Production Compliance

Analysis of Xiaomi's Xuanjie 3nm Chip Production Compliance

First, let’s supplement whether Xiaomi’s Xuanjie 3nm chip production is compliant. This article provides a comprehensive analysis: Research on the compliance of Xiaomi’s Xuanjie 3nm chip. In summary, the new regulations for January’s bis production have ultimately landed at 30 billion transistors, mainly restricting cloud high-performance computing chips. The Xuanjie has 19 billion transistors, and … Read more

Arm to Launch Next-Generation Flagship CPU IP ‘Travis’ This Year, Part of MediaTek’s Dimensity 9500 Mobile Platform

Arm to Launch Next-Generation Flagship CPU IP 'Travis' This Year, Part of MediaTek's Dimensity 9500 Mobile Platform

Chris Bergey, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Arm’s Client Products Division, recently attended a media event in Beijing, where he stated that Arm’s next-generation flagship CPU IP “Travis” will achieve a double-digit percentage IPC improvement over the existing Cortex-X925.“Travis” is set to launch later this year, and it will also be the first … Read more

ARM’s Open Licensing Strategy: A Necessary Shift Amidst Client Departures

ARM's Open Licensing Strategy: A Necessary Shift Amidst Client Departures

This morning, ARM’s announcement was tightly guarded, but everyone has guessed the gist of it, knowing that it aims to provide a new direction for the industry. To put it bluntly, ARM is currently facing tough times, encountering setbacks in the market, much like experiencing failures in both career and relationships. Last year, NVIDIA attempted … Read more

Industry Information Dispatch: Intensifying Competition in the Smartphone SoC Market!

Industry Information Dispatch: Intensifying Competition in the Smartphone SoC Market!

(Source: counterpointresearch)In 2024, revenue from high-end Android smartphone SoCs is expected to grow by 34% year-on-year, driven by increased demand for high-end smartphones and the launch of more powerful AI platforms.Qualcomm remains the market leader with a growth rate of 6%. Although Qualcomm lost market share to Samsung’s Exynos in the Galaxy S24 series, it … Read more

MTK YES! Dimensity Series Expected to Ship Over 45 Million 6nm Chips This Year with Parameter Exposures

MTK YES! Dimensity Series Expected to Ship Over 45 Million 6nm Chips This Year with Parameter Exposures

Recently, MediaTek launched a new Dimensity 5G SoC – the Dimensity 700. This processor is positioned as an entry-level 5G processor, targeting the budget and mid-range market. It uses a 7nm process and features an octa-core CPU architecture, including two Arm Cortex-A76 big cores and six Cortex A55 efficiency cores. The clock speed can reach … Read more

Redmi 14C Teardown: Domestic Chips Create a Cost-Effective Marvel

Redmi 14C Teardown: Domestic Chips Create a Cost-Effective Marvel

May. Click the blue text to follow us 2025.05 Participate in the prize quiz at the end of the article to win exquisite gifts! In the context of the global smartphone market continuing to upscale, Xiaomi has launched the Redmi 14C with a starting price of only 499 yuan. What strategy is this? Is it … Read more

Latest Domestic Smartphone SoC Shipment Rankings: Domestic Manufacturers Emerge as Dark Horses

Latest Domestic Smartphone SoC Shipment Rankings: Domestic Manufacturers Emerge as Dark Horses

Recently, market research firm CINNO Research released data on the shipment volumes of smartphone SoCs in China for May 2021. The data shows that the top 5 smartphone SoC shipment rankings in China for May are: 1) MediaTek 2) Qualcomm Snapdragon 3) Apple 4) HiSilicon 5) Unisoc. It can be seen that Qualcomm, Apple, and … Read more

Qualcomm and MediaTek: Unveiling the Performance of Flagship Chips

Qualcomm and MediaTek: Unveiling the Performance of Flagship Chips

Qualcomm and MediaTek: Unveiling the Performance of Flagship ChipsINTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ DAY Qualcomm and MediaTek have once again entered the “battle of the giants” in the flagship chip arena, with performance advancing by leaps and bounds. However, this progress has led to a somewhat troubling issue — the prices of high-end models are skyrocketing! Today, let’s … Read more

ARM Processors Make Progress: MediaTek’s Smart Driving Platform Introduces Cortex-X5 Super Core, Apple M Series May Debut on iPad!

ARM Processors Make Progress: MediaTek's Smart Driving Platform Introduces Cortex-X5 Super Core, Apple M Series May Debut on iPad!

News ①:Cortex-X5 Super Core, MediaTek’s New Platform Appears on Geekbench A test device featuring MediaTek’s engineering chip has appeared in the Geekbench database, identified as the newly released Dimensity flagship cockpit chip CT-X1, which is MediaTek’s first 3nm chip, boasting performance over 30% higher than Qualcomm’s SA8295 platform. Importantly, this chip utilizes ARM’s next-generation public … Read more