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MediaTek’s Dimensity 9400 SOC is already showing up in phones people can buy TODAY.
I sat down with Dr Finbarr Moynihan from MediaTek for a quick chat about the direction the company is heading on mobile performance, and how they’re refining their products from last year. Continue reading “MediaTek Dimensity 9400: Refining and Adapting to an AI Future – Interview with Dr. Finbarr Moynihan”
MediaTek has announced an exciting new mobile chip for flagship phones!
The Dimensity 9300 looks like a powerhouse for compute tasks, but the major topic for this year’s MediaTek Summit is AI. More than tripling the AI performance of last year’s chip, are silicon companies being pressured to force AI on consumers?
I sit down with Dr Finbarr Moynihan and DS Shiu from MediaTek to discuss the future of on-device generative AI. Continue reading “MediaTek Dimensity 9300 and the Future of Mobile AI – Interview”
This is a great option I hope becomes a more popular trend…
MediaTek sent me the JBL Quantum True Wireless earbuds to take on a test drive, and I’m really glad they did.
We’re trying to do a lot with Bluetooth these days, and sometimes we’re forcing Bluetooth into situations it wasn’t really designed for. We’ve gotten pretty good at augmenting Bluetooth for better quality and latency, but at the end of the day, it’s still Bluetooth.
There’s a frustrating aspect to our current earbud market, where host devices and earbuds have to match to get all the benefits of a new audio codec. We have several flavors of audio signal now. If your phone, tablet, console, or PC don’t speak the same codec “language” as your headphones, then you don’t get all the fancy new features.
There is a way around that, and gamers have been using it for YEARS on wireless gaming headsets. Continue reading “JBL Quantum TWS: The BEST Wireless Earbuds for the Steam Deck!”
SOC SHOWDOWN!
Let’s get nerdy with some silicon announcements! Qualcomm vs MediaTek vs Google! We have a better idea of what chips will be in our phones for the first half of 2023. What makes them different? How will we grade them for performance? Will it matter to consumers what chip is in their phones?
Let’s dig into the specs and take a look! Continue reading “Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Dimensity 9200 vs Tensor 2! What we know so far…”
I’m always going to be excited by better competition.
In 2019, the mobile landscape was dominated by Qualcomm and Apple SOCs at the premium tier of phones and tablets. HiSilicon’s Kirin was facing issues due to political pressures placed on Huawei. MediaTek maintained a respectable reputation as a mid-range and entry-level chip provider.
We didn’t have much choice in what powered more expensive gadgets.
Flash forward two years, we’re starting to get some insight on what will power devices in 2022, and this market is a LOT more exciting.
MediaTek took the wraps off a premium tier competitor. We’re about to hear more from Qualcomm’s Snapdragon team. Apple’s A15 is solidly refined over the A14. Google launched their first custom chip with the Pixel 6.
A stale landscape has exploded, and more companies are rumored to be designing their own solutions over the next several years.
When it comes to pocketable portable performance, we just have one small issue…
Power. Continue reading “Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Dimensity 9000, and the Problems with POWER”
Two phones of the same name!
The T-Mobile version of the Velvet uses a different processor than other 5G versions of the phone, but what does that mean? MediaTek? Qualcomm? Snapdragon? Dimensity? Let’s see how these two phones REALLY compare!
It’s time for a showdown! Continue reading “Is the REAL LG Velvet on T-Mobile? MediaTek vs Qualcomm!”