Chipmaker company MediaTek unveiled new SoC model at the ongoing Mobile World Congress trade show. The company announced the Helio P20, which is the successor to its mid-range P10 SoC.
The Helio P20 is to be efficient and consume using less energy. It comes equipped with ARM’s latest Mali-T880 GPU, and eight Cortex-A53 cores which have been clocked at 2.3GHz. The Chinese company says that the new chip is 25 percent more power efficient than the Helio P10. It is built on TSMC’s 16nm FinFET Plus (16FF+) process. MediaTek claims that the Helio P20 is industry’s first SoC to support Samsung’s LPDDR4X RAM module. This, MediaTek claims, provides 70 percent more bandwidth than the LPDDR3 and 50 percent power savings. Other improvements include support for WorldMode LTE Category 6 and 2×20 carrier aggregation at up to 300Mbps download speeds, and 50Mbps upload speeds. The SoC also supports global dual-SIM dual standby, and LTE multimedia broadcast and multicast service, a feature that allows mobile devices to receive HD video content over LTE.
MediaTek Helio P20 (LP4) specifications:
- CPU – 8x ARM Cortex-A53 @ up to 2.3GHz
- GPU – Mali-T880MP2 @ 900MHz
- Memory – Up to 2 x LPDDR4X 1600MHz (up to 6GB) + 1x LPDDR3 933Mhz (up to 4GB)
- Storage – eMMC 5.1 flash
- Display IF – 2x MIPI DSI up to 1920×1080 @ 60fps for dual display + MiraVision 2.0 technology
- Camera – Up to 24MP at 24FPS w/ZSD, 12bit Dual ISP, 3A HW engine, Bayer & Mono sensor support
- Video Decode – H.264 & H.265 up to 4Kx2K @ 30fps
- Video Encode – H.264 up to 4Kx2K @ 30fps
- Modem – LTE FDD/TDD/R.11 Cat.6 with 2×20 CA up to 300Mbps donwnlink and 50Mpbs uplink. C2K SRLTE. L+W DSDS support
- Connectivity – WiFi 802.11 ac/a/b/g/n (with MT6630), and GPS/Glonass/Beidou +Bluetooth + FM radio.
- Audio – 110db SNR & -95db THD
- Manufacturing Process – 16nm
“MediaTek designed the MediaTek Helio P20 to meet today’s consumer demand for sleek, powerful yet highly power efficient mobile devices,” said Jeffrey Ju, Executive Vice President and Co-Chief Operating Officer at MediaTek. “Consumers place increasing importance on the battery life and multimedia capabilities of their smartphones. MediaTek has risen to this challenge with a leading solution.” Devices with MediaTek Helio P20 SoC will begin shipping in the second quarter of 2016.
Source: gadgets.ndtv
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