Rather than chasing raw benchmark numbers alone, the company appears focused on delivering flagship-grade performance, gaming, and on-device AI to phones that do not carry eye-watering price tags.
In an interview to Moneycontrol, MediaTek India MD Anku Jain shares the chipmaker's strategy to democratise 5G, India’s semiconductor manufacturing and why he believes that this time the chip push is for real
Qualcomm and MediaTek have expressed willingness to tap into India’s emerging fabrication and chip packaging capacities if local production proves strategically and commercially viable
MediaTek has just launched its new budget SoC, the Dimensity 6400, which is built on TSMC's 6nm process technology. It’s a slight refresh of last year’s Dimensity 6300
The Dimensity 8400 builds on MediaTek's flagship Dimensity 9400 and introduces an "All Big Core" CPU design to the premium segment.
According to Counterpoint Research, MediaTek dominates the sub-Rs 30,000 5G smartphone segment, where it secured a 64 percent market share in the first half of the calendar year. Qualcomm followed with a 31 percent share
The Taiwanese chip maker has started discussions with Indian two and four-wheeler players to deploy Made in India IoT modules, apps, and clusters, which comprise infotainment touch screens used in car dashboards and electric two-wheelers
"Jio Things is pleased to collaborate with MediaTek to revolutionize the Mobility industry with our 4G Smart Android Digital Cluster, App Suite and Smart Module solutions,” Jio Platforms, President and CEO, Kiran Thomas said.
The MediaTek Dimensity 9300+ offers increased clock speeds and is designed to accelerate on-device generative AI processing.
Qualcomm and MediaTek are increasing their focus on India’s automotive industry which is embracing the EV revolution. Both companies are strategically pivoting towards the sector and are lining up new investments to win more customers at a time when growth in smartphone market is stagnating.
Finbarr Moynihan, Vice President, Corporate Marketing of the company, says MediaTek would do so, if any of its partners decide to use India to build semiconductor fabrication. He said that the smartphone market's rapid volume growth YoY is over.
All three phones taut photography as a prominent feature with triple camera modules and were initially launched in China in May.