MediaTek has revealed an addition to its line of premium 5G chipsets designed to help the company compete on level footing at the upper end of the smartphone kasuwa.
The new Dimensity 9000+ SoC slots in at the top of the MediaTek portfolio, bundling eight CPU cores based on Arm’s v9 architecture with an Arm Mali-G710 GPU.
As with the previous model, the chipset also boasts 8MB L3 cache, 6MB system cache, a high-performance modem, Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 support and an integrated APU for AI acceleration.
Although the specs are largely identical to the base Dimensity 9000, the new SoC is said to offer a material performance boost across graphical and traditional workloads, thanks to the ability to run cores at higher clock speeds.
Historically, MediaTek has played in the somewhat less sexy portions of the mobile chipset market, featuring inside budget and mid-range phones aimed at users for whom performance isn’t necessarily the priority.
Ƙaddamar da Dimensity 9000 a watan Disambar bara ya nuna alamar a shift a cikin dabarun, wanda zai ga ƙoƙarin MediaTek a karon farko don ƙaddamar da hanyarsa zuwa na'urorin hannu na flashship, filin da Qualcomm ya mamaye al'ada.
At MWC 2022, TechRadar Pro ya yi magana da Pascal Lemasson da Rob Moffat, masu gudanarwa da ke kula da tallace-tallace a MediaTek, wanda ya ba da ƙarin mahallin game da sabon tsarin kamfanin da kuma mahimmancin sabon kwakwalwan Dimensity.
“Dabaran ita ce baiwa abokan cinikinmu chipsets daga kasa zuwa sama. Kafin Dimensity 9000, muna da gibi a saman ƙarshen, "in ji Moffat. "A cikin shekaru uku da suka gabata, hannun jarinmu na R&D ya kasance mai yawa kuma 5G babbar dama ce a gare mu, don haka mun yanke shawara don kaiwa ga babban kasuwa."
"Daga karshe, muna bukatar mu mai da hankali kan jagorancin fasaha, wanda ke kai ku kai tsaye zuwa manyan kayayyaki."
The arrival of the Dimensity 9000+, meanwhile, adds another string to the MediaTek bow, perhaps giving OEMs a difficult choice to make when selecting a configuration for their upcoming flagships.
“Building on the success of our first flagship 5G chipset, the Dimensity 9000+ ensures that device makers always have access to the most advanced high-performance features and the latest mobile technologies, making it possible for their top-tier smartphones to stand out,” said Dr. Yenchi Lee, Deputy GM of Wireless Communications at MediaTek.
“With a suite of top-tier AI, gaming, multimedia, imaging and connectivity features, the Dimensity 9000+ delivers faster gameplay, seamless streaming and an all-around better user experience.”
Smartphones based on the MediaTek Dimensity 9000+ are set to go to market in the third quarter.