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 mercato.
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.
Il lancio del Dimensity 9000 nel dicembre dello scorso anno ha segnato a shift in strategia, che vedrà MediaTek tentare per la prima volta di farsi strada nei dispositivi mobili flashship, un campo tradizionalmente dominato da Qualcomm.
Al MWC 2022, TechRadar Pro ha parlato con Pascal Lemasson e Rob Moffat, dirigenti responsabili delle vendite di MediaTek, che hanno fornito un contesto aggiuntivo sul nuovo approccio dell'azienda e sul significato dei suoi nuovi chip Dimensity.
“La strategia consiste nell'offrire ai nostri clienti i chipset dal basso verso l'alto. Prima del Dimensity 9000, avevamo un gap nella fascia alta", ha detto Moffat. "Negli ultimi tre anni, il nostro investimento in ricerca e sviluppo è stato enorme e il 5G è un'enorme opportunità per noi, quindi abbiamo deciso di rivolgerci al mercato di fascia alta".
"In definitiva, dobbiamo concentrarci sulla leadership tecnologica, che ti porta automaticamente a prodotti di alto livello".
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.