MediaTek

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MediaTek, Inc.
聯發科技股份有限公司
Type Public (TWSE: 2454)
Industry Fabless semiconductors
Founded May 28, 1997
Headquarters Hsinchu, Taiwan[1]
Area served Worldwide
Key people Ming-Kai Tsai
(Chairman & CEO)[2]
Jyh-Jer Cho
(Vice Chairman)[2]
Ching-Jiang Hsieh
(President)[2]
Products Semiconductor
intellectual property
Revenue Increase US$3.36 billion (2012)[3]
Net income Increase US$529 million (2012)[3]
Employees 6,999 (2012)[3]
Website www.mediatek.com

MediaTek Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company that provides system-on-chip solutions for smartphones, tablets, optical drives, digital televisions, set-top boxes, GPS units, Wi-Fi routers and Bluetooth devices. Headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, the company has 25 offices worldwide and is one of the top 25 semiconductor suppliers globally by sales volume.[4][5]

Since its founding in 1997, MediaTek has democratized the global market for smartphones, among other products, through the creation of turnkey chipset solutions.[3][6][7] The solutions comprise comprehensive software and hardware components designed to enable equipment makers to focus less on engineering and more on establishing brand identity and recognition.[8] MediaTek also provides its customers with reference designs and directions on how to implement its solutions.[9]

Corporate history

MediaTek's MT1389 SoC for DVD players

MediaTek was originally a unit of United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) tasked with designing chipsets for home entertainment products.[6] On May 28, 1997, the unit was spun off and incorporated. MediaTek Inc. was listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSEC) under the "2454" code on July 23, 2001.[10]

During its early years, the company primarily designed chipsets for optical drives and digital TVs.[6] By early 2000, MediaTek was among the world's largest suppliers for both these products.[6] In 2004, the company launched a new division to design solutions for mobile devices. Seven years later, it was taking orders for more than 500 million mobile system-on-chip units per annum, which included solutions for both feature phones and smart devices.[6]

Acquisitions

Ralink

On May 5, 2011, MediaTek acquired Ralink Technology Corporation.[11]

Coresonic

On April 11, 2012, MediaTek acquired Coresonic, a global producer of digital signal processing solutions based in Linköping, Sweden. Coresonic is now a wholly owned subsidiary of MediaTek in Europe.[12]

MStar

On June 22, MediaTek announced that it would acquire rival chipset designer MStar. The initial phase of the deal will see MediaTek taking a 48 percent stake, with an option to purchase the remaining stake at a later date.[13]

Innovations

Heterogeneous multi-processing

With the release of its MT8135 system-on-chip (SoC) for tablets in July, 2013, MediaTek became the world’s first company to commercially supply ARM big.LITTLE chipsets with heterogeneous multi-processing capabilities.[14][15] By concurrently allocating tasks to individual CPU cores, the MT8135 offered significant power saving advantages over competing mobile device solutions at the time.[14]

True Octa-Core

In July, 2013, MediaTek became the first system-on-chip (SoC) supplier to announce the development of an octa-core mobile device SoC capable of processing tasks with eight CPU cores concurrently, a solution the company refers to as "True Octa-Core".[16]

On November 20, 2013 in a press event held in Beijing MediaTek officially pulled the wraps off the MT6592 SoC. It's a 'true octa core' chip with eight ARM Cortex A7 application processor clocked at 1.7-2.0 GHz and Mali 450-MP GPU clocked at 700 MHz. There is no on-board LTE radio but the inclusion of NFC radio makes it more compact as compared to all previous versions. It also supports Ultra-HD or 4k video playback.[17]

Product categories

MediaTek delivers solutions across the IT, consumer electronics and mobile communications fields. Its chipsets are divided into the following product categories:[18]

  • Mobile
  • Radio-frequency transceivers
  • Digital Consumer DVD
  • Digital TVs
  • PC optical storage drives
  • Wi-Fi
  • xDSL
  • Bluetooth
  • NFC
  • GPS

Product list

Smartphone and modem processors

(2009-2012)

Model Number CPU instruction set Semiconductor
technology		 CPU CPU cache GPU Memory technology Wireless radio technologies Released Utilising devices
MT6235 ARM9 Up to 208 MHz No GPU No smartphone SoC
MT6516 ARM9 (ARMv5) 416 MHz No GPU Not 3G compatible 2009 Spice Mi-270, various Chinese unbranded phones
MT6513 ARM11 (ARMv6) 65 nm 650 MHz PowerVR SGX531 Not 3G compatible (MT6573 without 3G)
MT6573 ARM11 (ARMv6) 65 nm 650 MHz PowerVR SGX531 3G, HSPA 2010
MT6515 Cortex A9 (ARMv7) 40 nm 1.0 GHz PowerVR SGX531 Not 3G compatible (MT6575 without 3G) 2012
MT6575 Cortex-A9 (ARMv7), 512 KB L2 cache 40 nm 1.0 GHz PowerVR SGX531 @522 MHz 3G, HSPA 2011
MT6575M Cortex-A9 (ARMv7), 256 KB L2 cache 65 nm 1.0 GHz PowerVR SGX531 @281 MHz 3G, HSPA 2012
MT6577 Cortex-A9 (ARMv7) 40 nm 1.0 GHz dual-core PowerVR SGX531 @522MHz 3G, HSPA, HSPA+ 2012
MT6577T Cortex A9 (ARMv7) 40 nm 1.2 GHz dual-core PowerVR SGX531 @525MHz 3G, HSPA, HSPA+
MT6517 Cortex A9 (ARMv7) 40 nm 1.0 GHz dual-core PowerVR SGX531 @522MHz Not 3G compatible (MT6577 without 3G) 2012
MT6517T Cortex A9 (ARMv7) 40 nm 1.2 GHz dual-core PowerVR SGX531 @525MHz Not 3G compatible (MT6577T without 3G)

(2013-)

Model number CPU instruction set Semiconductor technology CPU CPU cache GPU Memory technology Wireless radio technologies Released utilising devices
MT6589[lower-alpha 1] Cortex A7 (ARMv7) 28 nm 1.2 GHz quad-core 32 KB L1, 1 MB L2 PowerVR SGX544 @ 286 MHz LPDDR2 533Mhz 3G, HSPA+, TD-SCDMA 2013 Mar Lenovo A820, Lenovo A830
MT6589M Cortex A7 (ARMv7) 28 nm 1.2 GHz quad-core PowerVR SGX544 @ 156 MHz 3G, HSPA+, TD-SCDMA 2013 Jul
MT6589T Cortex A7 (ARMv7) 28 nm 1.5 GHz quad-core 32 KB L1, 1 MB L2 PowerVR SGX544 @ 357 MHz LPDDRI/LPDDR2 3G, HSPA+, TD-SCDMA 2013 Jul Xolo Q1000s
MT6290[lower-alpha 2] Cortex A7 (ARMv7) 1.3 GHz+ quad-core No GPU Multi-mode TD-LTE/FDD-LTE/WCDMA/HSPA+/TD-SCDMA/GSM/EDGE, Wi-Fi, FM, Bluetooth, GPS[19] 2014 Q1
MT6572 Cortex A7 (ARMv7) 28 nm 1.2 GHz dual-core 32 KB L1, 256 KB L2 Mali-400 MP1 @ 500 MHz LPDDR2 266 MHz Multi-mode Rel. 8 HSPA+/TD-SCDMA, Wi-Fi, FM, Bluetooth, GPS[20] 2013 Jun
MT6582M Cortex A7 (ARMv7) 28 nm 1.3 GHz quad-core 32 KB L1, 512 KB L2 Mali-400 MP2 @ 416 MHz R8 HSPA+/TD-SCDMA, Wi-Fi, FM, Bluetooth, GPS 2014 Q1 Xolo Q700s
MT6582 Cortex A7 (ARMv7) 28 nm 1.3 GHz quad-core 32 KB L1, 512 KB L2 Mali-400 MP2 @ 500 MHz LPDDR2 533 MHz R8 HSPA+/TD-SCDMA, Wi-Fi, FM, Bluetooth, GPS 2013 Q3 micromax canvas turbo mini
MT6588 Cortex A7 (ARMv7) 28 nm HPM 1.7 GHz quad-core 32 KB L1, 512 KB L2 Mali-450 MP4 @ 600 MHz LPDDR2 533 MHz, LPDDR3 666 MHz R8 HSPA+/TD-SCDMA, Wi-Fi, FM, Bluetooth, GPS 2013 Q4
MT6592 Cortex A7 (ARMv7) 28 nm HPM 1.7/2 GHz octa-core 32 KB L1, 1 MB L2 Mali-450 MP4 @ 700 MHz LPDDR2 533 MHz, LPDDR3 666 MHz R8 HSPA+/TD-SCDMA, Wi-Fi, FM, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC [21] 2013 Q4 Huawei Honor 3X[22], Gionee Elife E7 mini[23], Lenovo S939[24], Intex Aqua Octa[25], Alcatel One Touch Idol X+[26], TCL Idol X+[27], Micromax A350 Canvas Knight[28], Newman K18[29], Newman K2S[30], Zopo ZP998[31], Zopo ZP980+[32]
MT6595 Cortex A7 (ARMv7) 28 nm HPM 1.7/2.2 GHz octa-core 32 KB L1, 1 MB L2 WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, GSM, FDD-LTE and TD-LTE [33] 2014 Q1
  1. ↑ previously known as MT6588
  2. ↑ limited production for phone development

Standalone application processors

Model Number CPU instruction set CPU CPU cache GPU Memory technology Wireless radio technologies
MT8312 Cortex-A7 (ARMv7) 1.3 GHz dual-core Mali-400 @ 500 MHz
MT8317 Cortex-A9 (ARMv7) 1.0 GHz dual-core PowerVR SGX 531
MT8317T Cortex-A9 (ARMv7) 1.2 GHz dual-core PowerVR SGX 531
MT8125 / 8389 Cortex A7 (ARMv7) 1.5 GHz quad-core PowerVR SGX 544 @ 300 MHz
MT8135 Cortex A15 (ARMv7), Cortex A7 (ARMv7) 1 GHz+ 2x dual-core PowerVR G 6200 [34]

GNSS modules

Global navigation satellite system (GNSS) modules.

  • MT6628 (GPS)
  • MT6620 (GPS)
  • MT3339 (2011) (GPS, QZSS, SBAS)[35]
  • MT3337 (GPS)
  • MT3336 (GPS)
  • MT3333/MT3332 (2013) is the world’s first five-in-one multi-GNSS that supports the Beidou navigation satellite system.[36]
  • MT3329 (GPS)
  • MT3328 (GPS)
  • MT3318 (GPS)

IEEE 802.11

As a result of the merger with Ralink, MediaTek has added wireless network interface controllers for IEEE 802.11-standards, and SoCs with MIPS CPUs to its product portfolio.

References

  1. ↑ "Apple Really Needs That Cheaper IPhone". Bloomberg Businessweek. 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2013. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Investor Relations: Corporate Management". MediaTek. Retrieved September 24, 2013. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "MediaTek Annual Report 2012". MediaTek. p. 56. Retrieved September 24, 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Worldwide locations". MediaTek. Retrieved September 27, 2013. 
  5. ↑ "Pure-Play Foundries and Fabless Suppliers are Star Performers". IC Insights. 2012. Retrieved September 27, 2013. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "The Next Global Smartphone Revolution: Made in Taiwan". Wired. Retrieved September 27, 2013. 
  7. ↑ "MediaTek to improve low-cost Android smartphone performance". Good Gear Guide by PC World Australia. Retrieved September 27, 2013. 
  8. ↑ "MediaTek Launches Its First Quad-Core Processor". Mashable. Retrieved September 27, 2013. 
  9. ↑ "Serial disrupter". The Economist. Retrieved September 27, 2013. 
  10. ↑ "Chinese chipmaking upstarts are preparing to take on Qualcomm and Intel". IT Pro Portal. Retrieved October 3, 2013. 
  11. ↑ "MediaTek buys Ralink". EE Times. Retrieved October 3, 2013. 
  12. ↑ "MediaTek buys baseband DSP IP licensor Coresonic". EE Times. Retrieved October 3, 2013. 
  13. ↑ "MediaTek to Buy Chip Design Rival MStar for $3.8 Billion". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved October 3, 2013. 
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Tablet SoC Latecomer MediaTek Creeping up on Samsung". EE Times. Retrieved October 3, 2013. 
  15. ↑ "MediaTek announces MT8135 big.LITTLE SoC for high-end tablets". Android Community. Retrieved October 3, 2013. 
  16. ↑ "MediaTek GM on future processors and what else to expect from the company". ThinkDigit. Retrieved October 3, 2013. 
  17. ↑ http://micromaxcanvas.net/mediatek-mt6592-true-octa-core-soc/
  18. ↑ "MediaTek". MediaTek. Retrieved October 3, 2013. 
  19. ↑ Abbie (27 May 2013). "Mediatek speaks about it’s 4G LTE MT6290 SoC". Gizchina. Retrieved 27 May 2013. 
  20. ↑ "MediaTek Launches the World’s First Integrated Platform for Entry Smartphones featuring Dual-Core HSPA+ SoC". MediaTek. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013. 
  21. ↑ Lai, Richard (2 July 2013). "MediaTek to launch true 8-core, 2GHz MT6592 chipset in November?". Engadget. AOL. Retrieved 2 July 2013. 
  22. ↑ "Huawei Honor 3X". DeviceSpecifications. Retrieved 7 February 2014. 
  23. ↑ "Gionee Elife E7 mini". DeviceSpecifications. Retrieved 7 February 2014. 
  24. ↑ "Lenovo S939". DeviceSpecifications. Retrieved 7 February 2014. 
  25. ↑ "Intex Aqua Octa". DeviceSpecifications. Retrieved 7 February 2014. 
  26. ↑ "Alcatel One Touch Idol X+". DeviceSpecifications. Retrieved 7 February 2014. 
  27. ↑ "TCL Idol X+". DeviceSpecifications. Retrieved 7 February 2014. 
  28. ↑ "Micromax A350 Canvas Knight". DeviceSpecifications. Retrieved 7 February 2014. 
  29. ↑ "Newman K18". DeviceSpecifications. Retrieved 7 February 2014. 
  30. ↑ "Newman K2S". DeviceSpecifications. Retrieved 7 February 2014. 
  31. ↑ "Zopo ZP998". DeviceSpecifications. Retrieved 7 February 2014. 
  32. ↑ "Zopo ZP980+". DeviceSpecifications. Retrieved 7 February 2014. 
  33. ↑ http://www.gizchina.com/2013/12/10/4g-lte-mt6595-8-core-processor-available-manufacturers-january/
  34. ↑ "Mediatek MT8135 with arm big.little". gizmochina. Retrieved 2013-05-04. 
  35. ↑ MediaTek Announces Its Latest GPS Solution Supporting QZSS, MediaTek press release on June 22, 2011
  36. ↑ Press release from 28 January, 2013

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