News MediaTek reportedly preps Arm processors for Windows laptop — will arrive as Qualcomm's exclusivity deal expires

[Admin]

Three sources have indicated that MediaTek is working on a Windows-on-Arm SoC to compete with Qualcomm.

MediaTek reportedly preps Arm processors for Windows laptop — will arrive as Qualcomm's exclusivity deal expires : Read more

 

[usertests]

Make whatever it is substantially cheaper than Snapdragon X Plus, allow it to run Linux unhindered, and we've got a winner.

 

[gondor]

The real benefit on ARM PC ecosystem (even if kickstarted with Windows on ARM) is adherence to more standardized/unified system start-up. Currently ARM ecosystem is a bit of a quagmire in this regard.

 

[bit_user]

The real benefit on ARM PC ecosystem (even if kickstarted with Windows on ARM) is adherence to more standardized/unified system start-up. Currently ARM ecosystem is a bit of a quagmire in this regard.

Yes, but I recall reading something pretty recently that ARM standardize something about it so you no longer need to patch the kernel for each new ARM SBC or motherboard.

 

[thestryker]

I'm mostly curious if MediaTek is going to do some custom designs because I believe most of their compute SoCs have been straight Arm IP.

 

[bit_user]

I'm mostly curious if MediaTek is going to do some custom designs because I believe most of their compute SoCs have been straight Arm IP.

I don't recall MediaTek ever using an in-house ARM core design. In this day and age, it would be incredibly ballsy to launch a new effort of that sort.

Not least, because Arm really does seem to be pulling out all the stops!

Arm Launches Next-Gen Flagship Cortex-X925

Arm launches its next-generation flagship processor, the Cortex-X925, formerly Blackhawk.

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In the old naming scheme, it would be called the Cortex-X5. Like the X4, it has 10-wide issue but seems to have doubled the out-of-order machinery!