MediaTek's New Helio P20 Octa-Core Chip Arrives With Samsung LPDDR4X RAM Support

[Lucian Armasu]

MediaTek announced a new mid-range chip, called the helio P20, which is built on a TSMC's 16FF+ process and supports LPDDR4X RAM and cameras with dual-phase detection autofocus.

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[hixbot]

Wow this looks like a very powerful mobile SOC.
I wonder if Intel will ever develop a ultra-low-power SOC that can compete performance-per-watt against these top end ARM based products. At the moment Intel can't even build a top-end mobile SOC, their mobile Atoms target the budget mobile space not the high end. Their higher performing atoms or cores are too hungry for mobile and can only fit in tablets.
Hopefully this pressure from mobile will speed-up Intel's development, because they aren't experiencing any pressure in the desktop space.

I'd have to guess that if they released a SOC that could compete in the top end mobile space, its performance would squeeze uncomfortably close to their tablet and laptop skus, which threatens their own lucrative over-priced monopoly in that market. In other words, they can't build a competitive super-phone without making their tablet, laptop, and desktop parts seem overpriced-per-performance.

 

[baka187]

Cant wait for pcduino based on this

 

[baka187]

Cant wait for pcduino based on this

 

[Jamroast]

Goat lovin'