CFO and President confirms

We had a chance to meet with some key people from MediaTek, including President CJ Ching-Jiang Hsieh and the Corporate Vice President CFO and Spokesman David Ku.

MT8173 runs Android 5.1

MediaTek first Cortex-A72 with two Cortex-A53 cores will perform quite nicely, at least in AnTutu. 

Expanding targets

MediaTek wants to grow its 4G chip market share in China during the second half of 2015 with the aim of scoring half the market.

Free for developers, online

MediaTek Labs is planning to host a series of webinars in order to developers to the world of MediaTek Labs and LinkIt.

Helio X20 may be getting a huge design win 

Xiaomi, one of China’s premiere tech companies, is said to be eyeing MediaTek’s new Helio X20 application processor for its flagship phones. 

Octa-core A53 at 2.0GHz

MediaTek is planning to refresh its mid-range Cortex-A53 line-up with the MT6755, a new 2.0GHz part designed for high performance on a budget. 

To go head to head with Qualcomm Quick Charge tech

Qualcomm was quite keen to advertise its Quick Charge technology over the past couple of quarters, but MediaTek has now unveiled the new Pump Express Plus technology in an effort to go head to head with Qualcomm.

Samples in Q3, products in early 2016

MediaTek is definitely becoming a major player that managed to change quite a few things in the smartphone SoC market. 

Cortex-M4 for for low power usage

In addition to being the first deca-core SoC design, Mediatek's Helio X20 SoC will also feature a Cortex-M4 companion core for low power tasks.

Following MediaTek

It appears that MediaTek's move to bring out an octa-core processor has disturbed the mighty Qualcomm.