MediaTek Inc (聯發科) on Wednesday launched a new flagship smartphone chip, Dimensity 9400, made with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s (TSMC, 台積電) enhanced 3-nanometer technology, aiming to bring more artificial intelligence (AI) applications to edge devices like phones.
The Dimensity 9400 is the second smartphone chip using TSMC’s second-generation 3-nanometer technology, after Apple Inc’s A18 Pro chip for the new iPhone 16 series.
The new mobile chip has 28 percent more transistors, offers up to 80 percent faster large language model performance and is up to 35 percent more power-efficient than its predecessor, Dimensity 9300, MediaTek said.
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Chinese smartphone makers Xiaomi Corp (小米), Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp (歐珀) and Vivo Communication Technology Co (維沃) are among the first-wave adopters of the new chip in their new premium models, while Samsung Electronics Co is to adopt the Dimensity 9400 for its Galaxy S25 phone rather than the Samsung-designed Exynos chip or Qualcomm Inc’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip.
New smartphones featuring the Dimensity 9400 are expected to hit stores later this quarter, companies said.
“The Dimensity 9400 will continue furthering our mission to be the enablers of AI, supporting powerful applications that anticipate users’ needs and adapt to their preferences,” MediaTek president Joe Chen (陳冠州) said.
MediaTek on Wednesday also reported that revenue last month grew by 23.83 percent year-on-year and was up 7.58 percent month-on-month to NT$44.68 billion (US$1.39 billion).
That brought the company’s third-quarter revenue to NT$131.82 billion, up 3.58 percent from NT$127.27 billion the previous quarter and within the company’s forecast of NT$123.5 billion to NT$132.4 billion.
In the first nine months of this year, revenue totaled NT$392.54 billion, up 29.18 percent from NT$303.88 billion in the same period last year.
MediaTek has said that it expects flagship chip revenue to grow about 50 percent this year compared with last year and hopes the launch of the Dimensity 9400 would help extend its revenue growth momentum into next year.
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