By Phil Muncaster, Technology Review
Taiwanese chip giant MediaTek today launched the world’s first quad-core “system on a chip” for smartphones. The new chip, the MT6589, is cheaper to manufacture—which will help lower the price of smartphone hardware globally. MediaTek is probably the most ubiquitous Asian tech business you’ve never heard of. The firm’s processors go into everything from mobile phones and optical storage systems to digital TVs and networking equipment. As Asia’s largest mobile-chip company, it counts Samsung, Sony, LG, and Huawei among its clients, and with the pending acquisition of smaller local competitor MStar Semiconductor, it will soon become the fourth-largest fabless chip maker globally by revenue.
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