![]() ![]() MediaTek wouldn’t disclose the IP provider but say’s it’s a dual-core implementation offering 2x140GMACs. MediaTek’s denomination for such IP is APU (AI Processing Unit) so that’s yet another term added to the varied basket of abbreviations from different companies. The P60 is the first SoC to bring dedicated neural network accelerators into the mid-range. The next generation will jump directly to 7nm in mid 2019 (after other vendors) when mass production will have reached mature and cost-effective levels. I asked MediaTek about the company process roadmap plan and they will focus exclusively on 12FFC for 2018 and have no plans for further 10nm silicon. While 12FFC does not quite achieve the die size reduction that 10FF would, it’s extremely competitive in terms of power characteristics and reaches near the same efficiency. ![]() 12FFC is a shrink of 16FFC and uses the same tools – it’s a cost effective alternative to the more expensive 10FF process which requires quad-patterning. The P60 is the first mobile SoC to come manufactured on TSMC’s new 12nm 12FFC process node. Snapdragon 660 vs Helio P60 vs Snapdragon 835 Thermal Comparison MWC2018 The P60 uses a G72MP3 running at up to 800MHz and promises a 25% gaming efficiency boost (at up to 70% higher GPU performance). ![]() On the GPU side we see an update in the IP as MediaTek in turn transitions from G71 to G72. The efficiency cores are naturally still Cortex A53’s and they run at the same 2.0GHz frequency as the performance cluster. The P60 is the first SoC in the P-lineup to employ “big” microarchitecture cores as it uses 4x Cortex A73 cores at up to 2.0GHz – a significant performance boost in performance over the P23 and P30’s A53 cores. The this new segmentation means that the P60 doesn’t position itself as direct successor to late last year’s P23 and P30 but rather as a tier above them, hence the naming scheme. As more vendors switch over to custom designs in the high-end and Qualcomm puts more pressure with competitive designs, MediaTek decided to put a hold on the X series for now and concentrate in the range where it is very successful, the P series. MediaTek seems to have had a string of bad luck with the X20 and X30 as both came on either problematic or very delayed manufacturing process nodes which lost them important design wins. Last year’s Helio X30 had only a few design wins and was relatively late to market. ![]() The strategy change comes from market and lack of success in the high-end Helio X series. The P60 comes with a strategy change for MediaTek as the company is doubling down on the super-midrange “premium” category and expanding that range into multiple sub-tiers. CorePilot, EnergySmart Screen, Imagiq, MiraVision, AI Accelerator, OpenCL 2.0, Vulkan 1.1, DirectX 12, For smartphone devices.BARCELONA, ESP – Earlier this week MediaTek announced a new entry in the Helio SoC line-up, the Helio P60. 13 baseband modem, 2400x1080 display support, dual-SIM support, 2160p video encode, 2160p video decode, Bluetooth 4.0, FM radio support, ARM Jazelle, ARM TrustZone, 32 MP / dual 20 MP camera support (12-bit dual ISP). 13) data linksĤx ARM Cortex-A73 (up to 2 GHz) + 4x ARM Cortex-A53 (up to 1989 MHz) Harvard Superscalar processor core, HMP, 32 bit 933 MHz LP-DDR3 / 2x MHz LP-DDR4x memory interface, integrated GSM / GPRS / UMTS / DC-HSPA 42 Mbps / HSUPA 11 Mbps / TD-SCDMA 2.8 Mbps / CDMA2000 1xRTT EV-DO Rev. Collapse datasheet Cellular Communication: ![]()
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