The new processor will be used for high-performance tablets and Chromebooks, which will hit the market in the third quarter of this year.
It’s called Kompanio 1300T and it’s the new processor that MediaTek has just announced, providing the first details about the technologies integrated in this chip. It’s a processor that won’t be used on smartphones, but on tablets, Chromebooks and possibly other hybrid devices dedicated to smart working.
These devices will all have built-in 5G and high performance, thanks to the 8-core architecture of the Kompanio 1300T, even when it comes to multimedia. They will also be able to take photos and record videos in very high resolution and drive good quality external screens. Di contro, i consumi dovrebbero essere bassi grazie al processo produttivo a 6 nm, che secondo MediaTek permetterà a questi device di restare accesi per un giorno intero. Con il Kompanio 1300T, quindi, MediaTek vuole aggredire la fascia del mercato tablet e Chromebook oggi occupata dallo Snapdragon 865/870, cioè i device di fascia abbastanza alta e dal costo elevato. I primi device dotati di questo processore arriveranno a fine 2021.
MediaTek Kompanio 1300T: caratteristiche tecniche
MediaTek Kompanio 1300T è un chip dall’architettura che potremmo definire “classica“: è infatti basato su core ARM Cortex-A78 ad alte prestazioni e ARM Cortex-A55 ad alta efficienza, come la maggior parte dei chip oggi in produzione. MediaTek, however, still does not say how many A78 and how many A55 will make up the total of eight cores, nor does it state the maximum frequency of the chip.
We know instead that it will have a Mali-G77 MC9 GPU with 9 cores and an APU (AI processing unit) designed by MediaTek itself. In a nutshell, the Kompanio 1300T would seem to be a slightly more powerful MediaTek Dimensity 1200.
What will tablets be able to do with the new chip
Stepping from theory to practice, what will devices equipped with the MediaTek Kompanio 1300T be able to do? The experience with the first smartphones equipped with the Dimensity 1200, such as the very recent OnePlus Nord 2, let us hope well.
For sure, such devices will be able to integrate cameras with a resolution up to 108 MP, record videos in 4K and 60 fps, drive external screens up to 2.5K (or two Full HD simultaneously), manage even quite complex video games and connect to 5G networks with an excellent peak speed.
We only have to wait a few months to get rid of any doubts: the first tablets and laptops equipped with MediaTek Kompanio 1300T will hit the market in the third quarter of 2021.