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MediaTek introduces world's first True Octa-Core CPU

Diangson Louie July 28, 2013 · 2 min read

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MediaTek, maysa a Taiwan a kumpania iti semikonduktor, baro a nagtengngel ti "unay a maikadua a Ten a Core" a processor para kadagiti mobile nga device.

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Agpayso ti maysa a maipada, ti termino a "octa-core" iti mobile recent a naipabangon babaen ti I9500 variant ti Samsung Galaxy S4 nga agusar iti Exynos 5 Octa CPU. Ngem, ti Exynos 5 Octa ket maiturong laeng a uppat a cores iti maysa a panawen ken saan nga amin a walo. MediaTek's baro a processor, babaen ti sabali, agusar kadagiti walo a cores iti kasta a panawen, ket mangtagging iti sarayna a kas maysa a kinapudno a octa-core a solusion.

The MediaTek True Octa-Core SoC ket mangipromisa a mapaneknekan ti naadda a performance ken power-efficiency babaen ti pannakaoperar dagiti sangapulo a core nga agtignay a maysa ken maipalawag.

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Daytoy dagiti sumaganad a benepisyo ti True Octa-Core a maipapan iti MediaTek:

Naipakadua nga panagbrowsing iti web: Babaen ti unika a kakuyoganna a mangibaga iti tunggal maysa a tab browser para kadagiti CPU core, MediaTek True Octa-Core ket agpabingay iti mas nainget ken mas maistabil nga panagbrowsing iti web.

Mas maimulmula a user interfaces: Babaen ti kakayuan a mangipada ti input dagiti umili kadagiti indibidwal a core ken mangrender dagiti 3D nga epekto a mas maimulmula, napigsa a naipakita ti kumpania ken panangilasin dagiti user interfaces iti amin a aplikasion ken sistema operatibo.

Superior nga gaming experiences: Ti advanced multi-threaded programming a naipatungpal iti MediaTek True Octa-Core, ket mangidagiti dagiti sekuensia para kadagiti sabali a cores, a mangted ti enhanced video frame-rate processing ken exceptionally low-latency gaming experiences.

Epektibo a panangipakita ti video: No adda iti decoding mode, ti baterya a mausar para iti HEVC (H.265) FHD video ket mababaan agingga iti 18 percent no ikumpara kadagiti umuna a quad-core a solusion. Sadiay a display mode, MediaTek True Octa-Core ket mangted ti 20 percent a masna nga frames para kadagiti agtutubo.

Dayat pay laeng ti opisial a teknikal a sursurot ken ti petsa ti panagbalbaliw ti MediaTek's baro a CPU.

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What makes MediaTek's new processor a 'true octa-core'?

MediaTek's True Octa-Core utilizes all eight cores simultaneously, unlike other octa-core CPUs that run only four cores at a time.

How does the True Octa-Core improve web browsing?

It allocates individual browser tabs to CPU cores, resulting in faster and more stable web browsing experiences.

What benefit does the True Octa-Core offer for gaming?

It enables advanced multi-threaded programming, delivering enhanced video frame-rate processing and exceptionally low-latency gaming experiences.

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52 Comments

ultras · 13 years ago

Thanks for review, it was excellent and very informative.
thank you :)

hayds · 13 years ago

Based on some benchmarks appeared online, it scored around 29K to 30K in Antutu which is higher than SG4.. Clocked between 1.7GHz to 2GHz

http://www.teknogadyet.com/2013/07/mediatek-true-octa-core-announced.html

abuzalzal · 13 years ago

very misleading result

per core performance is where it’s at.

We may never see the MEDIATEK’s true potential not unless an app/ game is specifically coded to use multi-cores

However, there is one game in the PLAY STORE that can make full use with all of its cores, it’s a chess game called DROIDFISH.

Justin · 13 years ago

So what phones will we be seeing this on?

abuzalzal · 13 years ago

SONY recently announced their desire to use this SoC once it becomes available

We may even see ALCATEL & HUWAWEI follow suit since this looks very attractive for a mid-ranger.

Of course hindi mawawala ang mga local players natin na very Mediatek-dependent lol

HK-47 · 13 years ago

No mention of what type/s of cores they’re using though. My guess is that they’re all Cortex A7, or even A5 cores to keep the battery usage in check. In that case, a Snapdragon 600/800 or Cortex A15 quad-core will probably still beat it handily.

analog · 13 years ago

most people will buy the idea that this SoC is better than samsung’s exynos.
kindly note that this is an octo/octa A7 core, which is way slower than A15 but power efficient. so how will this SoC match with quad A9s or quad Kraits of qualcomm then?

another thing, i haven’t heard of processes needing 8 threads, in fact, most applications use up to 2 threads only.

third, this isnt a big.little setup by arm, i wonder how they are going to implement both in kernel and hardware than cores can be turned on/off once at a time. the new Exynos 5420 i guess will be the first 4+4 big.little and can run all 8 cores together and other 2 modes as implied in the paper.

let’s just see what this soc is really capable of, not just in benchmarks (since they all use the 8 cores for test) but in real applications. but i do still believe that the recent exynos 5410 and snapdragons beat this soc.

abuzalzal · 13 years ago

yep. Single-threaded performance is all that matters, kaya naka score ng 30,000 sa AnTutu and Mediatek Octa it’s because it can fully utilize ALL of its cores whereas in a real-world scenario (like playing a game), dalawang core lang talaga ang gumagana, that’s because bawas sakit-ulo sa mga coders kung implement nila ang optimization sa 4-8 cores…. i doubt if it could even beat the Qualcomm S4 Pro.

abuzalzal · 13 years ago

HAHAHAHA it’s official na LUGI na ang Nvidia kase walang gustong bumili ng kanilang Tegra4 SoC

5 Way horse race na lang ngayon

Qualcomm, Exynos, Mediatek, Rockchip at iNtel

dennis · 13 years ago

I know this isn’t the right place to ask my question but I’ve been googling can’t find the answer, im a tech noob.
I bought an htc one Australian factory unlocked with lte bands 1800/2600. I was told it should work with globes lte, I live in wackwack with great lte. My question is what is the manual configuration for globe lte since when I took a look at mobile data, it does not have any preset mobile configuration, hence I can inky WiFi call and text and zero mobile data. Please help me on manual data configuration, globe are very unhelpful. Thanks

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 13 years ago

I was told by HTC Philippines that if you bought it outside of the country, LTE will not work since it needs to be flashed with the local ROM first.

dennis · 13 years ago

Thanks Abe, the 4g issue has been fixed just needed to restart phone, htc Philippines was wrong. I have full working htc one globe data plan now with full bar 4g. The reason I got this set was that it was 64gb local sets are limited to 32gb, too low for me with no sd card.
Thanks again Abe

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 13 years ago

Cool!

auron · 13 years ago

You probably meant to say “first true octa-core ARM-based/mobile CPU”, just putting it out there, sir.

Name: IC DeaDPiPoL · 13 years ago

hope this will eventually make those h.264 10-bit videos playable (not sure if S4’s quad-core can sustain either 720p or 1080p video playback of 10bit h.264 and on a dual-core device its either software playback which is choppy or hw playback but visual artifacts are present)

… · 13 years ago

i wonder how will it perform on the efficiency to the battery…

RafaeL · 13 years ago

The HUGE question is, how is the power consumption knowing it is running the 8 cores simultaneously? Kailangan ba ng 5000mAh battery for this to last a whole day on moderate use?

dan · 13 years ago

Parang AMD vs INTEL more core race lang, marami na bang apps or games na nakaka utilize ng alteast 2 cores.

RafaeL · 13 years ago

The HUGE q

franz · 13 years ago

Wow asteg :D

paeng macho · 13 years ago

wow

sir cheap · 13 years ago

Hahaha! Eat that Samsung! Samsung’s octa-core isn’t really an octa-core…it’s just a dual quad-core processor.
MediaTek is the real king here!

Hopefully, this processor will make monster smartphones a possibility at a low price.

min · 13 years ago

kindly read again the article. the article said the samsung s4 has used octa-core processors, but the eight cores are can only run four cores at a time and not all eight., so that means the sumsung s4 is using a 8 core processors. :)

xj · 13 years ago

Samsung’s Exynos Octa is actually an 8-core chip though only 4 is used at a time. I have read somewhere that early benchmarks show that Samsung Exynos Octa still beats this thing.

sir cheap · 13 years ago

@min
I’ve read it, of course. I’m saying that Samsung’s Octa-core processor is a “dual quad-core processor” because the 8-core chips is separated into two parts. The first 4 cores are for power-saving more while the last 4 cores are for performance mode. Hence, I call it a “dual quad-core processor” because the eight cores are not in the same place…they’re separated into two parts.

Hope you’ll get what I meant about the “dual quad-core processor” I just said.

sir cheap · 13 years ago

@min
I’d also like to say that Samsung’s “Little.Big architecture” is just a big gimmick to fool consumers about their 8-core processor. Samsung’s 8-core processor isn’t really an octa-core because the 8-cores aren’t on the same processor die. If you were to take a look at the design specs of Samsung’s so called “octa-core”, it’ll remind you how Intel managed to made their first dual-core processor which isn’t a true dual core processor, the Intel Pentium D. Intel’s first dual-core processor is just a processor with two Pentium 4 CPUs on the same package…but surprisingly, they can perform simultaneously unlike Samsung’s 8-core crap where only 4-cores can only work depending on the workload.