At COMPUTEX 2024, MediaTek will present us with new and innovative products and technology. These will include AI, smart TVs, Chromebooks, IoT, and more highlights. Vice Chairman and CEO Dr. Rick Tsai will also give a keynote address about how MediaTek will allow accessible AI.
COMPUTEX 2024
Two new chipsets from MediaTek, which are the Pentonic 800 SoC for 4K premium smart TVs and displays and the Kompanio 838 SoC for premium Chromebooks, will be unveiled at this year’s exhibition. Both chipsets provide strong performance and support for the newest AI advancements across several verticals.
Furthermore, Dr. Rick Tsai, the CEO and Vice Chairman of MediaTek, explored in his keynote address at COMPUTEX 2024 how AI will continue to change the settings of industry, mobility, smart homes, and transportation. The Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Hall 2 in Taipei, Taiwan, is where Dr. Tsai gave his keynote address on Tuesday, June 4, at 13:30 Taiwan time.
Joe Chen, the President and COO of MediaTek, stated that, “At this year’s COMPUTEX, we are highlighting our expanding leadership in exciting product categories, such as AI, automotive, IoT, TVs, Chromebooks, and wireless connectivity, among many others.” He also added, “Through upgrading user experiences in our latest chipsets, this is a wonderful opportunity to show our growth in these critical segments of technology.”
MediaTek Kompanio 838: Amplifying productive working, learning, and creativity
For thin and light Chromebooks, the octa-core Kompanio 838 wraps exceptional performance and multitasking capabilities into a very efficient SoC that allows for all-day battery life. This new chipset doubles memory bandwidth over previous generations to deliver much higher data throughput and supports DDR4 and LPDDR4X to fulfill a wider range of OEM needs.
Kompanio 838 enables a specialized AI processor, the MediaTek NPU 650, to deliver more interactive and higher-quality entertainment with unmatched power efficiency in order to support the most recent advancements in AI. MediaTek APUs can swiftly complete complicated computations and are optimized for processing picture data efficiently and with high quality.
The integrated next-generation MediaTek Imagiq 7 series ISP enhances low-light capture, dual camera compatibility, and professional-class HDR photography, enhancing photo and video quality even in difficult lighting situations. This allows you to take high-quality photos that are ideal for sharing online.
The Kompanio 838 improves image quality and allows users to stream 4K material with ease thanks to hardware-accelerated AV1 video decoding. For those who want extra display real estate, it enables up to two 4K monitors at the same time. In addition, the Kompanio 838 supports MediaTek Filogic Wi-Fi 6 and 6E technologies, which enable Chromebooks to connect in dual or tri bands at up to 1.9 Gbps. The 2×2 antenna provides more dependable connectivity, and WPA3 compatibility enhances security.
John Solomon, VP and GM, ChromeOS and Google for Education, said, “The finely tuned balance of power and efficiency the Kompanio 838 brings to Chromebook is a key point of innovation in our portfolio as we seek to bring powerful, affordable, and accessible computing to more users around the globe.” He also added, “Together, we’re bringing thin and light Chromebooks with helpful AI features to even more customers.”
While the Executive Director and General Manager of Chromebooks in Lenovo’s Global Innovation Center, Intelligent Devices Group, Benny Zhang, said that “the need for energy-efficient devices capable of multitasking continues to grow, and we are committed to empowering students and teachers with tech devices and solutions that enhance learning in the classroom and beyond,” “Lenovo and MediaTek have a long-standing partnership focused on delivering performance and value, and we look forward to bringing the Kompanio series chips to our upcoming Lenovo Chromebooks.”
MediaTek Pentonic 800: Powerful AI Engine with Industry-leading Image Enhancement
Experience top-notch audio, visual, and cloud gaming with the MediaTek Pentonic 800. Smart TVs, smart monitors, commercial displays, and integrated huge displays are just a few of the 4K displays that the SoC is perfect for. MediaTek’s AI processor delivers 50% quicker AI processing speed and up to 60% less bandwidth utilization than the previous generation chip.
Many AI-powered display technologies from MediaTek, including AI-Super Resolution 3.0, AI-Contrast 2.0, AI-Picture Quality Scene Recognition 2.0+, and AI-Picture Quality Object Recognition 2.5+, are supported by the potent APU. These technologies offer several benefits for gaming and streaming, including greatly improved upscaling, improved picture quality, and noise elimination. The Pentonic 800 offers variable refresh rate (VRR) up to 4K2K 165Hz to better improve gaming.
Additionally, for high-quality 4K video playback, the Pentonic 800’s hardware video decoding engine supports widely used essential codecs such as HEVC, AV1, AVS3 High Profile, and VVC (H.266). High-resolution audio, TCON, and MEMC are also supported by the chip. To offer a dependable, high-speed, low-latency connection, OEMs may easily integrate MediaTek’s Filogic Wi-Fi connectivity solutions. Furthermore, MediaTek offers seamless communication between displays and accessories like wireless headphones and gaming controllers with its Filogic Wi-Fi/Bluetooth combination solutions.
MediaTek is delivering intelligence everywhere, from Chromebooks to IoT devices, smartphones, smart TVs, routers, tablets, vehicles, and more. The business will be showing at a private stand during Computex.
For more details about MediaTek’s Kompanio portfolio and MediaTek’s Pentonic portfolio, click the links.
