Sony will push MTK chip the entry quad-core Android phone

Taiwan Semiconductor giant MTK chip solution is cheap and easy to use, has been a favorite of the Chinese entry phone. However, with the launch of the latest quad-core chip MT6589, MTK gradually encroach on the high-end market, manufacturers began to attract international attention. According to reports, Sony has begun to test the prototype of the MTK quad-core chip MT6589, Sony mobile phones equipped with the chip is expected to be launched in 2013.

Although MTK has not yet received a formal order of the Sony Smartphone chip, MediaTek, Sony's olive branch couplet significant mainstream international brands launched mobile phone of MTK chip, suggesting that the Qualcomm chip solution in the mid-monopoly was broken MTK chip shipments are also expected to continue to grow.

MTK MT6589 28nm manufacturing process and Cortex A7 processing cores clocked at up to 1.2GHz, and supports LPDDR2 memory. Built-in PowerVR SGX544 GPU, 720 × 1280 screens to play the game and there is no pressure. In addition, it also supports a 13 million-pixel camera module and 1080p video recording, strong performance, while inexpensive, is perhaps attract Sony Note.

If successful deal with Sony, MTK is expected to ship in 2013, about 200 million Smartphone chip. MTK, MTK chip has sold about 1.1 million in 2012. The MediaTek MT6589 quad-core processors will be scheduled to be released on December 12, has received orders from LG, TCL, Huawei, Lenovo and other manufacturers.