MediaTek Preparing Hexa-Core Chipset Of Their Own

MediaTek Preparing Hexa Core Chipset Of Their OwnJust yesterday Samsung announced their new Exynos chipsets, one of which was the Exynos 5260 which unlike the 5422, is a hexa-core chipset. What this means is that instead of four cores or eight cores, it will pack six cores, which at the moment is a pretty rare configuration as far as smartphones are concerned.

As it stands the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo is the only device to feature a hexa-core setup. That being said, it seems that MediaTek will be interested in releasing a hexa-core chipset of their own, thanks to a recent product roadmap that was posted onto Weibo (China’s equivalent of Twitter). (more…)

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