MediaTek, a company that has primarily focused on developing mobile CPUs, is reportedly shifting its attention to high-end laptop processors.
According to reports, the company is developing a new System on Chip (SoC) featuring four Cortex-X4 and four Cortex-A720 cores, which is expected to compete against upcoming offerings such as the Apple M3 and Qualcomm Oryon.
A powerful laptop CPU is in the works
MediaTek’s new SoC, which is yet to be officially announced, could potentially be the next iteration in the Kompanio series that the company has planned for Windows laptops. According to Digital Chat Station, the chip will feature four Hunter ELP (Cortex-X4) and four Hunter (Cortex-A720) cores, with no efficiency cores.
The Cortex-X4 is a high-performance core that was announced by Arm in 2022, designed to provide up to 30% better performance than the previous generation Cortex-X3 core.
Rivaling Apple and Qualcomm
If MediaTek is successful in developing this new SoC, it could emerge as a major competitor to the upcoming Apple M3 and Qualcomm Oryon. The chip would provide a significant performance boost over MediaTek’s current laptop chipsets, positioning it favorably against the latest offerings from Intel and AMD.
Awaiting official confirmation
It is important to note that MediaTek has not yet officially announced the new SoC. There is a possibility that the chip may not exist, but if the company succeeds in creating a chip that can compete with Apple’s M3 and Qualcomm’s Oryon, it could be a game-changer for the company and the industry as a whole.
As always, it’s important to take these rumors with a grain of salt, but it will be interesting to see how MediaTek’s new SoC will stack up against the competition if it does come to fruition.
