On December 11, MediaTek officially released its MT6589 processor. MT6589 adopts Cortex-A7 architecture and is manufactured based on 28nm technology. The main frequency is 1.0GHz to 1.2GHz. It supports LDDR2 memory, 720P display resolution, 13 million pixel camera and 1080P video decoding. At the same time, the built-in GPU is PowerVR SGX544, the triangle output rate is 55M/S, and the pixel fill rate is 1600M/S. In addition, MTK6589 also supports WCDMA/TD-SCDMA 3G networks, dual card dual standby, and dual card dual pass. It is the industry's first HSPA+smartphone solution.

At the same time, on December 5 the other day, Qualcomm also released the latest MSM8 × 26 quad core processor of Snapdragon S4 Play series. The same A7 architecture is also aimed at the entry-level four core smart machine market. The MSM8X26 and MT6589 are tit for tat. Let's briefly compare the two parameters.

MediaTek MT6589 and Qualcomm MSM8X26 are the first products to use the A7 architecture on mobile phones. On the tablet side, a Quanzhi A31 just released recently also uses the A7 architecture. A7 is known as the most energy efficient architecture in ARM history. The instruction set architecture of A7 is 100% compatible with A15, including virtualization instructions, integer division, 40 bit physical addressing, etc. Any code that supports A15 can be executed on A7. In fact, A7's main mission is to cooperate with A15 to form a big The LITTLE dual architecture system allocates computing tasks according to the load, giving consideration to both high performance and low power consumption.

For MediaTek and Qualcomm, the two A7 quad core chips launched this time are mainly targeted at the mainland smartphone market and also targeted at thousands of smartphone users. With the gradual rise of the domestic smartphone industry, the competition between MediaTek and Qualcomm and Qualcomm is also gradually intensifying. Although they are entry markets, they cannot be ignored. In addition, compared with Qualcomm, MediaTek will have certain advantages in the speed of mass production and shipment, and may seize certain market opportunities by preemptive means.

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