While the flagship chipset segment seems to be out of the reach of MediaTek, the Taiwanese company has continued to churn out useful chipsets in other segments. Mid-range and budget smartphones, wearable devices and even AI IoT.
The fabless chipmaker has just unveiled the MTK i700, a new AI IoT-focused chipset which is a successor to the i500. The chipset may be deployed in Smart Displays, high-end security cameras and other power demanding applications. The chipset is quite powerful, even if it was to be focused on smartphones which it isn’t.
As for the architecture, the MediaTek i700 features an Octa-core CPU with two Cortex-A75 cores and two Cortex-A55 cores clocked at 2.2GHz and 2.0GHz respectively. The chipset also features an IMG PowerVR GM 9446 GPU clocked at 970MHz. The chipset work with up to 8GB of LPDDR4x RAM at 1866MHz.
In addition, it packs a dual-core NPU which speeds up face detection five times compared to the i500. The chipset supports the Android Neural Networks API, as well as the most popular deep learning frameworks. The chipset can also be attached to a single 32MP camera or a dual 24MP+16MP setup. When a dual camera setup is in use, it can make use of its built-in depth sensing engine and distance estimation. There is also pose estimation and motion tracking for fitness and AR applications. Running the camera at 120fps allows the chipset to track fast-moving objects.
Further, the chip supports Wi-Fi 5 (2×2 802.11ac) and Bluetooth 5.0 for local connections. It also has a Cat. 12 LTE modem for mobile applications. As for its applicability, MediaTek says the chipset will be useful in access control for smart buildings, facial recognition for payment authentication, fitness and entertainment devices and even some autonomous vehicles in factories and warehouses (something like the robots in Amazon’s warehouses).
The new chipset will start shipping on products from next year.
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