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Mediatek might have won low-end Samsung orders

by on23 September 2016

Rumoured to be headed for Tizen

Mediatek has appeared to have confirmed a long standing rumour that Samsung is sourcing processors from MediaTek for its low-end devices, particularly its Tizen-powered handsets.

At the moment Samsung uses its own Exynos or Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors for Android handsets and also sources from Spreadtrum.However according to Nikkei MediaTek has been wooing Samsung for nearly two years to take over its low end chip sales and a potential deal has come about.

According to Nikkei, MediaTek Chairman Tsai Ming-kai said it was not possible for him to comment on the Samsung Note 7 fiasco because Samsung was a customer. This had hacks scratching their heads because it was the first time that a top executive at MediaTek has confirmed a business relationship with Samsung.

He did not clarify which components MediaTek will be supplying to the Korean giant but it has to be be mobile chips. Previous reports have suggested that low-end and mid-range Samsung handsets with MediaTek processors could arrive by 2017.

Analyst Arisa Liu at the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research predicts that MediaTek’s global market share will increase as a result of its relationship with Samsung as the conglomerate “can make as much as 10 per cent of MediaTek’s mobile chip shipments starting next year.”

Last modified on 23 September 2016
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