MediaTek Dimensity 9300+ Launched For High-End Phones, Tablets

MediaTek has officially announced the launch of its high-end mid-cycle refresh chip Dimensity 9300+. Previous leaks have already revealed most of the specifications well ahead of time. The chip has been manufactured using TSMC’s next-gen 4nm node and similar to pretty much launched recently, it focuses on AI.

The company claims the new Dimensity 9300+ has a powerful NPU capable of running LLMs (Large Language Models) with up to 33 billion parameters. Similar to its precursors, the new chipset has an all-performance-core design with one Cortex-X4 clocked at 3.4 GHz, three Cortex-X4 cores at 2.85 GHz and four Cortex-A720 cores at 2.0 GHz.

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MediaTek Dimensity 9300+ To Power High-End Phones And Tablets

The new chip comes with 18MB of total cache and a new packaging technology. Its memory controller supports LPDDR5X and LPDDR5T memory rated at up to 9,600 Mbps. Besides, it is compatible with UFS 4.0 storage devices and can use MCQ (Multi-Circular Queue) technology, which comes in handy to boost read/write performance.

Speaking of the GPU, the Dimensity 9300+ retains the 12-core Arm Immortalis-G720 MP12 and has support for hardware-level raytracing. The company did not specify the chip’s clocks, but users should expect a bump. The chipset is capable of powering smartphones that carry displays up to 4K 120 Hz/ 1440p 180 Hz. However, video recording is limited to 8K 30 FPS/4K 60 FPS, which comes as a surprise, considering the rivals are capable of offering 8K 60 FPS easily. Still, images are restricted to 320MP.

On the connectivity front, the chipset offers Wi-Fi 7, 5G (sub-6 GHz and mmWave), Bluetooth 5.4, GPS, GLONASS, Beiou, Galileo, QZSS and NavIC. The company claims its Xtra range tech enables the devices to reach 4.5 meters further indoors on the 5GHz band. The Dimensity 9300+ will power the Vivo X100s series, the iQOO Neo9s Pro, the iQOO Pad2 Pro, and the Redmi K70 Ultra, all of which will be launched soon.

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TSMC Chips Made Outside Taiwan To Cost More

TSMC, the world’s biggest chipmaker, provides its services to several OEMs who use the company’s products in smartphones, gaming consoles, and computers. It seems that TSMC chips could witness a price boom if OEMs buy them outside of Taiwan.

“If a customer requests to be in a certain geographical area, the customer needs to share the incremental cost,” TSMC CEO CC Wei said on an earnings call. “In today’s fragmented globalization environment, the cost will be higher for everyone, including TSMC, our customers, and our competitors.”

It seems the company has already started talks with buyers about the price increase. According to the Financial Times, it would cost the company more to make chips outside of Taiwan, where over 90% of the most advanced chips are produced.