MediaTek presents Pentonic 1000: the new SoC for the TVs of the future

–FILE–View of a signboard of Taiwanese fabless semiconductor company MediaTek in Beijing, China, 30 August 2017.

One of the world’s largest retailers Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. will partner Taiwanese chip maker MediaTek Inc. to develop new technologies for the Internet of Things. The two struck a deal at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Taiwan’s Technews reported today. Under the agreement, the duo will develop the IOT Connect, a Bluetooth-based open connectivity protocol for the Internet of Things, which they hope will become a unified standard.

MediaTek has renewed its range of SoCs with the debut of the new one Pentonic 1000. It is a SoC designed for high-end TVs which will guarantee significant benefits to the models arriving on the market in the near future. Here are all the details:

MediaTek unveils the Pentonic 1000 TV SoC

MediaTek’s new Pentonic 1000 SoC will debut on the market shortly. The first TV models that use this SoC, in fact, are expected to debut in the course of 2023. According to what has been revealed by MediaTek, the new SoC can count on a CPU ARM Quad-Core Cortex A73 a 2 GHz e una GPU Dual Core ARM Mali G57 MC2. Also noteworthy is the support to a maximum of quattro porte HDMI 2.1 a 48 Gbps. Among the specifications of the SoC is support for Wi-Fi 6 / 6E.

Alex Chen, General Manager della TV Business Unit di MediaTek, commented: “We designed the MediaTek Pentonic 1000 specifically to meet today’s smart TV trends, including 4K streaming, cloud gaming, video conferencing and watch parties. With support for 4K HDR content, 120Hz frame rates, MEMC, AI enhancements, Wi-Fi 6 / 6E connectivity and state-of-the-art codecs like VVC, the Pentonic 1000 will deliver the best 4K viewing experience. ”

The first TVs equipped with the new Pentonic 1000 will arrive on the market, as confirmed by MediaTek, during the first quarter of 2023.