MediaTek

MediaTek announced the 7nm Dimensity 800 SoC that features a built-in 5G modem, a 2.4 TOPS AI processing unit and an octa-core CPU with four A76 cores clocked at 2GHz.

Looks like Samsung might be AMD's solution for the Radeon RX 5500 XT.

Intel is working with MediaTek to define a specification for 5G PC modems, with the latter making the chips.

MediaTek revelead a new system-on-chip that comes with Arm's latest CPU and GPU IP, as well as a brand-new machine learning processor and the company's own multi-mode 5G modem.

AMD filed a patent infringement lawsuit against MediaTek for allegedly violating patents related to its APUs and GPUs in TVs and unidentified "smart devices."

The Wi-Fi Alliance announced the next-generation WPA3 encryption protocol, which will offer default protection against the KRACK security flaw, as well as four new security features.

Nvidia unveiled its next-generation Jetson TX2 chip, which will target many of the IoT devices that require high-performance machine learning inference in an embedded form factor.

The 10nm Helio X30 chip should help MediaTek compete toe-to-toe against Qualcomm and Samsung in the high-end smartphone chip market.

The FTC accused Qualcomm of using the popularity of its baseband processors, which are used to manage connections to wireless networks, to weaken competitors and bully manufacturers.