MediaTek's role in further advancing 5G technology, update in PH market, Kompanio Chromebooks
Much has been done to push for 5G, and tech company MediaTek has made its own initiatives to push for this important development in the tech world.
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| MediaTek file photo |
MTK's 5G innovation so far
The advancement of 5G involved two phases – the 5G phase and 5G F-1 phase.
In the first phase, starting from Release 15,16,17, MediaTek said it introduced many application use cases such as eMBB, mMTC, URLLC, NTN, and Redcap. In 5G F-1, meanwhile, MediaTek further enhanced user experience, and will even introduce several new use cases, such as Sidelink, UAV, XR, and further enhance user experience on MMTC and URLLC.
MediaTek noted that it also combined APU with AI processor in the 5G modem, allowing such to provide real-time response, better power efficiency, and isolated processor. With this APU, AI processing will not affect CPU and GPU performance.
AI can also help further improve the performance of 5G.
We use smartphones everywhere and all the time. Therefore, network performance as well as power efficiency are very important. So with AI, we can now use AI algorithms in our 5G, based on user’s behavior to help you restore network connectivity faster, according to the Taiwanese company.
For a more seamless 5G connectivity, MediaTek said it also introduced elevator mode, high-speed frame mode, airport mode, etc. to select the network entirely by region and then restore the connection.
Mobile networks and WiFi are two of the most important connection technologies, but users need to manually switch between their smartphone connection between Wi-Fi and 5G. To address this, MediaTek said it introduced the concept of ATSSS to easily switch between 5G and Wi-Fi networks.
With this integration, MediaTek can unify the separate wireless network to fully exploit the potential of both Wi-Fi and 5G, which is already supported in MediaTek's 5G SoC. And with this, ATSSS technology has faster connections, lower latency, and more reliable connections, the company noted.
In Release 17, MediaTek said it launched the concept of 5G Redcap, or Reduce capability, which means reduced 5G feature.
MediaTek wants to turn the future of 5G into more applications, such as smartwatches, AR glasses, data and entertainment devices, and 5G IoT. So 5G Redcap will showcase applications that can enjoy the benefits of 5G features to bring users low latency and reliable connectivity compared to 4G, the company explained.
MediaTek said this is also cost-effective since no high throughput rate is needed in the application.
Aside from this, MediaTek said it also introduced the satellite connectivity 5G NTN, with the launch of the first 5G satellite chip, which gave way to the world's first smartphone with 5G messaging service.
Mobile networks currently cover over 60 percent of the world's population, and there are still a lot of dead zones and gaps around the world, the company said. This is where 5G NTN can come in and help, it added.
5G NTN has standard tools IoT-NTN and NR-NTN. MediaTek will begin rolling out IoT-NTN to consumers to enable devices beyond terrestrial coverage. The company will introduce IoT-NTN for 5G messaging service in its first satellite chip. And by the end of next year, MediaTek will put its NTN in smartphones to enable voice calls and also some data browsing in remote areas, the company said.
Through this first satellite chip, MediaTek said it also received global recognition at the MWC, and CES and also received favorable feedback from the technology media around the world.
MediaTek said it is now working with Motorola to bring users a device equipped with 5G-NTN on Motorola Defy Satellite Link. This can be connected to all satellite/Android phones to allow consumers to stay connected in a cost-effective way, or connect an Android smartphone to a satellite, it explained.
MediaTek in the Philippines
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| MediaTek Genio MWC 2023 file photo |
In the Philippines, MediaTek said it offers several products that can help in advancing technology in the country.
One is the MediaTek Genio which supports a variety of applications.
There is also the NeuroPilot–MediaTek's Edge AI Platform. The company said this technology makes it easier and more flexible for developers to modify their technology to suit all different cases using the same chip.
MediaTek also said its IoT chipsets are widely adapted into various verticals, like in smart appliances, logistics and warehouses, and Payment POS.
For new verticals, MediaTek is extending into new verticals like Industrial IoT and robotics. We are already engaging with local companies to develop modules and help train the hardware developers to use MediaTek chipsets for their products, it noted.
For Industry 4.0, for industries in the Philippines, they can use Advanced HMI to monitor the workers' efficiency, you can monitor their motion and how they perform during their work, it added.
The benefits of MediaTek's Kompanio Chromebook
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| MediaTek Kompanio MWC 2023 file photo |
There has been an increasing interest in Chromebooks, especially after schools shifted to online teaching amid the pandemic.
Because of its low power usage, built-in SoC, and ARM technology, Chromebooks are actually a very different solution than traditional notebooks, such as being capable of providing all-day battery life, in some cases is more than twice as long as the classic X86 notebook, MediaTek said.
MediaTek said it is currently the second largest ARM-based Chromebook solution provider and the number one ARM-parts Chromebook supplier.
Specifically, the company said it has the Kompanio Chromebook that "excels at multitasking faster, increasing the time to launch an application faster."
They also tend to be thinner and lighter, fanless and silent. Thereby saving more costs and creating more affordable laptops, not only for education and children, but also for consumers and even in commerce with high-end lines, MediaTek added.
The company said that Kompanio offers a full solution roadmap from input solutions, which can be more applicable in the education segment, typically the Kompanio 500 series. Aside from this, the Kompanio 520/528 also showed promising performance – 80 percent faster on single-core and signal processing, 15 percent faster on multi-core, and 20 percent faster on graphics.
MediaTek has also launched the Kompanio 800 and Kompanio 1000 series, targeting high-end, mid-range and even premium Chromebooks, for general consumer use, and even in commercial applications, it added.
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