MediaTek today made several announcements and showed off new chips for smartphones and tablets. The company revealed the MT6753, a 64-bit octa-core mobile system-on-chip for smartphones. It features up to 1.5GHz ARM Cortex-A53 processors paired with a Mali-T720 GPU with support for the Open GL ES 3.0 and Open CL 1.2 APIs for improved gaming. The hip can handle 1080p HD video capture, 16-megapixel cameras, and full HD displays. It can support LTE, HSPA+ and CDMA EVDO modems. MediaTek expects the MT6753 to reach consumer devices during the first half of the year. The company also showed off the MT8173 for tablets, a 64-bit big.LITTLE system-on-a-chip that combines two Cortex-A72 CPUs and two Cortex-A53 CPUs. The MT8173 offers up to 2.4GHz clock speeds and supports OpenCL. MediaTek said the MT8173 will reach consumer tablets during the latter half of the year. Last, MediaTek announced something called CrossMount, a DLNA-like solution for connecting MediaTek device to other consumer electronics, such as TVs, media players, and receivers, for sharing content.


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