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MediaTek's Dimensity 9300 SoC Predicted to Have Fighting Chance Against Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

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Early details of MediaTek's next generation mobile chipset have emerged this week, courtesy of renowned leaker Digital Chat Station via their blog on Weibo. The successor to MediaTek's current flagship Dimensity 9200 mobile chipset will likely be called "Dimensity 9300" - a very imaginative bump up in numbering - with smartphone brand Vivo involved as a collaborator. The tipster thinks that the fabless semiconductor company has contracted with TSMC for fabrication of the Dimensity 9300 chipset - and the foundry's N4P process has been selected by MediaTek, which could provide a bump in generational performance when compared to the older 4 nm and 5 nm standards used for past Dimensity SoC ranges. It should be noted that the current generation Dimensity 9200 chipset is presently manufactured via TSMC's N4P process.

MediaTek is seeking to turnaround its fortunes in the area of flagship mobile chipsets - industry watchdogs have cited a limited uptake of the Taiwanese company's Dimensity 9200 SoC as a motivating factor in the creation of a very powerful successor. Digital Chat Station suggests that the upcoming 9300 model will pack enough of a hardware punch to rival Qualcomm's forthcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC - both chipsets are touted to release within the same time period of late 2023. According to previous speculation, Qualcomm has also contracted with TSMC's factory to pump out the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 via the N4P (4 nm) process.



The tipster anticipates that the Dimensity 9300 will offer a substantial performance leap over its older sibling in terms of raw performance, but it is too early to say how it will fare when pitched against the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. The in-progress MediaTek SoC is said to feature an ultra-large core + big core + small core layout - with Arm's Cortex-X4 CPU core expected to sit in the largest seat, followed by a Cortex A715 in second place, and the smaller occupants being A515-based. Vivo is likely preparing a next-gen flagship smartphone, dubbed "Vivo X100", and this highly appointed model is rumored to be rigged up with MediaTek's soon-to-be finest chipset.

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"Dimensity 9300 chipset - and the foundry's N4P process has been selected by MediaTek, which could provide a bump in generational performance when compared to the older 5 nm standard set for the current 9200 SoC."

So what's this?
 

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"Dimensity 9300 chipset - and the foundry's N4P process has been selected by MediaTek, which could provide a bump in generational performance when compared to the older 5 nm standard set for the current 9200 SoC."

So what's this?
Ah, thanks for the spot. The various sources I checked earlier didn't specify that the Dimensity 9200 is also based on N4P.
 
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Well, wanting to compete with your biggest competitor is not the same as being able to compete with them....

And as we all know, the SoC is not the only thing that makes or breaks a phone's overall performance, although it does start there...

The real question is: can they get their chip into a flagship-level phone, that is available unlocked for all carriers in the US, for ~$700-800 ?

If they can, then they will probably have a hit on their hands, but if their phone mfgr's are planning on putting out yet ANUTHA $1k+ phone that is only available in certain markets, then they won't....
 
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