#System_on_Chip

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According to its characteristics, MediaTek 8300 is similar to the flagship Dimaensity 9200 MediaTek has performed powerfully in the top segment this year: the single-chip Dimensity 9300 has outperformed the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. Next up is the release of a new SoC MediaTek sub-flagship class - Dimensity 8300, and, according to published data, it will be very similar to the ex-flagship Dimensity platform 9200. [caption id="attachment_83532" align="aligncenter" width="780"] MediaTek Dimensity 8300 SoC[/caption] MediaTek Dimensity 8300 SoC specifications revealed – potentially it will be a powerful platform The Dimensity 8300 CPU will be three-cluster, with one Cortex-X3 core with a frequency of 2.8 GHz, three Cortex-A715 with a frequency of 2.4 GHz and four Cortex-A510 with a frequency of 1.6 GHz. As for the GPU, its role will be performed by the Mali-G615 MC6. So far, the most powerful platform in sub-flagship smartphones is the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2, but on paper the Dimensity 8300 looks more interesting (Cortex X3 core instead of Cortex-X2, Cortex-A715 core instead of Cortex-A710). It is very possible that the Dimensity 8300 will outperform the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2. The official premiere of MediaTek Dimensity 8300 will take place on November 21. According to rumors, the first smartphone based on it will be Redmi K70E.

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The power of System on Chip (SoC)...

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Two orders of magnitude more power for AI Qualcomm introduced the Qualcomm S7 and S7 Pro Gen 1 single-chip systems, which should significantly change the wireless headphone market.  [caption id="attachment_73656" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Qualcomm S7 and S7 Pro Gen 1 SoCs[/caption] The new products are audio platforms, the main feature of which is technology support that Qualcomm calls Micro-power Wi-Fi.  As the name suggests, this is a very low-power consumption version of Wi-Fi. This technology allows data transfer at speeds of up to 29 Mbit/s, which accordingly opens up new possibilities for wireless headphones. And these possibilities are greater than one might think.   Qualcomm S7 and S7 Pro Gen 1 SoCs with Micro-power Wi-Fi support introduced Firstly, this is, of course, lossless sound transmission. Qualcomm itself talks about 24-bit/192 kHz mode. Bluetooth simply doesn't allow for that much data transfer, which is why Bluetooth headphones don't support Lossless. Now, it looks like Qualcomm is making it possible.   [caption id="attachment_73657" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Qualcomm S7 and S7 Pro Gen 1 SoCs[/caption] Secondly, the range of Micro-power Wi-Fi is much greater than that of Bluetooth.   Another feature that Qualcomm is touting even more than Lossless support is its AI capabilities. The new platforms provide six times more computing power and almost 100 times (!) more artificial intelligence performance than previous generation platforms.  You might think that headphones don't require any powerful AI, but Qualcomm is talking about more advanced noise reduction systems and sound enhancement technologies.   It has not yet been announced when the first products with new platforms will appear.  

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The new version only slightly increased the frequencies About a week ago, Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 single-chip system, and even then we noted that the platform turned out to be strange: it turned out to be slower even than the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1. Now the situation has become a little clearer: Qualcomm went along the beaten path more expensive than MediaTek and simply renamed one SoC to another. To be fair, we note that the matter was not limited to just renaming: the new single-chip system received an increase in CPU frequencies of 150-200 MHz. [caption id="attachment_59544" align="aligncenter" width="530"] SoC Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2[/caption] The latest SoC Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 turns out to be renamed Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 The table clearly shows that the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 is a slightly overclocked Snapdragon 6 Gen 1: the frequency of the ARM Cortex-A55 cores increased by 150 MHz, and the ARM Cortex A78 cores increased by 200 MHz. And that is all. There are no other differences between these single-chip systems: Qualcomm didn’t even change the modem. Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 scores about 30 thousand more points in AnTuTu, but this is precisely due to the increase in frequencies. [caption id="attachment_59545" align="aligncenter" width="780"] SoC Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2[/caption] Let us remind you that the first serial smartphone based on Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 was  Redmi Note 13 Pro.

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The new GPU has one more core It looks like the great and terrible Apple A17 Pro SoC, which Apple actively praised during the presentation of the new iPhones, is in fact only a slightly improved A16 Bionic. New GPU tests show that there is no miracle. [caption id="attachment_56252" align="aligncenter" width="780"] A17 Pro SoC[/caption] Yes, the result in Geekbench is about 20% higher (27,158 points), as Apple itself said, but the catch is that the new GPU has six cores, while the GPU in the A16 Bionic has five cores. It turns out that almost the entire performance increase is provided by the addition of one core, that is, apparently, Apple did not change the GPU architecture in any way. Apple hasn't said anything about it, but it looks like the A17 Pro SoC [caption id="attachment_56253" align="aligncenter" width="404"] A17 Pro SoC[/caption] Let us remember that tests of the processor part also showed a slight increase in performance - and then only in single-threaded mode. Probably, the A17 Pro is in many ways the same A16 Bionic, but transferred to a new process technology and received one additional GPU core.

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Maximum attention is paid to the GPU here Apple iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max smartphones are known to have received the A17 Pro SoC, and this is a very interesting platform that is currently unique on the market. [caption id="attachment_55472" align="alignnone" width="780"] A17 Pro SoC[/caption] It’s worth starting with the fact that this is the first mobile single-chip system and, apparently, the first consumer chip in general, which is produced using the 3 nm process technology at TSCM facilities. Previously, information appeared on the Internet that Apple had temporarily purchased all orders for this technical process. The A17 Pro SoC in the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max is manufactured using a 3 nm process technology The SoC configuration includes only six processor cores: two productive and four energy-efficient. There is also a 16-core NPU and a new six-core GPU. The last one is especially important here. Apple says this is the largest GPU redesign in iPhone history. Compared to the GPU in the Apple A16 Bionic, the new one is 20% faster. But at the same time, it supports hardware acceleration of ray tracing, and MetalFX Upscaling technology allows you to relieve the graphics core. All this together is enough to run full-fledged computer games on the new iPhone Pro: Resident Evil Village, Resident Evil 4 Remake, Death Stranding, and Assassin's Creed Mirage! Yes, we have yet to evaluate the quality of graphics, resolution, etc., but this takes mobile gaming to previously unprecedented heights.