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MediaTek’s MT6589 quad-core CPU benchmarked: It’s fast (for a budget chip)

Chip maker Mediatek might not be a big name in the US, but the company’s low power ARM-based processors are showing up in a growing number of phones and tablets in China, India, and other nations. The latest Mediatek is a quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 processor, and while it’s not quite in the same class as […]

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MediaTek MT6589 quad-core chip coming to smartphones, tablets in 2013

Taiwanese chip maker MediaTek is the latest company to throw its hat in the quad-core ring. The company’s new MT6589 processor is expected to start showing up in tablets and smartphones in early 2013. While MediaTek isn’t as well known in the West as competing chip makers such as Qualcomm, NVIDIA, Samsung, or Texas Instruments, […]