MediaTek has revealed the Dimensity 9500, their flagship processor for the upcoming generation. The new CPU outperforms the Dimensity 9400 in terms of efficiency and performance. Better on-board AI processing has also been a priority for the corporation.
MediaTek’s “all big-core” design, which was introduced two years before, is carried over into the Dimensity 9500. In essence, the 9500 lacks dedicated tiny efficiency cores and only has large performance cores. Qualcomm’s 8-series processors, on the other hand, combine efficiency and power cores.
Technical Dynamics of MediaTek’s Dimensity 9500
Built on 3nm technology, the MediaTek Dimensity 9500 features four C1-Pro, three C1-Premium, and one Arm C1-Ultra CPU. According to the manufacturer, the 9500 offers up to 32% better single-core performance and is 55% more efficient at peak performance.
Additionally, multi-core performance has increased by 17%. LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.1 storage, standard on all contemporary flagship smartphones, are supported by the Dimensity 9500. The Dimensity 9500 boasts the most potent AI computing on a smartphone, according to MediaTek. The NPU 990 is included with the chipset.
The business claims that the Dimensity 9500 enables Android devices to use on-board processing to create 4K photos. Additionally, the new NPU improves the efficiency of AI tasks for models like Gemini.
Dimensity 9500’s First Flagship Devices to be Launched in 4th Quarter of 2025
According to the business, the fourth quarter of 2025 will see the release of the first flagship gadgets that use the Dimensity 9500. Vivo and Oppo will probably be the first businesses to release this SoC. The Dimensity 9500 has a maximum camera sensor of 320 megapixels and supports 8K recording at 60 frames per second, according to the company’s website. Up to 180 Hz of screen refresh rate is supported by the Dimensity 9500.
Additionally, it is compatible with “Tri-Fold Displays”. The Arm Mali-G1 Ultra MC12 in the MediaTek Dimensity 9500 improves performance by 33%. This chipset, according to the firm, is the first to offer gaming at 120 frames per second with ray tracing. Additionally, it can convert 60fps titles to 120fps.
According to MediaTek, the chipset is 30% more efficient when playing games and using social audio call apps. It’s interesting to note that a day later, Qualcomm will also reveal its flagship device, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.
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•Dimensity 9500 features 4× C1-Pro, 3×
C1-Premium, 1× C1-Ultra CPUs with “all big-core” design.
•Dimensity 9500 is up to 32% faster
single-core, 17% better multi-core, and 55% more efficient at peak.
•Dimensity 9500 supports 120fps ray
tracing, frame conversion (60fps → 120fps), and 30% more gaming efficiency.
•First devices with Dimensity 9500
expected in Q4 2025, likely from Vivo and Oppo.
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Intel Corp. is one of the computer chip companies. Intel offers platform products that incorporate various components and technologies, including a microprocessor and chipset, a stand-alone SoC, or a multichip package. Intel also includes autonomous cars and small low-power devices as well as a broad range of solutions targeting the data center, wireless, networking, military, medical, and industrial market segments.
Love it or hate it, Intel says it’s a new era. “We are a different company than we were even five years ago,” Chief Marketing Officer, Karen Walker said.
Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology companyheadquartered in Santa Clara, California, in Silicon Valley. It is the world’s largest and highest-valued semiconductor chip manufactureron the basis of revenue, and is the developer of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most personal computers (PCs).
Intel supplies microprocessors for computer system manufacturers such as Apple, Lenovo, HP, and Dell. Intel also manufactures motherboard chip-sets, network interface controllers and integrated circuits, flash memory, graphics chips, embedded processors and other devices related to communications and computing. Although Intel created the world’s first commercial microprocessor chip in 1971, it was not until the success of the personal computer (PC) that this became its primary business.
Intel – Logo and it’s meaning
Intel’s Logo Evolution
“The new look and feel of the Intel brand is purposeful and inspired by (Intel co-founder) Robert Noyce’s quote: ‘Don’t be encumbered by history. Go off and do something wonderful,’. The company has only embarked on two major brand transitions: once in 1969, the other in 2006.
Intel – Founders and History
Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce are the founders of Intel.
Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce, Founders of Intel
Intel Corporation was founded on July 18, 1968 by semiconductor pioneers Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore (of Moore’s law), and is associated with the executive leadership and vision of Andrew Grove. The company’s name was conceived as portmanteau of the words integrated and electronics, with co-founder Noyce having been a key inventor of the integrated circuit (the microchip). The fact that “intel” is the term for intelligence information also made the name appropriate.
Intel was an early developer of SRAM and DRAM memory chips, which represented the majority of its business until 1981. Although Intel created the world’s first commercial microprocessor chip in 1971, it was not until the success of the personal computer (PC) that this became its primary business.
During the 1990s, Intel invested heavily in new microprocessor designs fostering the rapid growth of the computer industry. During this period, Intel became the dominant supplier of microprocessors for PCs and was known for aggressive and anti-competitive tactics in defense of its market position, particularly against Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), as well as a struggle with Microsoft for control over the direction of the PC industry.
The Intel company mission statement is: “Delight our customers, employees, and shareholders by relentlessly delivering the platform and technology advancements that become essential to the way we work and live.”
Their mission is to create world-changing technology that enriches the lives of every person on earth. They engineer solutions for our customers’ greatest challenges with reliable, cloud to edge computing, inspired by Moore’s Law.
Intel – Business Model
Around 2013 Intel set a plan and strategy to transform itself from a PC-centric to a data-centric company. By 2018 this objective was almost accomplished at least from a revenues standpoint. Intel’s business model entails designing, developing, andmanufacturing its products. While its offerings are usually produced at one of many Intel facilities, some manufacturing is assigned to subcontractors (namely board-level products and systems).
Intel – Growth and Revenue
Intel’s annual revenue has only been growing for the last decade, 2020 being the most profitable year for Intel.
Year
Annual Revenue
Percentage change
2020
$78.098B
+10.91%
2019
$71.965B
+1.58%
2018
$70.848B
+12.89%
2017
$62.761B
+5.68%
Intel – Investments
Intel has made 1,394 investments. Their most recent investment was on Nov 5, 2020, when Ayar Labs raised $35M.
Intel’s competitors in PC chipsets include Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), VIA Technologies, Silicon Integrated Systems, and Nvidia. Intel’s competitors in networking include NXP Semiconductors, Infineon, Broadcom Limited, Marvell Technology Group and Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, and competitors in flash memory include Spansion, Samsung Electronics, Qimonda, Toshiba, STMicroelectronics, and SK Hynix.
The only major competitor in the x86 processor market is AMD, with which Intel has had full cross-licensing agreements since 1976.
Intel – Challenges Faced
The industry in which Intel operates experiences heavy competition. Apart from the rapidly changing technological environment, there are several other factors like fast-changing customer needs, as well as market developments too make the industry environment highly challenging. Intel both needs to anticipate and respond to these changes swiftly to remain competitive.
Intel has manufacturing, assembly and test, R&D, sales, and other operations in several countries around the globe. While the U.S. is a top market for Intel, its sales and revenue from China have grown. In 2018, the company earned around 84% of its revenue from non-US markets. Slowed economic growth, uncertainty in fiscal or monetary policy, higher interest rates, tighter credit, inflation, lower capital expenditures by businesses including on IT, and several more similar factors can harm the growth and profitability of Intel.
Its global supply chain is also full of dangers, and managing it can be highly challenging. Intel sources form thousands of suppliers from around the globe, and reduced availability of raw material can lead to production delays or other difficulties in manufacturing.
For the assembly and testing of certain products and components, the company also depends on third party providers. If any of the third-party providers are unable to provide their services in a timely and cost-effective manner, that too will lead to problems and complexities for Intel.
Several legal and political challenges can lead to an increase in operational costs and compliance costs. Overall, there are several risks and challenges related to the business model of Intel Corporation.
Swan said that Intel plans to spend $17 billion on capital expenditures by 2020, following record investments in capex for the past two years. The added capacity allowed Intel to expand its PC CPU supply in the second half of 2019 by double digits relative to the first half. In 2019, Swan said Intel generated $3.8 billion in AI-based revenue. The AI market opportunity is expected to be $25 billion by 2024.
In a statement, an Intel spokesperson said, “Changes in our workforce are driven by the priorities of our business, which we continually evaluate. As we move into 2020, our business units are focusing their resources on areas where we have the greatest opportunity for growth and, as part of that, some are planning to eliminate roles associated with projects that are no longer priorities. Wherever possible, we’ve transitioned employees or teams within the company to areas of business need, and we expect this to impact less than 1% of our global workforce, subject to local requirements.
Intel confirmed that it is reorganizing its datacenter products group and laying off some employees. It did not say how many, except that it was less than 1% of the workforce, which means it is less than 1,100 employees.
Intel has been known for its invention of microprocessors along with developing advanced technology. The recent attempt of the company to give voice to the world’s first Cyborg was a game changer. In November 2016, Dr. Peter Morgan was diagnosed with the incurable disease known as (MND) Motor neuron disease, the same one which took the life of Stephen Hawking.
The disease impairs the nerve cells that enable us do actions, but it physically paralyses the person while the brain is still active. That means, the individual will now be stuck with a body that doesn’t function to their stimulus. Peter was given the hope of two years to live, but his yearn for life made him subdue the predictions of his medical condition. Peter was trained in robotics which he converted into a career in academia before his diagnosis. He had achieved the first PhD granted by a robotics faculty in UK and successfully published a book titled ‘The Robotics Revolution’.
With his experience, he visualized himself as a cyborg known as Peter 2.0 which would stay alive while also flourishing. His design of a Cyborg had reached a new level of technology, where the patient would escape the starvation by piping nutrients into the stomach, to breathing in oxygen through a tube to avoid suffocation. The AI Machine would allow the paralyzed face of the patient to be transformed into an avatar he/she chooses, and the body would be wrapped with exoskeleton. Even the voice of the avatar could be changed according to the preferences.
Dr. Peter Morgan with cyborg peter 2.0
In 2019, when peter was giving a speech at a conference, among the listeners was Lama Nachman who is the head of Intel’s anticipatory Computing La Credit. Lama has had her own experience with MND Patients along her journey in Intel. Her team were the ones who had powered the iconic Stephen Hawking’s computerized voice.
How Intel helped Peter 2.0 get voice
Intel attached an infra-red sensor to Hawking’s glasses that detected movements from his cheek, which he used to select characters on a computer. Over time, the system learned from Hawking’s diction to predict the next words he would want to use in a sentence. As a result, Hawking only had to type under 20% of all the characters he needed to talk. This helped him double his speech rate and dramatically improve his ability to perform everyday tasks, such as browsing the web or opening documents.
Intel named the software the Assistive Context-Aware Toolbox (ACAT). The company later released it to the public as open-source code, so the developers could add new features to the system. Hawking had famously chosen to keep his synthetic voice. “I keep it because I have not heard a voice I like better and because I have identified with it,” he said in 2006.
But Peter wanted to replicate the sound of his biological speech. Dr Matthew Aylett recorded Peter saying thousands of words, which he would use to create a replica voice. Peter would then use his eye movements to control an avatar that would speak in his own voice. Aylett had limited time to work. As Peter would soon need a surgery that would allow him to breathe through a tube emerging above his chest. But the operation meant that he could never speak again.
The video above describes peter 2.0
Three months before Peter was due to have surgery, the clone was ready, and Aylett gave Peter a demo of it singing a song: “Pure Imagination” from the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. The operation was a success; But Peter would remain mute until his communication system was ready. The system soon arrived. It came with a keyboard he’d control by looking at an interface, and an avatar synchronized with his speech. Peter 2.0 was ready.
There was another big difference between Peter and Hawking’s visions for their systems. While Hawking wanted to retain control over the AI, Peter was more concerned about the speed of communication. Ideally, Peter would choose exactly what the system said. But the more control the AI is given, the more it can help. However, ceding control to the AI could come at a big human cost if it risks sacrificing a degree of Peter’s agency.
Over time, the system starts to move in a certain direction, because you’re reinforcing that behavior over and over again. One solution is training the AI to understand what Peter desires at any given moment. Ultimately, it could take temporary control when Peter wants to speed up a conversation, without making a permanent change to how it operates. Lama aims to strike that delicate balance in the next addition to Peter’s transformation: an AI that analyzes his conversations and suggests responses based on his personality. The system could make Peter even more of a cyborg which is exactly what he wants.
