MediaTek chipsets to power phones with dual 4G VoLTE, camera and SIM

MediaTek Helio P23 chipsetSemiconductor company MediaTek has introduced Helio P23 and Helio P30 chipset promising power efficiency, dual camera photography, dual SIM and dual 4G VoLTE capabilities.

The proposed dual 4G VoLTE capabilities indicate that smartphone customers can use two 4G SIMs of two telecom operators in one phone. For instance, smartphone users can buy VoLTE services from Reliance Jio and Airtel and use the same in a single smartphone powered by MediaTek.

MediaTek will launch Helio P23 chipset for smartphone companies in Q4 2017 targeting global phone customers. MediaTek will launch Helio P30 chipset in China. The company will be targeting both emerging and developed telecom markets.

“Reaching the mid market means bringing people affordable devices that power and perform with the latest features, like dual-cameras and 4G LTE connectivity,” said TL Lee, general manager of MediaTek’s Wireless Communication business unit.

The Helio P23 and P30 chipsets will have software and hardware-backed dual-camera features that guarantee better photography experience. MediaTek Helio P23 chipset features support for 13+13 megapixel dual-camera setups, while MediaTek Helio P30 chipset supports up to 16+16 megapixels.

MediaTek’s Imagiq 2.0 technology will assist global smartphone makers to minimize aliasing, grain and noise, reduce chromatic aberration and more – resulting in clear, crisp, high-quality images across a number of lighting conditions.

A new hardware Camera Control Unit (CCU) with auto exposure convergence speed up to twice as fast as competitors. US-based Qualcomm is the main semiconductor competitor in the chipset market for 4G smartphone makers.

Helio P30 chipset also features a new Vision Processing Unit (VPU), a dedicated 500MHz digital signal processor paired to the Image Signal Processors.

MediaTek said the VPU is a dedicated camera-assisting hardware unit. It performs real-time processing functions that were typically assigned to the CPU or GPU, but at a tenth of the power usage.

The VPU can be used in isolation or as part of a team with the CPU/GPU. This provides a true heterogeneous computing environment on the same memory subsystem for advanced multi-application or multi-function tasks.

MediaTek Helio P23 delivers the world’s first dual SIM, dual 4G VoLTE/ViLTE support. This allows faster, more consistent connectivity for users who use two SIM cards.

The P23 and P30 feature MediaTek’s 4G LTE WorldMode modem, offering superior power efficiency and performance, with a unique combination of Cat-7/13 speeds at 300 Mbit/s download and 150Mbit/s upload.

MediaTek said TAS 2.0 (Transmitting Antenna Switching) smart antenna technology enhances performance and user experience, by using the best antenna combination to provide optimal signal quality.

Helio P23 and P30 — powered by MediaTek’s CorePilot technology — are built on eight Arm Cortex-A53 processers operating up to 2.3 GHz for sustained high performance. Both chipsets feature the new Mali G71 MP2 GPU, clocked at 770MHz in the P23 and 950MHz in the P30, delivering high-end graphics performance.