MediaTek joins hands with TSMC to launch the world’s first 7nm 8K resolution digital TV system-on-chip
MediaTek and TSMC jointly launched the world's first 7nm 8K digital TV flagship system-on-chip (SoC) MediaTek Pentonic 2000. MediaTek Pentonic 2000 uses TSMC’s N7 advanced process technology to provide exceptional performance and energy efficiency, including a powerful artificial intelligence (AI) engine, motion estimation and motion compensation (MEMC), multi-function video coding (VVC) decoding, and picture-in-picture ( PiP) technology. MediaTek’s Pentonic 2000 provides essential functions in today’s streaming media era. It is the first commercial 8K TV chip that supports VVC H.266 media and the first all-in-one chip that supports 8K 120Hz displays and integrates a MEMC engine.
Pentonic 2000 combines MediaTek’s high-performance display technology with APU (AI processor) to provide support for its 8K AI super-resolution technology and smart viewing technology, and supports multiple PiP or picture-by-picture (PbP) screens. Pentonic 2000 is equipped with the fastest CPU and GPU in the TV industry, further enhanced the ultra-wide memory bus and ultra-fast UFS 3.1 storage, and supports the fastest wireless connection of MediaTek Wi-Fi 6E and even 5G cellular modems.
Compared with TSMC’s 16-nanometer process technology used in consumer electronics applications, its N7 process provides a 30% increase in speed or a 55% reduction in power consumption and more than three times the logic density. TSMC’s N7 process enables powerful edge AI in consumer electronic devices to perform tasks such as intelligently upgrading high-definition (HD) or 4K media to 8K resolution and quickly understanding users’ voice commands. In addition to the improvement in computing performance, the energy saving provided by TSMC's N7 process further provides heat dissipation advantages for consumer electronics design. As the first semiconductor company to put 7nm technology into commercial production, TSMC has the longest yield and quality improvement record, as well as the most extensive design ecosystem support. TSMC’s 7-nanometer technology is also the recipient of the 2021 IEEE Enterprise Innovation Award.
"Pentonic 2000 puts MediaTek at the forefront of smart TV design, providing consumers with rich, clear images, bright displays and clear audio, as well as a smart and intuitive user experience," said Dr. Mike Chang, the company’s vice president, MediaTek’s smart home business Group general manager. "We are very happy to commemorate this latest milestone in our long history of cooperation with TSMC, and look forward to more technological breakthroughs." Dr. Kevin Zhang, senior vice president of business development at TSMC, said: “By adopting TSMC’s N7 process, MediaTek will bring the technology that enables supercomputing applications into the living room and provide consumers with the next generation of media experience.” “We are honored to work with MediaTek once again. , Launching leading products in the field of digital TV."
MediaTek Pentonic 2000 will power the next-generation flagship 8K TVs, and is expected to be launched in the global market in the second quarter of 2022.
