MediaTek Dimensity 9500 SoC May Use TSMC’s N3P Process; Tipped to Offer Up to 4GHz Peak Clock Speed

MediaTek launched Dimensity 9400 as its newest flagship-tier smartphone processor in October. A tipster means that its successor, dubbed Dimensity 9500, might debut with a change within the CPU structure and core configuration in comparison with the present flagship SoC. The chipset is alleged to be constructed utilizing TSMC’s new 3nm fabrication course of and will provide peak clock speeds of as much as 4GHz. This improvement comes per week after the chipmaker introduced the Dimensity 8400 processor globally, delivering an enchancment of as much as 41 p.c over its predecessor.

Tipster Digital Chat Station (translated from Chinese language) shared particulars in regards to the purported Dimensity 9500 SoC in a post on the Chinese language social media platform Weibo. As per the tipster, who has a great monitor file in terms of offering details about unannounced smartphones and chipsets, MediaTek’s next-generation flagship cellular processor may have a brand new structure comprising two prime cores and 4 efficiency cores.

It’s purported to be geared up with two Cortex-X930 prime cores dubbed “Travis” and 6 Cortex-A730 “Gelas” efficiency cores. The cores are mentioned to have a 2+6 configuration, just like Qualcomm’s newest Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC, ditching the effectivity cores within the course of.

The tipster additional claims that Dimensity 9500 shall be constructed utilizing TSMC’s N3P course of (3nm), in comparison with the N3E course of used for the fabrication of the present flagship Dimensity 9400 SoC. It’s mentioned to lead to a efficiency increase of about 5 p.c whereas additionally providing a 5-10 p.c higher effectivity.

The chipset can also be tipped to make use of ARM’s Scalable Matrix Extension (SME) — an Instruction Set Structure (ISA) extension, which might speed up AI and ML-based purposes and supply enhanced assist for matrix operations. It could enhance the Dimensity 9500 chip’s multi-thread efficiency.

MediaTek launched the Dimensity 9400 SoC in October and its successor can also be purported to launch across the identical time subsequent yr.