MediaTek Helio X30 Release Date, Specs News: Flagship Chipset With 10-Core Architecture to Arrive in Second Quarter of 2017

By Georgia Gana, Christian Post Contributor Wednesday, March 01, 2017

At Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017, Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek revealed more details about their new Helio X30 system on chip (SoC) designed to power high-end smartphones.

Currently, the Helio X30 is the only chipset that is built using a 10-nm manufacturing process. It uses MediaTek's 10-core Tri-Cluster architecture in order to handle extreme levels of performance.

MediaTek's newest flagship processor has two ARM Cortex-A73 cores at 2.5 GHz, four ARM Cortex-A53 cores at 2.2 GHz and four ARM Cortex-A35 cores at 1.9 GHz. Compared with the previous-generation Helio X20, the new chipset delivers 50 percent power savings and a 35 percent increase in performance.

"MediaTek's Helio X30 fuses together state-of-the-art processing architecture, fabrication and connectivity to provide an unparalleled mobile experience. This powerhouse chipset is another example of our vision to bring premium mobile experiences to life," said Jeffrey Ju, executive vice president and co-chief operating officer of MediaTek.

The Helio X30 will be partnered with the Imagination PowerVR Series7XT Plus graphics processing unit (GPU) clocked at 800 MHz. The graphics card delivers 2.4 times more performance and is 60 percent more efficient than its predecessor.

Furthermore, it was noted that the Helio X30 will have support for virtual reality (VR) software development kits (SDKs). It has two 14-bit image signal processors (ISPs) with support for dual camera setups of up to 16-megapixel per lens. The processor's new image processor also provides users with more camera features without needing much power from the CPU and GPU.

Alongside the MediaTek Helio X30 chipset, the company also introduced its CorePilot 4.0 technology, a central processing unit (CPU) system with an intelligent task scheduling system, thermal management and user experience monitoring. The system is able to prioritize applications at certain points in time to control power consumption, which then translates to a longer battery life.

The MediaTek Helio X30 chipset is expected to power smartphones in the second half of 2017.