New Mediatek Chip Looks to Lower Cost of Android Handsets

Taiwanese chip maker Mediatek recently finished development on a new 3G system-on-a-chip processor designed to do the heavy lifting on Android devices. While Mediatek has begun shipping sample CPUs out to manufacturers, full-scale production won’t begin until the end of the year. The new chip could see handsets dropping to a $100 price range, and include [...]

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