[News] MediaTek Unveils Dimensity 8400 with TSMC’s 4nm Process, Set to Debut with Redmi Turbo 4 in Early 2025

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MediaTek has introduced the Dimensity 8400 chip. The Dimensity 8400 is said to deliver powerful Gen-AI performance and brings an all-big-core design to the premium smartphone market for the first time.  According to a report from Economic Daily News, this chip is produced using TSMC’s advanced 4nm process.

Redmi has announced that its Redmi Turbo 4 will be the first smartphone powered by the newly introduced Dimensity 8400 SoC, as pointed out by a report from GSMArena. The Redmi Turbo 4 is set to release in early 2025. The report from GSMArena also highlights that the Dimensity 8400 is positioned to challenge the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3’s dominance in the upper-midrange smartphone market.

The Economic Daily News report mentions that this chip will also be adopted by leading Chinese smartphone brands, including Xiaomi, Vivo, and OPPO. According to TrendForce‘s research, as of Q3 2024, Xiaomi holds a 14% global market share, ranking third worldwide, while OPPO holds a 12% market share, ranking fourth, and Vivo accounts for 9%, placing fifth.

MediaTek’s press release highlights that the Dimensity 8400 SoC features an eight-core Arm Cortex-A725 processor running at speeds of up to 3.25GHz, delivering a 41% increase in multi-core performance compared to its predecessor, the Dimensity 8300. Also, it achieves a 44% reduction in peak power consumption compared to the previous generation.

The Dimensity 8400 is equipped with a powerful NPU to enhance Gen-AI tasks. As noted by its press release, the MediaTek NPU 880 enables the chip to support mainstream LLMs, SLMs, and LMMs, allowing users to access the latest Gen-AI applications such as translation, rewriting, contextual replies, AI recording, and media generation.

According to TrendForce, the smartphone market is increasingly shifting its focus toward AI-powered smartphones. It is projected that AI smartphones will comprise 10% to 15% of total production in 2024. Regarding global smartphone production, TrendForce’s latest research indicates that production is expected to increase by nearly 7% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) in the fourth quarter, compared to the previous quarter’s performance.

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