MediaTek MT6595 world’s first 4G LTE octa-core smartphone SoC

HSINCHU, TAIWAN: MediaTek announced the MT6595, a premium mobile solution with the world's first 4G LTE octa-core smartphone SoC powered by the latest Cortex-A17 CPUs from ARM.

The MT6595 employs ARM's big.LITTLE architecture with MediaTek's CorePilot technology to deliver a Heterogeneous Multi-Processing (HMP) platform that unlocks the full power of all eight cores.

An advanced scheduler algorithm with adaptive thermal and interactive power management delivers superior multi-tasking performance and excellent sustained performance-per-watt for a premium mobile experience.

"MediaTek is focused on delivering a full-range of 4G LTE platforms and the MT6595 will enable our customers to deliver premium products with advanced features to a growing market," said Jeffrey Ju, GM of the MediaTek Smartphone Business Unit.

The MT6595 platform will be commercially available by the first half of 2014, with devices expected in the second half of the year.