MediaTek announces i700 chipset

MediaTek has just unveiled its newest AI IoT chipset, the i700. The company has stated that the chipset can be used for facial recognition applications, fitness and entertainment scenarios, control for smart buildings, or as a visual-sensor platform for autonomous vehicles in factories and warehousing.

The i700 can run on Android and features an eight-core architecture composed of two Arm Cortex-A75 processors operating up to 2.2 GHz and six Cortex-A55 processors operating up to 2.0 GHz. It incorporates the MediaTek APU 2.0, featuring a dual-core AI processor, AI accelerator, and AI face detection engine. The chipset also supports Android Neural Networks API and other frameworks.

MediaTek noted that the chipset can support 32MP cameras, or a combination of cameras up to 24MP + 16MP. It also comes with MG PowerVR 9XM-HP8 GPU up to 970MHz, supports up to 8GB of RAM, and supports Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 5, and Cat. 12 LTE for connectivity.