MediaTek, back in July, announced the world's first true octa-core processor; the company, known more for producing low-priced processors for entry-level smartphones, would not have been your first guess if you had to name which silicon slinger would be first out of the gate with a true octa-core chip. Unlike the Samsung Exynos 5 with its big.LITTLE architecture, all 8 cores of theMT6592 can be active at one time...Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/MediaTeks-true-octa-core-chip-gets-benchmarked-again-on-AnTuTu_id48364
