We've actually heard rumors of Samsung wanting to buy MediaTek chips for quite some time now, the last rumor came March of last year where a Manager of MediaTek alleged that Samsung was in talks with the chipmaker to source CPUs for Samsung's lower to mid ranger smartphones, in particular, its Tizen-powered devices. Nikkei reports that MediaTek Chairman Tsai Ming-kai recently participated at a tech conference and was asked to comment on the Samsung battery recall fiasco, to which he replied that it was "not possible for [him] to comment." on these events, "as Samsung is a...
Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/mediatek_reveals_samsung_is_a_customer-news-20664.php
