Mediatek held a press conference to announce its financial results for the first half of the year. The Taiwanese company reported 16.8% monthly increase in revenue and 1.8% on a yearly basis, but another announcement grabbed our attention. Company CEO Cai Lixing announced the company will deliver samples of its 5G SoC with the Helio M70 modem in Q3 2019. Mass production of the chip will start in Q1 2020, right in time for the 5G revolution, said Cai. We already saw the details about the 5G modem, which is built in a chipset, but the actual chipset's name is not yet confirmed....
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