Why MediaTek Is Smart to Get Out of Qualcomm, Inc.'s Way

Why MediaTek Is Smart to Get Out of Qualcomm, Inc.'s Way

Per a pre-publication note in DigiTimes (subscription required), mobile-chip maker MediaTek, largely seen as the No. 2 merchant mobile chip vendor next to market leader Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM), "is unlikely to roll out mobile chips built using more advanced 10nm and 7nm process technologies in 2018."

This, DigiTimes says, is due to MediaTek's apparently shifting its resources away from the premium portion of the smartphone market to instead redouble its efforts in the mid-range portion of the smartphone market.

Image source: Qualcomm.

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