MediaTek Reveals Helio X30 Chipset with Quad-Core PowerVR 7XT GPU

MediaTek has announced the Helio X30 chipset today, together with its release date, which will see the device launched sometime next year, possibly in Q1 2017. The chip comes with a deca-core CPU and a tri-cluster design that resembles its predecessors, the Helio X20 and Helio X25.

Last year, MediaTek introduced the Helio X20 and Helio X25 SoCs. The latter was slightly overclocked, which caused some overheating problems. In any case, the company has recently unveiled the Helio X30 chipset in China.

The chipset is built using TSMC's 10nm FinFET process, and it will contain a deca-core CPU with four Cortex A-73 cores clocked at 2.8GHz, according to PhoneRadar. On the other hand, last year's models were built on a 20nm process.

The chipset comes...