Report: MediaTek to report lower Q1 shipments of integrated circuits for handsets

With most of its customers already loaded up on integrated circuits earmarked for handsets, MediaTek will probably report a 15 to 20% drop in shipments sequentially for the first quarter of 2014. This is the word from "industry sources" who say that the silicon slinger is making comparisons tough because of a strong fourth quarter of 2013. Customers in China have already started ordering enough inventory to cover the first quarter, which incudes the Lunar New Year holiday in the country.

Thanks to its rising share of the 3G market, and the delivery of its new 4G enabled chips, MediaTek is expected to have a good year in 2014. Samples of its 4G chips have been sent off to customers, and shipments of the chips should start in earnest shortly after the end of the second quarter.

After reporting a company record of  $39.01 billion NT ($1.33 billion USD) in third quarter revenues, MediaTek previously said it expected Q4's top-line to be flat or off 5% when compared to the previous quarter. Regardless, it has been a great year for the company, as sales are up 34.1% over last year as of November at $122.97 billion NT ($4.1 billion USD).

In addition to the numbers, MediaTek has become to "go-to" guys for those OEMs producing low-cost and entry-level phones. In addition, the company introduced the world's first true octa-core CPU earlier this year. For the first time, a processor has the ability to have all eight cores active at one time.

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MediaTek recently announced its first true-octa core processor, as part of the MT6592 chipset. The successor of this SoC is allegedly in the works and the upcoming chip that is reportedly known as MT6595 is rumored to go official in the January, next year.

The company's upcoming chipset is basically an LTE enabled version of the MT6592 and is very likely to keep the true octa-core CPU. If the rumors turn out correct, MediaTek will be looking to expand its market share even further in 2014.

Until now, MediaTek has been producing chipsets, which are ideal for mid-range and budget friendly smartphones. However, things might soon change for the Taiwanese semi-conductor company and we really hope the company rises its game and poses a more serious threat to Qualcomm and lightens up the development race.

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MediaTek to announce an octa-core LTE chipset in January� - reader commentsAnonymousI think Qualcomm is more flexible than MediaTek as it has made a low and hign end quality for the its target market.

Reply2013-12-11 12:12v0Xtniki'm using lenovo a3000 7 inch dual sim tablet,3000 mah battery and 1.2Ghz quadcore mediatek chipset. so far so good, no lag with brilliant battery life more than 24 hours with both sim on and continuously connected with H+ network.

Reply2013-12-11 11:02KZ8xAnomynousGood news for you, you don't have to buy it, no-one is forcing you. Now go buy yourself a 5s and be happy, that anger is not good for you. For the rest of us, finally LTE is coming to MT SoC, this is a turning point. I can easily see MediaTek p...

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