The upcoming advent of the Pinecone chat processor is no longer a surprise. It has long been rumored about a processor developed and produced entirely by Xiaomi and it is now established that the SoC in question will make its appearance very early, fueling the Mi 5C and probably in the future an ever-increasing number of devices (you can do a jump , promising to know more). The adoption of this new “homemade” processor is undoubtedly a great advantage for the Chinese giant, since it will allow considerable economic savings and will reduce dependence on other manufacturers. The arrival of Pinecone certainly caught the attention of Mediatek (as well as Huawei), one of Xiaomi's leading partners.
To aggravate the situation of the Taiwanese company was added the news of a possible partnership between Qualcomm and Leadcore, main competitors in the production of hardware dedicated to telephony. According to rumors, this union aims at the development of processors for the low-end market, currently a monopoly of Mediatek. The economic power of Qualcomm is worrying and the balances currently defined could creak, if the rumors turn out to be genuine. Some conspiracy theories speak of a strategy aimed only at diverting MTK's attention from the high end / flagship market, Qualcomm's main target. The share percentages of the latter on low end SoCs are not exciting and a partnership with Leadcore could further worsen the situation of the Snapdragon 200 series, revealing itself to be a double-edged sword.
Great, the competition is so good.
I see it very bad anyway for MTK, chips that I have entrusted only once in my life.