Yesterday, MediaTek officially announced that its 5G chip will be officially released in Shenzhen, China on November 26.

The upcoming 5G chip is MT6885, manufactured in 7nm process, built-in 5G modem - Helio M70, including ARMCortex-A77 CPU, Mali-G77 GPU and MediaTek's independent AI processing unit APU.

This product is suitable for 5G StandAlone and Non StandAlone (SA/NSA) networking architecture Sub-6GHz frequency band, supports compatibility from 2G to 4G generation connection technology, supports 60fps 4K video encoding/decoding, and 80MP camera.

In addition, it features a new AI architecture with a new standalone AI processing unit to support more advanced AI applications. Including image processing technology that eliminates image blur, even if the subject is moving fast, still can take clear pictures.

Prior to this, relevant media reported that the chip has begun mass production, and will begin to ship to the manufacturer in the first quarter of 2020, but the news has not been confirmed by MediaTek.