MediaTek Incorporated has unveiled the MT6592, a octa-core mobile platform. The MediaTek MT6592 System on a Chip (SOC) combines an eight-core application processor with multimedia capabilities and mobile connectivity.

The computational capabilities of the MediaTek MT6592 delivers gaming performance, advanced multi-tasking and enhanced web browsing for high-end smartphones and tablets.

The MT6592 builds on the success of existing MediaTek quad-core mobile platforms and is expected to be available in devices running Android Jellybean by the end of 2013. MT6592 enabled mobile devices running Android Kit-Kat are expected in early 2014.

Building on the advanced 28nm HPM high-performance process, the MT6592 has eight CPU cores, each capable of clock speeds up to 2GHz. The true octa-core architecture is fully scalable, and the MT6592 runs both low-power and more demanding tasks equally effectively by harnessing the full capabilities of all eight cores in any combination. An advanced MediaTek scheduling algorithm also monitors temperature and power consumption to ensure optimum performance at all times.

The MT6592 features a world-class multimedia subsystem with a quad-core graphics engine, an advanced video playback system supporting Ultra-HD 4Kx2K H.264 video playback and support for new video codecs such as H.265 and VP9, a 16-megapixel camera and a display. The SOC also features MediaTek ClearMotion technology for automatic frame-rate conversion of standard 24/30fps video to high-quality 60fps video for significantly smoother playback

The MT6592 also incorporates the MediaTek advanced multi-mode cellular modem and a full connectivity capability for dual-band 801.11n Wi-Fi, Miracast screen-sharing as well as Bluetooth, GPS and an FM tuner.

In addition to MediaTek's leadership in Heterogeneous Multi-Processing (HMP) in CPU, all of its mobile SOC's including the MT6592 have been using a Heterogeneous Computing (HC) architecture, distributing the workload to different kinds of processors and other specialized computing engines to optimize performance.  These HC building blocks include the CPU, GPU, DSP, multiple connectivity engines, multiple multimedia engines, camera engines, display engines, navigation, and sensor cores.