NVIDIA & MediaTek are set to unveil their "highly-anticipated" AI PC chip by the second half of 2025 and will be adopted by major OEM players.
NVIDIA & MediaTek's Upcoming AI PC SoC Is Set To Change Market Dynamics, Challenging AMD, Intel & Qualcomm
Rumors surrounding a custom chip being made by MediaTek for the AI PC markets have been swirling for quite some time now.
With NVIDIA's inclination towards MediaTek in recent days, it was very evident that both firms were proceeding towards collaborating in the AI PC markets, likely creating a new chip. Leaker on Weibo, "Mobile phone chip expert," has now claimed that the NVIDIA x MediaTek AI PC chip is expected to be released by the second half of next year, and interestingly, the chip has already reached the tape-out stages.
NVIDIA has been setting itself up to enter the custom chip business, and what better way there is than to capitalize on the growing AI PC markets, which has taken the industry by storm. NVIDIA has hands-on when it comes to bringing its graphical capabilities onto a chip, and MediaTek, which is a renowned mobile chipmaker, will see its first venture into the PC industry with this chip, but it is undoubtedly going to be a competitive end-product, competing with the likes of Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite, and Intel's Lunar Lake mobile chips.
While we are currently unaware of the specifications, it is rumored that the chip will employ TSMC's 3nm process, based upon the ARM architecture, and NVIDIA is likely going to feature its next-gen iGPU onboard, which will take the standard of the upcoming SoC to new heights. NVIDIA and MediaTek are cooperating in the automotive segment as well, within the MediaTek Dimensity Auto lineup of chips, so it won't be wrong to say that the partnership of both firms has worked out quite well, and Team Green will make an impact over the AI PC markets.
Interestingly, the leak also mentions that firms like Lenovo, Dell, HP, and ASUS have shown interest in NVIDIA's new project, and we can expect them to integrate the SoC in their lineup immediately after launch, which shows how big of a venture this actually is for the AI PC markets.
Consumers will finally have the option to opt out of the conventional "vendors" in the industry, which is why NVIDIA x MediaTek has undoubtedly got us hyped up.
About the author: Muhammad Zuhair is a hardware and technology reporter for Wccftech, specializing in the semiconductor industry and the complex interplay between technology, manufacturing, and geopolitics. His coverage focuses on the corporate strategies and technological roadmaps of industry giants like TSMC, NVIDIA, Samsung, and Intel. Zuhair's expertise lies in deconstructing complex topics such as fabrication nodes (e.g., 2nm process), the economic impact of policies like the CHIPS Act, and the strategic development of AI infrastructure from NVIDIA, AMD and Intel.
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