MediaTek Dimensity 9300 and 8300 chipsets now optimized for Google’s Gemini Nano model

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Google launched Gemini Nano, its on-device AI model, last year. However, only a few devices could support it. But that may change soon, as MediaTek has announced that some of its chips are now “optimized” for Gemini Nano.

MediaTek has revealed in a press release this week that its flagship chip, the Dimensity 9300, and its lower-end counterpart, the Dimensity 8300, are both “optimized” for Gemini Nano support. 

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Cheaper Chromebooks might be on their way

Chromebooks are generally affordable devices but they might be even more pocket-friendly with the use of a low-end chip. MediaTek has contributed code to Chromium operating system (the base for Chrome OS) to test a device running on an entry-level ARM Cortex-A7 processor.  Theoretically, this will create Chromeboxes and Chromebooks that would cost less than the usual US$200 price of these devices. However, this will also affect speed as the Cortex-A7 system can be quite sluggish. MediaTek has not said what they plan on doing with the code but this is just showing us what may lie ahead.

Source: Engadget