MediaTek Dimensity 800 / MT6873 5G Chipset Datasheet

2024.12.04

Technical Blog

The MediaTek MT6873 5G processor integrates Bluetooth, FM, WLAN and GPS modules and is a highly integrated baseband platform that combines a modem and application processing subsystem to support LTE/LTE-A/NR and C2K smartphone applications. The chip integrates four ARM®Cortex-A76 cores operating at up to 2.0GHz, four ARM®Cortex-A55 cores operating at up to 2.0GHz, and powerful multi-standard video codecs. In addition, an extensive set of interfaces and interfaces for connecting peripheral cameras, touchscreen displays, and UFS/MMC/SD cards are included. The MT6873 processor is a multi-core ARM®Cortex-A76, ARM®Cortex-A55 equipped with a NEON engine that provides the processing power required to support the latest OpenOS and its demanding applications such as web browsing, email, GPS navigation, and gaming.

Peculiarity: 1. AP MCU subsystem - 4 ARM® 2.0 GHz Cortex-A76 cores, each with 64 KB L1 I-cache, 64 KB L1 Dcache, and 256 KB L2 cache - 4 ARM® 2.0 GHz Cortex-A55 cores, each with 32 KB L1 I-cache, 32 KB L1 Dcache, and 128 KB L2 cache - Shared 2 MB L3 cache - NEON multimedia processing engine with SIMDv2/VFPv4 ISA support - DVFS technology with adaptive operating voltage from 0.55V to 0.973V 2.MD MCU subsystem - High-performance multi-core multi-threaded processor architecture - High-performance AXI bus interface - Generic DMA engine and dedicated DMA channel for peripheral data transfer - Clock-gated power management 3. External memory interface - LPDDR4X up to 16 GB (2 lanes, 16-bit data bus width) - Data rates up to LPDDR4X-4266Mbps - Self-refresh/partially self-refresh mode - Low-power operation - Programmable slew rate of memory controller I/O pads - Dual column storage devices - Advanced bandwidth quorum control 4. Peripherals - USB one port with USB3.0 host/device mode or USB2.0 OTG mode - eMMC5.1 - UFS 2.1 - 2 UARTs for debugging and application - 8 SPI hosts for external devices - 4 I2Cs/6 I3Cs to control peripherals such as CMOS image sensors, LCM or FM receiver modules -Utmost. 4 PWM channels (depending on system configuration/IO usage) - I2S for connecting an optional external high-end audio codec