Product Description
The MediaTek MT9638CAATAA is an advanced system-on-chip (SoC) tailored for high-end multimedia devices. With its powerful processing capabilities, 4K HDR video support, and AI-powered optimization features, it is an ideal solution for premium smart TVs, gaming consoles, set-top boxes, and streaming devices. Below, we go into more detail about its core features and capabilities.
4K HDR Video Processing and Decoding:
The MT9638CAATAA excels in delivering exceptional video quality, especially for 4K HDR content. It supports 4K video decoding at 60fps, ensuring smooth playback of high-resolution video. The chipset is compatible with HDR10, Dolby Vision, and HLG, which means that it can deliver the enhanced contrast, brightness, and color accuracy required for the next-generation video experience. Whether you are streaming from platforms like Netflix or Amazon Prime or watching locally stored 4K videos, the MT9638CAATAA ensures superior video quality.With its dedicated Video Processing Unit (VPU), the chipset efficiently decodes a range of video formats, including HEVC (H.265), VP9, and AV1, which are used by many modern streaming platforms. This ensures that users can access the best quality content without buffering or lag.
AI-Powered Enhancements:
One of the standout features of the MT9638CAATAA is its NeuroPilot AI technology. This AI system automatically adjusts video and audio settings in real time to enhance the viewing experience. For video, NeuroPilot analyzes the content and optimizes settings like sharpness, brightness, contrast, and color saturation for each scene. This ensures that the display always offers the best picture quality, whether you're watching a dark movie, a sports game, or gaming.On the audio side, the AI works to improve dialogue clarity, soundstage, and bass levels, providing a more immersive and enjoyable sound experience. This AI-driven enhancement eliminates the need for manual adjustments and ensures that the audio and video always match the content.
High-Performance CPU and GPU:
The MT9638CAATAA is powered by a quad-core ARM Cortex-A73 processor with a clock speed of up to 2.0 GHz, which delivers fast and efficient performance for 4K video decoding, gaming, and other multimedia tasks. The chipset's big.LITTLE architecture optimizes power consumption by automatically switching between high-performance cores for demanding tasks and low-power cores for less-intensive operations.The Mali-G52 MP4 GPU is also a key component of this chipset. It provides 4K graphics rendering and is designed to handle demanding tasks such as gaming and graphics rendering. The GPU supports advanced graphics APIs like Vulkan and OpenGL ES 3.2, allowing for smooth and immersive gaming experiences with high-quality visuals.
Overall, the MediaTek MT9638CAATAA is a high-performance SoC built for premium entertainment and gaming devices. With 4K HDR video decoding, AI-enhanced video and audio, and powerful CPU and GPU performance, it provides users with an unparalleled multimedia experience. Whether it's streaming content, gaming, or watching movies, the MT9638CAATAA delivers exceptional performance and an immersive experience across a range of devices.
Specification
CPU (Central Processing Unit):
The MT9638CAATAA is equipped with a quad-core ARM Cortex-A73 processor, capable of delivering high computational power for demanding applications like 4K video streaming, gaming, and multitasking. The Cortex-A73 cores have a clock speed of up to 2.0 GHz, ensuring fast and efficient handling of complex tasks.
The big.LITTLE architecture of the MT9638CAATAA allows it to switch between power-efficient cores and high-performance cores depending on the workload. For light tasks, the system uses the lower-power cores to conserve energy, while the high-performance cores are activated for resource-intensive operations such as gaming or video decoding.
GPU (Graphics Processing Unit):
The Mali-G52 MP4 GPU integrated into the MT9638CAATAA provides excellent graphics performance, capable of rendering 4K video and handling graphically intense tasks such as gaming and multimedia applications. The Mali-G52 has four GPU cores and supports the latest graphics APIs such as Vulkan, OpenGL ES 3.2, and OpenCL, allowing for advanced graphical rendering, high-quality 3D gaming, and smooth video playback.
This GPU is particularly optimized for 4K gaming and video rendering, ensuring that users experience smooth frame rates and high-quality visuals, even in demanding applications.
Video Processing Unit (VPU):
The MT9638CAATAA integrates a dedicated Video Processing Unit (VPU) capable of decoding 4K UHD video at 60fps. The VPU supports a variety of video codecs, including HEVC (H.265), VP9, and AV1, which are crucial for decoding high-quality video content from popular streaming services such as Netflix, YouTube, and Amazon Prime.
In addition to standard video formats, the VPU supports HDR video decoding with HDR10, Dolby Vision, and HLG, ensuring that HDR content looks its best by delivering improved brightness, contrast, and color accuracy on HDR-compatible displays.
AI Features (NeuroPilot AI):
NeuroPilot AI is a key feature of the MT9638CAATAA, enabling intelligent real-time video and audio optimization. The AI can adjust parameters such as sharpness, contrast, brightness, and color saturation based on the content being viewed. This ensures that movies, sports, and games all look their best, with optimal image quality for each type of content.
The AI also enhances audio output, improving dialogue clarity, and optimizing sound effects for a richer and more immersive experience. This AI-driven enhancement ensures that viewers can enjoy better audio and video quality without the need for manual adjustments.
Connectivity:
The MT9638CAATAA includes Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) support, enabling fast wireless internet connectivity for seamless streaming of 4K content and browsing. It also supports Bluetooth 5.0, which allows for wireless peripheral connections such as headphones, controllers, and speakers, providing more flexibility in device usage.
The chipset also supports Gigabit Ethernet connectivity, ensuring a stable and fast wired connection for streaming and gaming, making it ideal for devices where low-latency, high-speed internet is crucial, such as set-top boxes and gaming consoles.
Memory and Storage:
The MT9638CAATAA supports LPDDR4X RAM, offering high-speed memory for smooth multitasking and efficient 4K video processing. The chipset supports up to 4GB of LPDDR4X memory, ensuring smooth operation of demanding applications such as multimedia playback, gaming, and video editing.
For storage, the MT9638CAATAA supports eMMC 5.1 and UFS 2.1 storage, with UFS 2.1 offering faster read and write speeds for app loading, file access, and multimedia content management.
Security:
The MT9638CAATAA features hardware-based security features such as Secure Boot and a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE), ensuring the integrity and security of the system from boot-up to operation.
It also includes hardware encryption support, which helps secure user data during storage and transmission, making the chipset suitable for privacy-sensitive applications such as online banking or secure personal information storage.
Power Management:
Built on 16nm FinFET technology, the MT9638CAATAA offers excellent power efficiency while delivering high performance. The chipset incorporates dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) to intelligently manage power consumption based on the workload.
The inclusion of power gating and clock gating ensures that power is only consumed when necessary, extending the battery life of portable devices like set-top boxes, media players, and streaming devices.
Operating System Compatibility:
The MT9638CAATAA supports multiple operating systems, including Android TV, Linux, and other embedded systems. This makes it suitable for a wide range of consumer electronics, including smart TVs, set-top boxes, media hubs, and gaming consoles.
