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MediaTek Bows First 8K TV Chip With VVC Compression Support

MediaTek unveiled its new Pentonic family of smart TV chips with the introduction of the Pentonic 2000 for powering next-generation “flagship” 8K TVs with 120Hz frame rates, said the chipmaker Friday. The Pentonic 2000 is the world's first commercial TV…

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chip manufactured using Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s 7-nanometer node process, said MediaTek. It can also support 144Hz frame rates for gaming PC hardware and ninth-generation gaming consoles, it said. The Pentonic 2000 is also the first commercial 8K TV chip with Versatile Video Coding (H.266) media support for enhanced compression efficiency, it said.