MediaTek Announces IoT SoC’s for Smart Home Market

The MT7687 and MT7697 come packed with a diverse set of features that include seamless WiFi integration and optimal power consumption

MediaTek India today announced the availability of two new System on Chips (SoCs) specifically targeted towards the emerging connected home market in the country. The MT7687 and MT7697 chipsets feature a range of innovative architecture designs and function, and will be made available across Internet of Things (IoT) devices. End products on these SoCs are likely to be available in India by Q4 2016. These SoCs are expected to be used for home gateway solutions and smart electronics like smart washing machine, refrigerators, air-conditioners and other home appliances. The key advantages of these chipsets are low power efficiency and slim packaging which provides size as well as cost advantage.

This series of chipsets shall help create a universal “eco-sphere” of seamlessly connecting a smartphone device to a diverse set of smart home features and functions. These may include home appliances, home automation, smart gadgets, IoT bridges and cloud connectivity.

Keeping in mind the aim to expand their global footprint, MediaTek is launching these products to ride on the growing technological momentum in the market. MediaTek’s core lies in designing leading display technologies, regardless of device. With a deep legacy embedded in multimedia technology – and reputation as an industry leader across phones, DVD and audio — the brand is taking that expertise and applying it to forward-looking formats like IoT, wearables and more.