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The Dimensity 9600 appears to be MediaTek’s only flagship SoC that is scheduled to launch in 2026, and with the Taiwanese fabless semiconductor manufacturer already having announced the successful tape-out of its first 2nm chipset , chances are it only has one variant to offer. However, a new rumor claims that the company is still undecided if it wants to switch to a dual-chipset launch strategy like Qualcomm is said to adopt with its Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro launch next year, but chances are that the high wafer costs on TSMC’s 2nm node could eventually convince MediaTek.

Like Qualcomm, MediaTek’s less powerful version of the Dimensi

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