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Appears in 3 stories · Last updated Oct 25, 2026
Platform for affected devices
Some low-cost Android phones arrive with malware already in the firmware. Bitdefender named the campaign Midnight Mimosa after finding it on phones built on MediaTek chips, where it installs and removes apps and pulls new modules from a remote server.
Updated Oct 25
As of October 2026: Co-designer of the N1X CPU die
On June 1 in Taipei, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveiled what the company is calling the RTX Spark Superchip, a 20-core Arm processor co-designed with MediaTek carrying a Blackwell GPU with 6,144 CUDA cores. Microsoft confirmed Windows on Arm support the same morning. ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft Surface, and MSI committed to shipping RTX Spark laptops this fall, with Acer and GIGABYTE announced as follow-on brands.
Updated Oct 8
As of September 2026: Investment target; Nvidia's partner for custom AI chips
Nvidia is spending $3.5 billion to help its biggest customers build their own artificial intelligence (AI) chips. The money goes to Taiwanese chip designer MediaTek in exchange for convertible bonds, marking Nvidia's largest direct investment outside the United States.
Updated Sep 1
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