Taiwan’s fabless semiconductor firm MediaTek has claimed to be first to market with a WiFi 7-ready smartphone platform based on a chipset that primarily targets 5G. The new chipset, called Dimensity 9200, also highlights the rising importance of support for immersive gaming and high-resolution image capture at the chip level to harness the increased capabilities of either 5G or WiFi 7. Increased energy efficiency is also critical, both for sustaining battery life and avoiding overheating under assault from more computationally intensive applications, as JC Hsu, general manager of MediaTek’s wireless communications business, was keen to underline. “MediaTek’s Dimensity 9200 combines ultimate performance with significant power savings, extending battery life and keeping smartphones cool,” said Hsu. The firm indicated that new…