MediaTek unveiled the Dimensity 9600 Pro, its first smartphone chip built on TSMC's 2-nanometre process, alongside the 3-nanometre Dimensity 9600M as it seeks greater share in premium handsets. The Pro model's neural processing unit is designed for on-device generative AI and delivers a claimed 51% improvement in prompt-processing performance versus the prior generation. MediaTek raised $3.9 billion through convertible bonds last month, including $3.5 billion from Nvidia, while Alphabet also participated. The company now targets volume manufacturing of its first data-centre AI accelerator for a major U.S. cloud provider in the fourth quarter of 2026, revising an earlier expectation of production this year.