In response to recent market speculation indicating that MediaTek is shifting some of its 28nm chip orders to Globalfoundries and United Microelectronics (UMC), MediaTek president Hsieh Ching-chiang indicated that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) remains the company's major foundry for 28nm devices.

　　MediaTek reportedly uses Globalfoundries' 28nm PolySiON process to manufacture its entry-level solutions. In addition, with the yield rate of UMC's 28nm node technology improving, MediaTek is also believed to consider UMC as another 28nm foundry partner.

　　MediaTek specializes in smartphone SoCs, and has been aggressively expanding its offerings for tablets. Hsieh noted that MediaTek's shipments of tablet SoCs will jump to 40 million units in 2014 from about 20 million in 2013. MediaTek competes against China-based Allwinner and Rockchip in the tablet applications processor field.

　　According to a recent Strategy Analytics report, the global smartphone applications processor (AP) market climbed 41% on year to US$18 billion in 2013, while the tablet AP sector grew 32% to US$3.6 billion.