7.19. MediaTek 8196

MediaTek 8196 (MT8196) is a 64-bit ARM SoC introduced by MediaTek in 2024. The chip incorporates eight cores - four Cortex-A720 cores, three Cortex-X4 cores and one Cortex-X925 core. Cortex-A720 can operate at up to 2.1 GHz. Cortex-X4 can operate at up to 2.8 GHz. Cortex-X925 can operate at up to 3.6 GHz.

7.19.1. Boot Sequence

Boot Rom --> Coreboot --> TF-A BL31 --> Depthcharge --> Linux Kernel

7.19.2. How to Build

make CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- PLAT=mt8196 DEBUG=1 COREBOOT=1