For the first time, MediaTek topped the ranking of mobile chip vendors. According to research company Counterpoint Research, the manufacturer took 31% of the mobile processor market in the third quarter of 2020. In the same period in 2019, the retained share remained at 26%. In the same year, MediaTek managed to displace Qualcomm to second place, which in the third quarter of 2020 occupied 29% instead of 31% a year earlier. Counterpoint Research explains the growth in MediaTek’s share by the fact that in the third quarter, global demand for smartphones increased, compared to the second, when things were bad due to the coronavirus pandemic. Strong sales of devices with MediaTek in the $ 250 price bracket also contributed to the increase in share. Sales predominated in the Indian and Chinese markets.