http://www.phonearena.com/ PhoneArena.com - Cell Phone Reviews, News, Specs and Info. en-us Copyright 2001-2006 PhoneArena. All rights reserved. phonearena@phonearena.com http://www.phonearena.com/img/logo-en.gif http://www.phonearena.com/ 107 80 http://www.phonearena.com/news/NVIDIA-to-license-its-Kepler-GPU-core-to-grab-more-from-the-explosion-of-Android-devices_id44231NVIDIA isn't content with the number of Android devices that use its Tegra chipsets and wants to get more of the market, and the plan to do that looks like the company will license its Kepler GPU core to other chipset manufacturers. NVIDIA hopes that doing this will enable it to get more from the "explosion of Android devices"...]]>NewsTue, 18 Jun 2013 17:45:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/NVIDIA-to-license-its-Kepler-GPU-core-to-grab-more-from-the-explosion-of-Android-devices_id44231/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/The-first-round-of-Tizen-devices-will-likely-run-on-Exynos-4-chips_id44220We're still a few months away from seeing the first Tizen phones hitting the open market, but we're seeing some indications of the kind of processors that may be used in the first round of handsets. Given that Tizen is a joint venture between Samsung and Intel, you would assume that one or both of those companies would be supplying the chipsets for the devices, and we're seeing evidence it will be Samsung...]]>NewsTue, 18 Jun 2013 15:18:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/The-first-round-of-Tizen-devices-will-likely-run-on-Exynos-4-chips_id44220/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Former-HTC-managers-launch-Kazam-will-offer-phones-with-stunning-design-robust-hardware-and-localized-updates_id44193Two former HTC execs have created a new company called Kazam, whose goal is mobile-related, and even plans on hardware, read smartphones in the future. The ex-head of sales and former marketing director for UK region, Michael Coombes and James Atkins, have distributed the roles at Kazam, with Coombes as the CEO, and Atkins in the marketing seat...]]>NewsTue, 18 Jun 2013 05:06:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Former-HTC-managers-launch-Kazam-will-offer-phones-with-stunning-design-robust-hardware-and-localized-updates_id44193/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/AMD-building-ARM-chips-for-non-mobile-servers_id44189With a code name of "Seattle," Advanced Micro Devices is building its first chips based on the ARM Holdings designs that are prevalent in smartphones and tablets; but AMD isn't looking to sling silicon for mobile devices. Instead, these chips are headed for the server market. With AMD's share of x86 chips quickly heading south, the company needed something new to enhance the top line of its balance sheet...]]>NewsTue, 18 Jun 2013 04:12:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/AMD-building-ARM-chips-for-non-mobile-servers_id44189/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Nokia-developer-pages-now-reference-quad-core-Snapdragon-800-with-Adreno-330-GPU_id44184Nokia is not working with that many processors from Qualcomm, so when a new one appears on its developer pages, one ought to take notice. The new arrival there is none other than the quad-core Snapdragon 800, the powerhouse of mobile these days...]]>NewsTue, 18 Jun 2013 03:08:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Nokia-developer-pages-now-reference-quad-core-Snapdragon-800-with-Adreno-330-GPU_id44184/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Sony-Xperia-ZU-phablet-scores-more-than-the-Snapdragon-800-Galaxy-S4-breaks-every-record_id44136A screenshot of the Snapdragon 800-powered Sony Xperia ZU has leaked on a dedicated forum thread, displaying the record-breaking 32173 AnTuTu points, which makes us really long to see the handset in action. Next Tuesday is not far off, so we should know more about the ZU then, unless Sony decides to announce it beforehand.]]>NewsMon, 17 Jun 2013 02:29:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sony-Xperia-ZU-phablet-scores-more-than-the-Snapdragon-800-Galaxy-S4-breaks-every-record_id44136/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Quadcore-powered-Nokia-Lumia-shows-up-on-GFXBench_id44110For Windows Phone fans hoping that their favorite platform will soon get the same hardware support that other OS get, some good news has appeared on GPU benchmarking site GFXBench. While the site concentrates on scoring the Adreno 305 GPU on the unnamed device, it does show that a quad-core processor is on board the unit...]]>NewsSun, 16 Jun 2013 15:29:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Quadcore-powered-Nokia-Lumia-shows-up-on-GFXBench_id44110/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/NVIDIA-shows-Tegra-4i-reference-design-brand-phone-Tegra-4i-retail-phones-coming-in-Q1-2014_id43943The Nvidia Tegra 4i chip promises unmatched graphical performance in smartphones and on-chip LTE, and while we are still waiting for the first commercial devices…]]>NewsTue, 11 Jun 2013 08:23:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/NVIDIA-shows-Tegra-4i-reference-design-brand-phone-Tegra-4i-retail-phones-coming-in-Q1-2014_id43943/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/SK-Hynix-unveils-worlds-first-8Gb-LPDDR3-RAM-chip_id43885Samsung makes the most of RAM chips for mobile devices, but it’s not the only one and its main rival SK Hynix just outpaced it by releasing the “world’s first” 8Gb LPDDR3 RAM chip…]]>NewsMon, 10 Jun 2013 06:44:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/SK-Hynix-unveils-worlds-first-8Gb-LPDDR3-RAM-chip_id43885/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-Galaxy-S4-powered-by-Qualcomm-Snapdragon-800-seen-on-AnTuTu_id43850An unannounced version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 has been spotted on the AnTuTu benchmark site; what sets the SHV-E330S apart from other models of Samsung's flagship Android model, is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor under the hood. In addition, this particular version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 includes support for the LTE-advanced pipeline...]]>NewsSun, 09 Jun 2013 01:24:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-Galaxy-S4-powered-by-Qualcomm-Snapdragon-800-seen-on-AnTuTu_id43850/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/AMD-open-to-building-for-specific-Android-products_id43722AMD's business plan has always been to have its products directly tied to Windows, but the company has been struggling recently, so it is looking for other opportunities to build processors. The new word is that AMD could potentially jump into the crowded mobile processor space, but the company isn't looking for a market share fight, it wants to be more careful in choosing its path...]]>NewsWed, 05 Jun 2013 15:34:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/AMD-open-to-building-for-specific-Android-products_id43722/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-Galaxy-S4-listed-in-an-Intel-mobile-chips-slide-Mystery-resolved_id43697Intel took the stage yesterday to announce its new frugal Haswell chips, as well as the Silvermont architecture for phones and tablets. On a slide touting how it is taking a foothold in mobile, a number of devices running Intel chippery were listed. including the newly-announced 6" Asus Fonepad Note phablet, and the 10" Galaxy Tab 3 slate...]]>NewsWed, 05 Jun 2013 02:28:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-Galaxy-S4-listed-in-an-Intel-mobile-chips-slide-Mystery-resolved_id43697/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Qualcomm-Snapdragon-800-now-supports-Windows-RT-8.1_id43691Qualcomm and Microsoft announced at Computex 2013 that the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor will now support Microsoft's Windows RT 8.1; the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 supports speeds of 2.2GHz per core and includes a multimode 3G/4G LTE Modem. USB 3.0 is enabled as well. Microsoft will send out an update later this year from the Windows Phone Store to upgrade tablets to Windows RT 8.1...]]>NewsTue, 04 Jun 2013 22:56:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Qualcomm-Snapdragon-800-now-supports-Windows-RT-8.1_id43691/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Intels-new-processors-300-touchscreen-gear-coming-LTE-SoC-and-fanless-Core-CPU-design-demoed_id43659For the mobile Bay Trail architecture for tablets and convertibles, Intel said it can scale the functionality in slices, and allow $300-$400 devices with touchscreen and all. Smartphones? The Merrifield chips with Silvermont architecture are a bit further down the road, shipping to OEMs the end of this year, but they should finally put to rest the claim that Intel can never figure things out with the battery life/performance ratio as well...]]>NewsTue, 04 Jun 2013 02:59:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Intels-new-processors-300-touchscreen-gear-coming-LTE-SoC-and-fanless-Core-CPU-design-demoed_id43659/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/NVIDIA-CEO-shows-off-new-touchscreen-stylus-technology_id43655At Computex on Tuesday, NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang displayed a new touchscreen technology that allows users to wield a simple capacitive stylus and write using different levels of pressure; a flat surface at the other end of the stylus allowed Huang to erase mistakes. Keep in mind that the pen employed by the executive was a non-digitizer stylus...]]>NewsTue, 04 Jun 2013 00:23:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/NVIDIA-CEO-shows-off-new-touchscreen-stylus-technology_id43655/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Qualcomm-announces-new-quad-core-Snapdragon-400-with-built-in-LTE-and-WP8-support_id43650Microsoft said that Windows Phone 8 was bringing "multi-core" support to the platform, but as yet, we haven't seen anything more than dual-core processors in Windows Phone hardware, while Android handsets are hitting the octa level (which of course is basically dual quad-cores). But, Qualcomm has confirmed WP8 support for the Snapdragon 400...]]>NewsMon, 03 Jun 2013 22:54:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Qualcomm-announces-new-quad-core-Snapdragon-400-with-built-in-LTE-and-WP8-support_id43650/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Rivals-or-partners-80-of-Samsungs-microchip-revenue-comes-from-Apple_id43644There is always a lot of chatter about how much Apple and Samsung hate each other. The two companies have been locked in litigation, traded jabs in advertising, and generally played the parts of being bitter rivals. But, the big problem with that view of the relationship is that it doesn't take into account two things: money, and marketing...]]>NewsMon, 03 Jun 2013 18:28:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Rivals-or-partners-80-of-Samsungs-microchip-revenue-comes-from-Apple_id43644/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/ARM-details-Cortex-A12-tomorrows-midrangers-to-decode-4K-video-at-120fps_id43633Between the wonders of its big.LITTLE architecture, as found in Samsung's Exynos 5 Octa processor, and the powerful Cortex-A57 monsters done with 16nm, ARM has left room for something budget-minded as well...]]>NewsMon, 03 Jun 2013 08:01:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/ARM-details-Cortex-A12-tomorrows-midrangers-to-decode-4K-video-at-120fps_id43633/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-picking-up-former-AMD-employees-for-GPU-team_id43563As we all know by now, the general way that Apple does iPhone releases is to have the full numbers signify a hardware design change, and the "S" release focuses on boosting the internal specs and the software. We've heard a lot about the plans for iOS 7, and it seems that Apple has been hard at work on the next-gen GPU to power its iOS devices by hiring quite a few former AMD employees...]]>NewsFri, 31 May 2013 15:56:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-picking-up-former-AMD-employees-for-GPU-team_id43563/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Galaxy-S4-Exynos-5-Octa-vs-Galaxy-S4-Snapdragon-600-benchmark-comparison_id43554Everyone was looking forward to a Galaxy S4 handset with Exynos 5 Octa CPU, ever since that chipset was announced. When the Galaxy S4 was later introduced, it became clear that a version of the phone with this processor will indeed exist. However, it turned out that the availability of the Exynos-powered GS4 will be much more limited than expected...]]>NewsFri, 31 May 2013 09:01:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Galaxy-S4-Exynos-5-Octa-vs-Galaxy-S4-Snapdragon-600-benchmark-comparison_id43554/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-Galaxy-S4-Mini-specs-reappear-1.7-GHz-dual-core-Snapdragon-400-in-tow_id43472New specs screenshot appeared for the upcoming Galaxy S4 Mini, seemingly confirming what we've heard so far about the handset. A 1.7 GHz Snadpragon 400 is under the hood, which is the same chipset powering the Mega line, a 540x960 pixels qHD display with 4.3" diagonal could be in store, as well as 1.5 GB of RAM and 8 MP camera on the back...]]>NewsWed, 29 May 2013 07:46:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-Galaxy-S4-Mini-specs-reappear-1.7-GHz-dual-core-Snapdragon-400-in-tow_id43472/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/LG-Android-tablet-incoming-no-bendable-phone-this-year-global-rollout-for-the-Optimus-G2_id43428LG's European VP of mobile sat down for an interview, and spilled some beans on the company's plans for the future. First off, he mentioned that LG will be returning back to making tablets, and these will be Android at that, with the Windows 8 situation being monitored for now...]]>NewsTue, 28 May 2013 02:39:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/LG-Android-tablet-incoming-no-bendable-phone-this-year-global-rollout-for-the-Optimus-G2_id43428/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Leaked-Pantech-phone-benchmarks-show-Snapdragon-800-besting-Exynos-5-Octa_id43400Just how powerful will Snapdragon 800 be when it lands in our phones and tablets further down the road? If leaked benchmarks for a Pantech IM-A880X device with Qualcomm's fastest chipset are to be believed, it is faster than even Samsung's Exynos 5 Octa, as found on some Galaxy S4 handsets...]]>NewsMon, 27 May 2013 08:54:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Leaked-Pantech-phone-benchmarks-show-Snapdragon-800-besting-Exynos-5-Octa_id43400/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Qualcomm-demonstrates-its-future-display-5.1-inch-Mirasol-577ppi-screen_id43278The time of super high-resolution displays has already come with pixel density of over 440ppi on most high-end smartphones today…]]>NewsWed, 22 May 2013 02:56:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Qualcomm-demonstrates-its-future-display-5.1-inch-Mirasol-577ppi-screen_id43278/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/NVIDIA-Tegra-4i-already-has-support-for-LTE-Advanced-getting-VoLTE-soon_id43268The NVIDIA Tegra 4i has been talked up as a cheaper, smaller, and more power-efficient version of NVIDIA's current top-of-the-line offering of the Tegra 4, but the 4i is already getting an upgrade to support LTE-Advanced without changing the hardware at all. And, even better it may also get VoLTE support soon...]]>NewsTue, 21 May 2013 19:44:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/NVIDIA-Tegra-4i-already-has-support-for-LTE-Advanced-getting-VoLTE-soon_id43268/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-pushing-for-quick-adoption-of-its-VP9-video-compression-technology_id43148At Google I/O on Wednesday, Google discussed its VP9 video compression technology; the company sees this open source technology replacing the current H.264 codec. Already, Google is testing V9 on Chrome and YouTube. According to the company, VP9 requires only half of the bandwidth required by H.264...]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 01:54:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-pushing-for-quick-adoption-of-its-VP9-video-compression-technology_id43148/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Nvidia-Tegra-4-based-devices-will-start-getting-announced-this-quarter_id42954Nvidia’s Tegra chip with its focus on graphics made it big on smartphones a couple of years ago when the Tegra 2 was on virtually every flagship released, but since Qualcomm…]]>NewsMon, 13 May 2013 09:15:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Nvidia-Tegra-4-based-devices-will-start-getting-announced-this-quarter_id42954/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Next-gen-Windows-RT-tablets-to-be-rocking-NVIDIA-Tegra-4-processor_id42865Rene Haas, Nvidia’s VP of computing products, also said that “Nvidia is very invested and very committed to Windows RT, and we feel it has a bright future. We feel this [platform] is where things are going...”]]>NewsFri, 10 May 2013 06:18:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Next-gen-Windows-RT-tablets-to-be-rocking-NVIDIA-Tegra-4-processor_id42865/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/First-benchmarks-of-new-quad-core-MT6589T-chip-surface-beats-HTC-One-X_id42864MediaTek is all the rage in chips recently after the company introduced its quad-core MT6589 chip a few months ago. Since then, there has been a boom…]]>NewsFri, 10 May 2013 06:07:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/First-benchmarks-of-new-quad-core-MT6589T-chip-surface-beats-HTC-One-X_id42864/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/NVIDIA-beats-Q1-expectations-with-77.9-million-in-profit_id42842After seeing the quarterly numbers from companies like Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Samsung, the numbers reported by NVIDIA look like a drop in the bucket. But, NVIDIA has beaten expectations for its Q1 earnings with $77.9 million in profit, causing the company's stocks to climb in after-hours trading...]]>NewsThu, 09 May 2013 21:54:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/NVIDIA-beats-Q1-expectations-with-77.9-million-in-profit_id42842/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/NVIDIA-Tegra-4-gets-benchmarked-running-inside-a-Project-Shield-console_id42763One of the very first commercial devices to be powered by Tegra 4 will be NVIDIA's portable, Android-based video game console – a gadget that you may have heard about, currently known only by its Project Shield codename. And since gaming will be its primary purpose, it goes without saying that its maker will ensure that the device has the processing power required to run even the most demanding of Android video games. But just how powerful is Project Shield, and more importantly, how powerful is the Tegra 4 SoC inside it? Well, it's very capable indeed, if this alleged Project Shield benchmark is anything to go by...]]>NewsWed, 08 May 2013 03:30:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/NVIDIA-Tegra-4-gets-benchmarked-running-inside-a-Project-Shield-console_id42763/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Jon-Rubinstein-joins-Qualcomms-board-of-directors_id42722The mastermind behind the Palm Pre and the HP TouchPad Jon Rubinstein has now joined Qualcomm’s board of directors bringing his over 30 years of experience…]]>NewsTue, 07 May 2013 04:32:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Jon-Rubinstein-joins-Qualcomms-board-of-directors_id42722/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Intel-unveils-Silvermont-processors-in-the-hope-of-finally-making-a-dent-in-mobile_id42701Intel has dominated the desktop processor market for quite a long time now, but it hasn't been able to really crack the mobile market. Instead, the mobile market has been dominated by Qualcomm, Samsung, and NVIDIA, all of whom license ARM architecture to make their chips. Today, Intel unveiled its new line of Silvermont processors, which it hopes will help the company finally make some headway in the mobile market...]]>NewsMon, 06 May 2013 19:12:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Intel-unveils-Silvermont-processors-in-the-hope-of-finally-making-a-dent-in-mobile_id42701/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/TSMC-to-grab-100-of-all-AP-orders-for-next-years-Apple-iPhone_id42593According to industry sources, chip maker TSMC is expecting to receive 100% of the orders placed for application processors by Apple for the 2014 version of the Apple iPhone; despite Apple's desire to cut all ties with Samsung, Apple's Korean based rival is still expected to provide the AP chips for the 2013 version of the iconic smartphone which is due to launch in the second half of the year...]]>NewsFri, 03 May 2013 03:44:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/TSMC-to-grab-100-of-all-AP-orders-for-next-years-Apple-iPhone_id42593/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Intels-CEO-Paul-Otellini-to-step-down-on-May-16th-engineer-to-take-the-helm_id42586Intel announced that Brian Krzanich will be the company’s sixth ever CEO following the retirement of...]]>NewsFri, 03 May 2013 02:40:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Intels-CEO-Paul-Otellini-to-step-down-on-May-16th-engineer-to-take-the-helm_id42586/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/MediaTek-announces-MT6572-SoC--dual-core-power-for-entry-level-smartphones_id42556MediaTek – a company known for making inexpensive SoC modules for use in smartphones and other gadgets, officially announced its newest product today. The MT6572, as it is called, is a "next-generation" system-on-a-chip meant to power entry-level handsets, presumably of the Android kind. But although the silicon is optimized for low-cost devices, it doesn't mean it is short on features. Based on a dual-core Cortex A7 CPU...]]>NewsThu, 02 May 2013 04:58:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/MediaTek-announces-MT6572-SoC--dual-core-power-for-entry-level-smartphones_id42556/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Intels-4th-generation-Haswell-processor-to-make-formal-debut-at-Computex-June-3rd_id42406In just 3,337,200,000,000,000 nanoseconds, the 4th generation Core Processor, known as Haswell...]]>NewsSat, 27 Apr 2013 00:11:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Intels-4th-generation-Haswell-processor-to-make-formal-debut-at-Computex-June-3rd_id42406/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/ARM-CEO-by-2014-mobile-devices-will-be-powerful-but-consume-less-energy_id42394ARM CEO Warren East said in an interview that the company's big.LITTLE technology will allow powerful mobile devices to hit the market by next year, but these devices will use much less power than today's current models; East said he is not surprised that Samsung was able to ship a big.LITTLE supported device this year, although not all versions of the Samsung Galaxy S4 are being powered by the octa-core Samsung Exynos 5 processor...]]>NewsFri, 26 Apr 2013 11:05:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/ARM-CEO-by-2014-mobile-devices-will-be-powerful-but-consume-less-energy_id42394/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Qualcomm-Snapdragon-800-going-into-mass-production-in-late-May_id42383Qualcomm’s new high-end chip, the Snapdragon 800, expected to land in tablets and smartphones, will enter mass production in May...]]>NewsFri, 26 Apr 2013 02:47:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Qualcomm-Snapdragon-800-going-into-mass-production-in-late-May_id42383/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/J.K.-Shin-It-doesnt-matter-which-processor-is-running-your-Samsung-Galaxy-S4_id42317The head of Samsung 's mobile business, J.K. Shin, said on Wednesday that Samsung Galaxy S4 users should not be concerned with the processor on their unit even though the octa-core Samsung Exynos processor beat the crap out of the quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 in benchmark tests; the U.S. version of the phone will contain the Qualcomm silicon...]]>NewsWed, 24 Apr 2013 14:36:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/J.K.-Shin-It-doesnt-matter-which-processor-is-running-your-Samsung-Galaxy-S4_id42317/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/ARM-reports-strong-Q1-2.6-billion-ARM-based-chips-have-been-shipped_id42238ARM, the company behind something like 99% of the processors powering smartphones and tablets nowadays, has reported a strong first quarter of 2013. Thanks to the still growing smartphone and tablet markets, as well as the company's penetration in other areas such as digital TV and wearable technology, ARM has enjoyed significantly bigger income from royalties compared to the same period last year...]]>NewsTue, 23 Apr 2013 04:59:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/ARM-reports-strong-Q1-2.6-billion-ARM-based-chips-have-been-shipped_id42238/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Allwinner-launches-A20-SoC-worlds-first-dual-core-A7-chip_id42065If you ever looked at the Chinese Android market, you have probably heard about AllWinner. The chip maker holds a large portion of the local market...]]>NewsThu, 18 Apr 2013 06:18:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Allwinner-launches-A20-SoC-worlds-first-dual-core-A7-chip_id42065/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/TSMC-CEO-confirms-innovative-16nm-mobile-processor-technology-on-track-for-year-end_id42066TSMC's CEO Morris Chang confirmed at an investor conference today that the foundry is already at the risk production stage of 20nm chips since Q1 of 2013. Not only that, but the same stage is coming for the innovative 16nm FinFET chips before the year has rolled over, meaning processors like ARM's Cortex A-57 will be at arm's reach, pun intended, sooner that imagined...]]>NewsThu, 18 Apr 2013 05:16:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/TSMC-CEO-confirms-innovative-16nm-mobile-processor-technology-on-track-for-year-end_id42066/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-signs-a-multi-year-contract-with-Wolfson-as-primary-audio-partner-for-the-Galaxy-phones-and-tablets_id42064Samsung, in its eternal wisdom, has finally done the right thing, after dating Wolfson for the audio in some of its Galaxy line handsets, inlcuding the Exynos 5 Octa S4, and has now signed a multi-year contract with the Scottish firm, which includes intellectual property exchange, as well as a components deal...]]>NewsThu, 18 Apr 2013 04:38:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-signs-a-multi-year-contract-with-Wolfson-as-primary-audio-partner-for-the-Galaxy-phones-and-tablets_id42064/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Windows-8-Tablets-priced-at-200-Its-coming-says-Intels-CEO_id41988Has the price of a Windows 8 powered tablet prevented you from pulling the trigger? If so, we have some very good news for you as Intel CEO Paul Otellini says that thanks to the next generation Atom chip called "Bay Trail," Intel will be able to double the computing power and also offer all-day battery life for its touchscreen devices at a lower price...]]>NewsWed, 17 Apr 2013 00:42:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Windows-8-Tablets-priced-at-200-Its-coming-says-Intels-CEO_id41988/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Picture-of-alleged-Apple-iPhone-5S-motherboard-shows-A7-processor_id41912A person who allegedly works for Apple has taken a snapshot of what is supposedly the motherboard for the Apple iPhone 5S and there are quite a few Apple fans who are hoping that this is true because thetipster says to expect a quad-core A7 processor and 2GB of RAM on the device; the sender's IP comes back to Cupertino so there could be some truth to this...]]>NewsMon, 15 Apr 2013 10:07:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Picture-of-alleged-Apple-iPhone-5S-motherboard-shows-A7-processor_id41912/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Nvidia-shows-off-Tegra-5-running-Battlefield-bashes-iPad-for-its-vintage-1999-graphics_id41839Nvidia has some huge plans for the future and it has just shown what mobile graphics will look like when the Tegra 5 (codenamed Logan) with their Kepler GPU arrives...]]>NewsFri, 12 Apr 2013 09:06:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Nvidia-shows-off-Tegra-5-running-Battlefield-bashes-iPad-for-its-vintage-1999-graphics_id41839/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/TSMC-kicks-off-16nm-FinFET-manufacturing-in-2013-to-test-EUV-at-10nm-in-2015_id41828TSMC has confirmed its plans to aggressively pursue 16nm FinFET chip manufacturing by the end of 2013, and it also expects extreme UV lithography to allow it to make 10nm silicon...]]>NewsFri, 12 Apr 2013 06:40:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/TSMC-kicks-off-16nm-FinFET-manufacturing-in-2013-to-test-EUV-at-10nm-in-2015_id41828/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Has-Apple-finalized-its-move-away-from-Samsung-to-TSMC-for-chips_id41739We’ve heard it over and over again - Apple is trying to minimize its dependency on Samsung as its main chip manufacturer and is instead transferring silicon manufacturing...]]>NewsWed, 10 Apr 2013 09:36:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Has-Apple-finalized-its-move-away-from-Samsung-to-TSMC-for-chips_id41739/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Globalfoundries-shows-off-first-3D-stacked-TSV-chips-on-20nm_id41494Globalfoundries broke a huge milestone in the quest to 3D stacking of chips, a method that will speed up communications between layered chips...]]>NewsWed, 03 Apr 2013 01:47:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Globalfoundries-shows-off-first-3D-stacked-TSV-chips-on-20nm_id41494/commentsPhone Arena