Samsung already planning an 8-core ARM chip

3. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 20 Nov 2012, 20:07 19 1

This actually the measure to save battery life.

4 small cores for normal tasks
4 powerful cores for heavy duty

Come on Sammy, use the chip for GS4.

12. shadez10 posted on 20 Nov 2012, 20:45 3 1

ohh... i never thought of that... xD

15. MichaelHeller posted on 20 Nov 2012, 20:46 28 0

Apparently never bothered to read the article either...

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17. cretinick posted on 20 Nov 2012, 20:49 6 0

You didn't even bother to read the text, did you? Just read the title and made ​​the comment...

45. whysoserious posted on 22 Nov 2012, 09:21 0 1

Quad core is already an overkill. 8 cores would be like killing the other competitors, resurrecting them and killing them once again.

Badass Samsung.

46. flamencoguy posted on 23 Nov 2012, 19:40 1 0

All the better to leapfrog Apple and give iFans something to think about. Let Apple play catch up.

4. No_Nonsense posted on 20 Nov 2012, 20:10 5 16

Since when is adding more cores to a processor/phone a good thing? Plus its based on ARM architecture, so where is Sammy innovating?

11. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 20 Nov 2012, 20:34 11 2

This is not as easy as it sounds. SS is successful where TI failed miserably. TI has much more experience in chip making by the way.

20. MC1123 posted on 20 Nov 2012, 20:51 3 1

TI "failed" coz they are an american company that get huge profit!

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14. REYNER posted on 20 Nov 2012, 20:46 6 1

and if not innovation then what do you call it? adding core may risk the battery-life but it gives a phone a better processing speed 3Dgaming experience HD video taking and more.. its a progress and progress always leads to innovation

23. cretinick posted on 20 Nov 2012, 21:14 3 0

Innovation is also taking things and ideas that already exist, combine them and turn them into something better than what existed before.

32. bayusuputra posted on 20 Nov 2012, 21:59 1 0

So putting two sets of quad-cores, and make them to be able to switch with each other in order to save battery is not innovation?

It's innovation in terms of how it works, not the number of cores..

and no, they are not adding more cores, at any given time, there are only 4 cores running.. Isn't that the same as the usual quad cores?

You should start talking like your nickname.. be ashamed of your own nick..

44. flamencoguy posted on 21 Nov 2012, 14:29 0 0

You obviously do not know or appreciate what it takes to add more cores. Just look at Intel and how long it took them to advance to the next level of multicores. The lines have to be small enough for one to get put more cores in the same size die.

34. Oxygen posted on 20 Nov 2012, 22:51 4 0

I totally agree! I went from apple to sony to samsung. If samsung keep going this way, i think i'm going to stick to their products for a long time.

35. nacho69 posted on 21 Nov 2012, 00:50 0 3

I'll switch to Sammy when they use imagination gpu's in their chips.

28. cretinick posted on 20 Nov 2012, 21:31 0 0

In some cases, I think that the battery life will be much better than the today processors.

In theory, only in more elaborated games the consumption will be close of the today's consumption. In all other scenarios it will be much better... In theory...

25. protozeloz posted on 20 Nov 2012, 21:23 0 0

Do not sorry iPhone 10 will have a quad core...

36. gallitoking posted on 21 Nov 2012, 01:30 0 0

iOS can do quadcore whenever but Androids needs it to run that laggy OS.. unless you are the 13% that have JB

27. Twisted247 posted on 20 Nov 2012, 21:31 1 0

Rumors huh? How about doing a simple Google search or YouTube search..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJEHp15Hoo0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lDz_LFHHPk

The above are just two of many.. and we will "enjoy our quadcores" and maybe in a year or two apple might come out with one (I mean there are plenty available right now that they can rip off then turn around release it and call it innovating.. lmao) Then maybe your hater and ignorant comments that stem from jealously and envy will subside. Probably not though cause Android is dominating the race and they aren't looking back, just cruising forward.

37. gallitoking posted on 21 Nov 2012, 01:34 0 0

why jealousy.. I can buy Android if I wanted to so trust me there is no jealousy.. dont get sensitive on my comment is not like you own Android do you? I thought so...this is a public forum.. not everyone will agree with you.. get over it

30. PapaSmurf posted on 20 Nov 2012, 21:46 2 0

Your Note II will hold you up for a looooooong time. 1.6GHz quad Exynos isn't something to laugh at.