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Intel's new processors: $300 touchscreen gear coming, LTE SoC and fanless Core CPU design demoed 04 Jun 2013, 02:59 16
For the mobile Bay Trail architecture for tablets and convertibles, Intel said it can scale the functionality...
Galaxy S4 (Exynos 5 Octa) vs Galaxy S4 (Snapdragon 600): benchmark comparison 31 May 2013, 09:01 118
Everyone was looking forward to a Galaxy S4 handset with Exynos 5 Octa CPU, ever since that chipset was...
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 going into mass production in late May 26 Apr 2013, 02:47 54
Qualcomm’s new high-end chip, the Snapdragon 800, expected to land in tablets and smartphones, will enter...
Picture of alleged Apple iPhone 5S motherboard shows A7 processor 15 Apr 2013, 10:07 51
A person who allegedly works for Apple has taken a snapshot of what is supposedly the motherboard for...
What's the holdup with Samsung Galaxy S4's Exynos 5 Octa version? 01 Apr 2013, 04:55 17
It turns out that Samsung went with the simpler and cheaper way to design 28nm chips like the Exynos...
Samsung Galaxy S 4 benchmark tests (video) 15 Mar 2013, 04:13 98
Two versions of the Galaxy S 4 are in the cards - one with 1.9 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 600 processor,...
Samsung Galaxy S 4 specs review 14 Mar 2013, 19:07 105
Samsung trashed a football field worth of display glass to achieve the HD resolution in the S III, so...
Latest rumors about the Samsung Galaxy S 4 08 Mar 2013, 11:15 128
An interesting rumor is circulating about the screen on the Samsung Galaxy S 4 and according to this...
Qualcomm: ZTE Grand Memo has Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 under the hood, not an 800 26 Feb 2013, 12:45 20
Earlier reports that the first phone to use Qualcomm's new top of the line Snapdragon 800 processor would...
LG Optimus G Pro benchmark score is impressive (video) 25 Feb 2013, 07:46 36
We sat down with an LG Optimus G Pro, and ran some benchmarks for you. The handset sports a 1.7 GHz quad-core...
Samsung Exynos 5 Octa reference board demo 25 Feb 2013, 04:15 15
We managed to get some hands-on time with the Exynos 5 Octa reference board at the MWC expo, and there...
Report: Samsung Galaxy S IV to have Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 inside; boot screen leaks 23 Feb 2013, 07:24 177
According to an insider, it looks like the Samsung Galaxy S IV will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon...
Nvidia Tegra 4i announced 19 Feb 2013, 08:48 15
Nvidia has just unveiled the Tegra 4i chip, a mass market solution with LTE on board and packing the...
Purported Galaxy S IV benchmark results appear 12 Feb 2013, 06:55 113
And here it is - the Galaxy S IV has finally appeared in the online database of GLBenchmark. Of course,...
Samsung's Director of Marketing, System LSI, talks Exynos 5 Octa 21 Jan 2013, 08:03 32
We're seeing tons of innovation in the mobile CPU space lately, and this shouldn't really surprise anyone....
Tegra 4 vs Snapdragon 800: who will be the dominant player on the chipset market this year 14 Jan 2013, 04:15 80
CES 2013 was the show of mobile chipsets. First, it was Nvidia that announced its next-gen processor,...
All hail the eight cores! Samsung announces Exynos 5 Octa mobile processor 09 Jan 2013, 11:44 150
The latest member of the 5-series has been done with frugality/performance ratio in mind, as the chief...
Qualcomm overhauls its mobile processor lineup with the Snapdragon 200, 400, 600, & 800 07 Jan 2013, 20:53 36
As part of its press conference to lead into CES this year, Qualcomm has announced that it is retiring...
NVIDIA shows off the new Tegra 4 processor 07 Jan 2013, 00:13 81
The new Tegra 4 will feature an amazing 72 GeForce GPU cores with 4K video support, which is about 6...
ZTE Apache with 8-core CPU said to be coming in 2013 26 Nov 2012, 01:49 65
If you can't imagine a smartphone running with an 8-core CPU under the hood, better start thinking about...
TSMC: the company behind it all 23 Nov 2012, 09:25 10
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, TSMC, might be a strange name to your ears, but it really...
ARM Cortex A15: a deeper look 09 Nov 2012, 02:36 25
The ARM Cortex A15 is the next generation processor that will end up on a huge number of devices in 2013…
ARM promises Cortex-A50 chips with 3X performance increase by 2014 30 Oct 2012, 15:07 23
ARM today previewed its upcoming Cortex-A50 series of chips, which promise dramatic gains in performance...
Calves and quad-cores: Snapdragon S4 Pro vs Samsung Exynos 4412 vs Huawei K3V2 vs NVIDIA Tegra 3 23 Oct 2012, 02:08 41
We gathered the existing quad-core mobile chipsets at the office table, and ran a few standard benchmark...
Report: Apple looks to replace Samsung as chip vendor 14 Oct 2012, 01:39 134
An analyst has been spreading the word that Apple is ready to lessen its chip dependency on Samsung and...
Samsung Galaxy Note II vs Galaxy S III vs LG Optimus 4X HD benchmark comparison 12 Oct 2012, 07:56 23
We wanted to check out quickly who's boss when it comes to cold hard benchmarking, and staged a three-way...
Former Apple CEO describes how the Newton launched the mobile CPU industry 01 Oct 2012, 14:42 15
In a new video discussion John Sculley talks about how Apple's work on the failed Newton PDA helped to...
Motorola RAZR i unveiled: first phone with 2GHz processor, Intel inside 18 Sep 2012, 04:17 34
Motorola has just unveiled its first Intel-based smartphone, the Motorola RAZR i with a whopping 2GHz...
Live: Motorola announcing first smartphone with Intel CPU 18 Sep 2012, 03:16 19
Hey people, now that's something you don't see every day! Although almost every single smartphone nowadays...
Snapdragon S4 Pro: Unleashing the beast 06 Sep 2012, 01:40 58
We've had a lot of movement in the mobile chipset space in the recent years, and by the looks of it,...
Which specs configuration do you prefer? 03 Sep 2012, 01:19 103
Why don't we make a reference smartphone configuration featuring the new Snapdragon S4, as well as other...
ZTE beats Motorola to announcing an Intel-powered phone, meet the ZTE Grand X IN 30 Aug 2012, 10:00 34
It looks like Intel-based smartphones are finally starting to pop up. Motorola, for example, announced...
Motorola to announce an Intel-powered phone on September 18 29 Aug 2012, 04:58 12
It seems the collaboration between Motorola Mobility and Intel, announced at CES earlier this year, is...
LG puts up a "2nd generation quad-core" teaser site, talks a phone with Adreno 320 graphics in a video 24 Aug 2012, 08:25 38
A quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro with Adreno 320 GPU is taking a part front and center in a teaser...
BlackBerry 10 devices to sport quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro, RIM outs a "What the heck is LTE?" video 23 Aug 2012, 03:54 26
After learning that BlackBerry 10 devices will feature screens with HD resolutions, a must for any flagship...
Monster quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 chip first global appearance will be on an LG smartphone 23 Aug 2012, 02:31 59
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4 Pro, or the APQ8064, is a monster of a chip - it easily beats the Nvidia Tegra...
Xiaomi Phone 2 announced - the first with quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro tops Quadrant, is just $310 16 Aug 2012, 05:55 59
The specs are literally breathtaking, as the Xiaomi Phone 2 indeed utilizes the rumored quad-core Snapdragon...
Motorola ATRIX HD benchmark tests 12 Jul 2012, 16:31 24
Out of the box, there’s no arguing the speedy and instantaneous nature of the device’s performance. Exhibiting...
ARM-based Microsoft Surface tablet will have a Tegra processor, NVIDIA confirms 19 Jun 2012, 06:20 14
NVIDIA was quick to acknowledge that the Windows RT Microsoft Surface tablet will sport a Tegra processor....
Toshiba Excite 10 benchmark tests 31 May 2012, 15:40 4
Out of the box, we have to report that the Toshiba Excite 10 doesn’t disappoint with its performance...
Nvidia unveils Kai tablet platform: Tegra 3 Android tablets for $199 23 May 2012, 04:08 17
The $199 tablet came to reality with the Amazon Kindle Fire. Kind of. It wasn’t a full fledged tablet,...
Samsung GALAXY Note 10.1 now comes with quad-core Exynos processor and slot for S Pen 22 May 2012, 23:45 44
At a Samsung event in Europe, the Korean based manufacturer has displayed a version of the Samsung GALAXY...
Samsung Galaxy S III specs review 11 May 2012, 05:18 86
With the Galaxy S III Samsung upgraded the S II just enough where it counts, compared to the competition,...
HTC EVO 4G LTE benchmark tests 11 May 2012, 00:32 33
So even before diving straight into our usual benchmark routine, we’re happy to report that Sprint’s...
Samsung Galaxy S III coverage complete roundup 04 May 2012, 08:20 39
We put together a complete summary of the Samsung Galaxy S III coverage so far to ease your transition...
Samsung Galaxy S III rocks Quadrant, AnTuTu and NenaMark 2 benchmark tests 04 May 2012, 04:27 50
We've been writing about the Exynos processor prowess all night, but now we are posting our own impressions...
User Agent Profile shows Samsung Galaxy S III for Verizon with Qualcomm S4 on board? 02 May 2012, 00:27 58
Recent speculation that the U.S. version of the Samsung Galaxy S III would replace the quad-core Exynos...
Exynos 4412 - what's in store with the quad-core processor in the Samsung Galaxy S3 30 Apr 2012, 05:51 52
Another first for Samsung, except the 32nm production method for the quad-core 4412 beast, is that it...
Asus Transformer Pad 300 benchmark tests 27 Apr 2012, 22:31 4
As expected, we find the Asus Transformer Pad 300 performing exceptionally well out of the box, as it’s...
Samsung executive confirms that U.S. variant of Samsung Galaxy S III will feature dual-core CPU 26 Apr 2012, 20:02 138
An unnamed Samsung executive confirms what we feared last night when the Korean manufacturer said that...









