40 million quad-core smartphones were sold last year yesterday, 19:49 11

According to market researcher Berg Insights, sales of smartphones powered by quad-core processors rose...

The first round of Tizen devices will likely run on Exynos 4 chips yesterday, 15:18 14

We're still a few months away from seeing the first Tizen phones hitting the open market, but we're seeing...

AMD building ARM chips for non-mobile servers yesterday, 04:12

With a code name of "Seattle," Advanced Micro Devices is building its first chips based on the ARM Holdings...

Nokia developer pages now reference quad-core Snapdragon 800 with Adreno 330 GPU yesterday, 03:08 42

Nokia is not working with that many processors from Qualcomm, so when a new one appears on its developer...

Sony Xperia ZU phablet scores more than the Snapdragon 800 Galaxy S4, breaks every record 3 days ago, 02:29 50

A screenshot of the Snapdragon 800-powered Sony Xperia ZU has leaked on a dedicated forum thread, displaying...

NVIDIA shows Tegra 4i reference design 'brand' phone, Tegra 4i retail phones coming in Q1 2014 11 Jun 2013, 08:23 33

The Nvidia Tegra 4i chip promises unmatched graphical performance in smartphones and on-chip LTE, and...

Samsung Galaxy S4 powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 seen on AnTuTu 09 Jun 2013, 01:24 82

An unannounced version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 has been spotted on the AnTuTu benchmark site; what sets...

Samsung Galaxy S4 listed in an Intel mobile chips slide? Mystery resolved 05 Jun 2013, 02:28 5

Intel took the stage yesterday to announce its new frugal Haswell chips, as well as the Silvermont architecture...

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...

Qualcomm announces new quad-core Snapdragon 400 with built-in LTE and WP8 support 03 Jun 2013, 22:54 16

Microsoft said that Windows Phone 8 was bringing "multi-core" support to the platform, but as yet, we...

ARM details Cortex-A12: tomorrow's midrangers to decode 4K video at 120fps 03 Jun 2013, 08:01 16

Between the wonders of its big.LITTLE architecture, as found in Samsung's Exynos 5 Octa processor, and...

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...

LG: Android tablet incoming, no bendable phone this year, global rollout for the Optimus G2 28 May 2013, 02:39 17

LG's European VP of mobile sat down for an interview, and spilled some beans on the company's plans for...

Qualcomm demonstrates its future display: 5.1-inch Mirasol 577ppi screen 22 May 2013, 02:56 61

The time of super high-resolution displays has already come with pixel density of over 440ppi on most...

NVIDIA Tegra 4i already has support for LTE-Advanced, getting VoLTE soon 21 May 2013, 19:44 8

The NVIDIA Tegra 4i has been talked up as a cheaper, smaller, and more power-efficient version of NVIDIA's...

Google pushing for quick adoption of its VP9 video compression technology 17 May 2013, 01:54 12

At Google I/O on Wednesday, Google discussed its VP9 video compression technology; the company sees this...

Next-gen Windows RT tablets to be rocking NVIDIA Tegra 4 processor 10 May 2013, 06:18 17

Rene Haas, Nvidia’s VP of computing products, also said that “Nvidia is very invested and very committed...

NVIDIA beats Q1 expectations with $77.9 million in profit 09 May 2013, 21:54 8

After seeing the quarterly numbers from companies like Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Samsung, the numbers...

Jon Rubinstein joins Qualcomm's board of directors 07 May 2013, 04:32 1

The mastermind behind the Palm Pre and the HP TouchPad Jon Rubinstein has now joined Qualcomm’s board...

TSMC to grab 100% of all AP orders for next year's Apple iPhone? 03 May 2013, 03:44 1

According to industry sources, chip maker TSMC is expecting to receive 100% of the orders placed for...

MediaTek announces MT6572 SoC – dual-core power for entry-level smartphones 02 May 2013, 04:58 12

MediaTek – a company known for making inexpensive SoC modules for use in smartphones and other gadgets,...

ARM CEO: by 2014, mobile devices will be powerful but consume less energy 26 Apr 2013, 11:05 33

ARM CEO Warren East said in an interview that the company's big.LITTLE technology will allow powerful...

J.K. Shin: It doesn't matter which processor is running your Samsung Galaxy S4 24 Apr 2013, 14:36 117

The head of Samsung 's mobile business, J.K. Shin, said on Wednesday that Samsung Galaxy S4 users should...

Allwinner launches A20 SoC: world’s first dual-core A7 chip 18 Apr 2013, 06:18 18

If you ever looked at the Chinese Android market, you have probably heard about AllWinner. The chip maker...

Samsung signs a multi-year contract with Wolfson as 'primary audio partner' for the Galaxy phones and tablets 18 Apr 2013, 04:38 54

Samsung, in its eternal wisdom, has finally done the right thing, after dating Wolfson for the audio...

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...

TSMC kicks off 16nm FinFET manufacturing in 2013, to test EUV at 10nm in 2015 12 Apr 2013, 06:40 7

TSMC has confirmed its plans to aggressively pursue 16nm FinFET chip manufacturing by the end of 2013,...