by Robert Triggs, 2 weeks ago

I love the idea behind the big.LITTLE architecture; powerful cores for peak processing backup up by less power hungry CPUs for the more simple day to day tasks, it makes perfect sense. But the big.LITTLE…

by Gary Sims, 2 weeks ago

Without a doubt the Galaxy S4 is one of the major Android smartphone launches of 2013 and so far it looks like Samsung is going to sell millions of these devices. However the Galaxy S4…

by Gary Sims, 2 months ago

A newly published analysts report has investigated the potential performance of the the upcoming processors from Nvidia and Qualcomm and concluded that the Tegra 4 will outshine the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800. However the caveat is that the conclusion is based…

by Gary Sims, 2 months ago

Yesterday ARM announced that five other major chip manufactures including Fujitsu Semiconductor and MediaTek have licensed its big.LITTLE architecture. Now the company has started showing off what the new architecture can do when placed in Samsung’s hands. To…

by Gary Sims, 2 months ago

There are several reasons why ARM has been successful on mobile devices (while others like Intel have struggled). One of the key reasons is the low power consumption of the ARM architecture. However ARM is fighting an on-going battle…

by Adrian Diaconescu, 5 months ago

Do you know the saying “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas”? Well, after some recent events, if we were to take that and move it to China, we’d definitely say we don’t want what…

by Adrian Diaconescu, 5 months ago

We’ve reported on some crazy rumors before (some even very recently), but we can’t honestly remember something as outrageous as what we’re going to talk about today. The craziness of the speculation(s) is only exceeded…

by Gary Sims, 5 months ago

When Apple released the iPhone 5 it didn’t contain a quad-core CPU as many people had expected, however Apple did claim that the new phone was up to twice as fast as its predecessor. The most likely reason…

by Mike Andrici, 1 year ago

While Nvidia’s Tegra 3 is one of the most popular and desirable smartphone/tablet SoCs currently available (along with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4), it seems like the fourth generation of Tegra, expected to launch at the end…