by Robert Triggs, 1 week ago

There’s no denying that smartphones are becoming pretty powerful; quad-core processors are now the standard in high-end handsets and clock speeds are creeping up into laptop territory as well. However, the one big problem that…

by Daniel Charlton, 2 weeks ago

Since the release of the first Galaxy S devices, Samsung has relied heavily on its in-house System-on-a-Chip (SoC), the Exynos. The CPUs in the Exynos chips are based on the Cortex series, licensed directly from…

by Gary Sims, 1 month 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, 1 month ago

The head of Samsung Mobile and the co-CEO of Samsung Electronics J. K. Shin has told buyers that it doesn’t matter which processor is running in their new Galaxy S4 and that most people won’t…

by Ankit Banerjee, 2 months ago

We know that two versions of the Samsung Galaxy S4 will be released in various markets around the world, one featuring a 1.9 Ghz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor, and the other boasting a 1.6…

by Adrian Diaconescu, 3 months ago

One of the most debated Samsung Galaxy S4 stories preceding the official unveiling was the one related to the processor or processors powering the “next big thing”. Some sources told us the S4 was going…

by Robert Triggs, 3 months ago

I’m really starting to wonder which markets will actually see the light of the Exynos 5 Octa powered Galaxy S4. Yesterday we heard that other counties in Europe, Sweden and Denmark just to name a…

by Adrian Diaconescu, 3 months ago

Remember the processor controversy that surrounded the Samsung Galaxy S4 in the eve of its unveiling? As it turns out, it’s not fully cleared up yet, even though we all thought it was behind us….

by Robert Triggs, 3 months ago

Earlier this morning Samsung announced that its new top of the line processor, the Exynos 5 Octa, is scheduled to begin mass production in the second quarter of this year. Considering that carriers are reportedly…

by Gary Sims, 3 months ago

The Sony Xperia Tablet Z was officially revealed at the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona where it was well received. The 10.1-inch tablet is just 6.9mm thick, and weighs just 495g. It is also water proof and has a…

by Robert Triggs, 3 months ago

It’s been a busy month for the processor industry, as companies have been unveiling their latest technologies at various conferences and lining up manufacturers to take their products to market in new handsets and tablets….

by Robert Triggs, 3 months ago

There was an awful lot going on at MWC this year, when it comes to chipset technology. Nvidia, Intel, Qualcomm, and a lot of the other big players all had something to show off. So,…

by Bogdan Petrovan, 3 months ago

The Galaxy S4 will be introduced to the world in just over two weeks, and just like last year, we still don’t have a clear idea of what Samsung is cooking up. But, as the…

by Gary Sims, 3 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, 3 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…