by Adrian Diaconescu, 2 months ago

Like it or not, it’s becoming clearer and clearer that Samsung is prepping a mid-range Galaxy S4 mini to follow in the footsteps of the S4 in a similar fashion to last year’s S3/S3 Mini…

by Robert Triggs, 3 months ago

The handheld electronics market is spoiled for choice when it comes to microprocessors. Qualcomm, Nvidia, Samsung, and quite a few others, are all vying for that precious space on your phone’s circuit board, which determines…

by Stefan Constantinescu, 4 months ago

There isn’t a single thing you can point to that can explain Samsung’s current market position. It’s the combination of component manufacturing, ridiculous amounts of advertising, and just plain good products that have given the…

by Stefan Constantinescu, 5 months ago

According to a new report published by IC Insights, more money is going to be spent on the parts that make up mobile phones than the parts that make up personal computers in 2013. Their…

by Stefan Constantinescu, 5 months ago

Every Android smartphone worth buying today uses either a chip made by Qualcomm or a chip made by Samsung. Qualcomm’s chips are manufactured by a company called TSMC; they use 28 nanometer technology. Samsung on…

by Stefan Constantinescu, 5 months ago

Back in April 2011, LG issued a press release saying that they licensed ARM’s Cortex A15 CPU and ARM’s Mali-T604 GPU. If those processors sound familiar to you, then chances are you’ve read about the…

by Stefan Constantinescu, 5 months ago

Part of the joy of being involved with open source software is being able to see a project being worked on in near real time. Kukjin Kim, who is a Senior Engineer on the Software…

by Gary Sims, 6 months ago

There are two types of ARM based development boards in the world today, the cheap ones like the Raspberry Pi and the expensive ones like the new Arndale board which has just been announced by Samsung….

by Chris Smith, 11 months ago

When buying smartphones and tablets, we often talk about their processing power, and make a big fuss of their speed, and whether they can offer single-, dual-, or multiple-core capabilities. And while we do focus…