Without revealing too much, LG has begun to tout its next flagship smartphone. LG promises that the new device will use technologies from a number of its sister companies to “set a new standard in the smartphone market.” We can expect “blazing fast performance” as well as “longer battery life, thinner profile, brighter display and a new touchscreen panel technology.” […]
Processors
Samsung Exynos 5 Dual (5250) gets detailed
Samsung has released details of its upcoming Exynos 5 Dual (5250) SoC, billed as “the world’s first A-15 Dual Core mobile CPU.” Built using the HKMG (High K Metal Gate) process, the 32nm chipset promises to deliver “nearly two times faster than the existing Cortex A9-based dual core processor, with an amazing 30% lower power consumption” over previous generation Exynos […]
Rumour: Apple iPhone 5 to sport quad-core A6 processor
Rumours that the Apple iPhone 5 (or whatever the next generation iPhone will be called) will sport a quad-core processor were resurrected today by Digitimes. The report adds that this new quad-core processor will be based on Samsung’s own Exynos 4 architecture. No details about specifications of this new processor, likely to be dubbed the A6, were provided. Flagship devices […]
Samsung and UMC to manufacture Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 chipsets
Qualcomm appears to have found a solution to its Snapdragon S4 chipset supply issue. With Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) unable to meet demand until 2013, it has reached out to Samsung and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) to manufacture additional 28nm chipsets for it. According to the Taiwan Economic News, UMC will manufacture some 3,000 to 5,000 wafers a month, […]
Windows Phone 8 devices to use Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus chipset
Qualcomm confirmed back at Computex that its Snapdragon chipsets would continue to be found in Windows Phone devices beyond the current models. The Verge has now learned that Windows Phone 8 devices will use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4 Plus mobile processor. The 28nm Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus comes dual-core Krait processors running as high as 1.7GHz and can be paired to […]
Qualcomm buys power management circuit maker Summit Microelectronics
Not only are smartphones getting more complex but many of their components such as larger displays and more powerful processors require more power than those of earlier generations. The problem is compounded by the fact that battery technology has not kept up, resulting in larger batteries to meet increased power demands. In a bid to make its components more power […]
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 does a poor job of melting butter
The Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 chipset is regularly among the top chipsets in benchmark results. Not only does it display impressive speed and pack integrated LTE connectivity but Qualcomm has put together a video to show that it’s also the coolest – literally. The harder the processor has to work, the hotter it gets. The more demanding these tasks, the harder […]
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 chipsets supply issues to continue until 2013
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 chipsets will remain in tight supply likely until the end of the year. Qualcomm’s supplier, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), is still unable to meet current demand. At the company’s last annual general meeting, TSMC Chairman and CEO Morris Chang said that supply would continue to lag behind demand in the third quarter but would start to […]