There is a growing anticipation for what Samsung is going to launch into the smartphone world this year, and this has seen a number of rumours emerge about some of the company’s flagship devices to be released this year. Samsung has teased an image of its upcoming Exynos 5 Octa processor that could be seen…
During last year we saw smartphone technology move onto quad core processors installed inside handsets, which was a step up from the dual core units that had become the norm previously. This year though we are leaping ahead again with up to eight cores on the horizon, and we are today looking at the Samsung…
The CES 2013 event has so far provided some nice new mobile technology that is due for release soon or still undergoing development. Earlier this week we saw the next processor from Nvidia that will follow on from the widely used Tegra 3 quad core chip, but not to be outdone smartphone manufacturer Samsung has…
It appears that chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd, might be considering having a chip making factory in up-state New York due to a report that has come to light that New York officials and Business Oregon, the state’s economic development agency are competing to attract a major chip maker that uses the codename…
Although the mobile space sees quite a bit of legal fighting between Apple and Samsung, both basically need each other. Apple needs Samsung for its components, whilst Samsung need the revenue they gain by supplying those components to the iPhone maker, although Apple is trying to move away from Sammy. Apparently Samsung is the sole…
We’ve been bringing you all the news about the just-announced iPhone 5 and continue to find out more information about this much-anticipated Apple smartphone. The fact that it will be a huge seller is a done deal and one of the reasons it has impressed is its new A6 chip, offering vast performance improvements. Today…
The Apple iPhone 5 was officially announced yesterday and we’ve been bringing readers all the details. One of the first things covered in Apple’s keynote speech was the introduction of the new A6 chip, a step up from the A5 used in the current iPhone 4S and Apple claims this new processor will offer speeds…
The worlds number two chipmaker, Samsung Electronics has apparently revealed they are to shell out some 1.9 billion dollars to construct a new logic chip line for mobile processors as smartphone and tablet demand expands, and hopes the new line will be complete by the end of the year. According to Reuters, Samsung makes application…
The Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona has kicked off for this year and with it will no doubt come some exciting news from manufacturers. In the last few days, we’ve already spoken about Samsung’s new Galaxy Beam being shown off at the event this week, Acer’s new CloudMobile and this morning HTC’s new Dragon…
What we have for your viewing consideration below is a video comparison of the quad core ARM Cortex-A9 against the OMAP 5 dual core A15 running on a couple of Android tablets that appear to be using the Android Ice Cream Sandwich stock browser to load pages. The Quad Core Cortex A9 vs OMAP 5…
Last year saw an explosion of smartphones being released with the added benefit of packing a dual-core processor. This year the news has centred on the launch of devices with quad-core processors particularly Nvidia Tegra 3 smartphones from HTC and LG, along with the possibility that Apple’s new iPad 3 will come with an improved…
