Latest about Smartphone Processors
iPhone 6s: Samsung And TSMC A9 SoCs Tested
The A9 SoC inside the iPhone 6s comes from two different vendors (Samsung and TSMC) using two different FinFET processes (14nm and 16nm, respectively). We test both versions to see if there's any power or performance differences.
Qualcomm Seeks To Halt US Import, Sales Of Apple iPhone
The legal battle between Qualcomm and Apple is heating up. Qualcomm is seeking to block importation and sales of Apple iPhone products for infringing on six Qualcomm technology patents.
Imagination's New Low-Power Series8XE GPU Doubles Fillrate
Imagination Technology announced the PowerVR Series8XE at MWC 2016, a low-power GPU targeting low-cost smartphones, wearables, televisions, IoT devices, and other embedded applications.
Huawei Mate 8, Kirin 950, Cortex-A72 Benchmarks
We test Huawei's Mate 8 smartphone to see how its Kirin 950 SoC performs. This is also our first look at ARM's Cortex-A72 CPU core and new Mali-T880 GPU. How does A72 compare to the A57 and Snapdragon 820's Kryo cores?
Samsung Begins Mass Production Of Next-Generation 14nm LPP Chips
Samsung announced the mass production of chips that use the company's next-generation 14nm Low-Power Plus process technology.
ARM Cortex-A72 Architecture Deep Dive
ARM's Cortex-A72 CPU adds power and performance optimizations to the previous A57 design. Here's an in-depth look at the changes to each stage in the pipeline, from better branch prediction to next-gen execution units.
