Qualcomm Seeks To Halt US Import, Sales Of Apple iPhone By Kevin Carbotte published 7 July 17 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 By Matt Humrick, Chris Schodt published 23 February 16 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 By Matt Humrick published 19 January 16 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 By Lucian Armasu published 14 January 16 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 By Matt Humrick published 11 January 16 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.
ImasD Update: A Lawsuit, Parting With PuzzlePhone, And A Brave New 2016 (Updated) By Seth Colaner published 26 December 15
Cortex A72-Powered Snapdragon 618, 620 Renamed To Snapdragon 650, 652 By Lucian Armasu published 17 December 15
Snapdragon 820 Performance Preview By Matt Humrick published 10 December 15 In this performance preview, we subject Snapdragon 820, including Qualcomm’s first custom-designed 64-bit CPU, Kryo, and new Adreno 530 GPU, to a battery of benchmark tests.
Qualcomm Details Snapdragon 820 Smartphone SoC At NYC Event By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 10 November 15 Qualcomm hosted its Snapdragon 820 event in New York City today to discuss the new features coming in its new SoC.
iPhone 6s: Samsung And TSMC A9 SoCs Tested By Matt Humrick published 13 October 15 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.
Snapdragon 820 Will Support 600 Mbps Cat 12 LTE, 802.11ad Wi-Fi, LTE-U By Lucian Armasu published 15 September 15 Qualcomm announced new and improved wireless technologies for its flagship chip, the Snapdragon 820, which should arrive next year. These include LTE Cat 12, 802.11ac MU-MIMO, 802.11ad, and LTE-U.
Apple Introduces A9, A9X SoCs For Its Most Powerful Mobile Devices By Lucian Armasu published 9 September 15 Apple announced its most powerful custom-designed chips yet, the A9 for the iPhone 6S and the more powerful A9X for the newly launched iPad Pro.
How We Test Smartphones And Tablets By Matt Humrick published 20 August 15 Today, we outline the strict testing procedures used to obtain accurate data and discuss each test that we perform on smartphones and tablets.
Helio P10 Is Mediatek's Mid-Range Successor To The Popular MT6752 SoC By Lucian Armasu published 1 June 15
Helio X20 Mediatek Wants To Be Chip Powerhouse; 20nm Process Slows It Down By Lucian Armasu published 12 May 15 Mediatek handed out more details about its upcoming flagship chip, Helio X20, which is also the world's first deca-core and tri-cluster CPU.
Samsung's New $14 Billion Chip Plant To Manufacture DRAM, Processors In 2017 (Updated) By Lucian Armasu published 8 May 15 Samsung to start production of DRAM and processors in its new $14 billion South Korean chip plant in the first half of 2017.
Why Intel Keeps Losing Money In Mobile (Op-Ed) By Lucian Armasu published 10 April 15 Three main reasons why Intel keeps losing money in mobile
Intel Makes Splash In China With Atom x3 (SoFIA) LTE-TDD, IoT Expansion, New Intel RealSense Camera For Smartphones By Seth Colaner published 8 April 15
Report: Samsung To Build Apple's A9 Chips By Lucian Armasu published 3 April 15 Bloomberg reported that Apple will use Samsung's foundry after all to build its A9-series chips.
