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During the main keynote at Intel Vision 2024, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger flashed a completed Lunar Lake chip off, much like EVP and General Manager of Intel's Client Computing Group (CCG) Michelle Johnston Holthaus did back at CES 2024. The contrast between the two glimpses of the Lunar Lake chip is that Pat Gelsinger gave us something juicier than just a photo op. He clarified and claimed the levels of AI performance we can expect to see when Lunar Lake launches. According to Intel's CEO Pat Gelsinger, Lunar Lake, scheduled to be launched towards the end of this year, is set to raise the bar even further regarding on-chip AI capabilities and performance. At Intel's own Vision event, aptly named Intel Vision, current CEO of...
Apple Found To Infringe On 1 Qualcomm Patent; US ITC Will Not Ban iPhone Imports
A bit over a year ago, Qualcomm started the process of suing Apple at the US International Trade Commission (ITC) over alleged patent infringement. At the time, Apple was...
31 by Ryan Smith on 9/28/2018TechInsights Publishes Apple A12 Die Shot: Our Take
As is custom by now every year, we look forward to TechInsights teardown of the latest new mobile SoCs. This time around we’re delighted to see a new die...
36 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/25/2018Apple Announces The Apple Watch 4: Fully Custom SiP
Today alongside the new iPhone XS, XS Max and the XR, Apple first introduced the new Apple Watch Series 4. The fourth generation of the watch sees a major...
88 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/12/2018The iPhone XS, XS Max, XR and Apple Watch 4 Hands-On
Today at Apples iPhone launch event, we saw the unveiling of three new iPhones as well as the Apple Watch Series 4. We go into more detail about the...
113 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/12/2018The Apple 2018 iPhone Event Live Blog
With fall quickly approaching, it's that time of year again in the tech industry as well: iPhone season. To that end, kicking off in a few hours for Apple's...
53 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/12/2018UL Delists Huawei Devices Due To Inaccurate Benchmarks
A few days ago we published our article addressing Huawei and Honor’s inaccurate benchmarking behaviour. In a nutshell, we had found out that this year’s devices had introduced a...
33 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/6/2018Huawei’s GPU Turbo: Valid Technology with Overzealous Marketing
One of the biggest announcements from Huawei this year is that of its new GPU Turbo technology. The claims that it could provide more performance at less power, without...
64 by Ian Cutress & Andrei Frumusanu on 9/4/2018HiSilicon Announces The Kirin 980: First A76, G76 on 7nm
This year at IFA, instead of suddenly finding the new silicon on the show floor, Huawei’s CEO Richard Yu announced this year’s new Kirin 980 during the company’s keynote...
120 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/31/2018Sony Launches The Xperia XZ3: First Sony OLED Smartphone
Today Sony launched the successor to this year’s not-so-old XZ2 which was released only 6 months ago at MWC. The new XZ3 is an iterative design over the XZ2...
39 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/30/2018Honor Launches €329/£279 Honor Play: Hands-On
Today at Honor’s event in Berlin we saw the global launch of the new Honor Play smartphone. The Honor Play had been announced in China and India back in...
7 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/30/2018Kishonti GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins: OpenGL & Vulkan Benchmark Hands-On
Today Kishonti have finally released their final update to GFXBench version 5.0. The update introduces the new Aztec Ruins scene in two complexity modes as well as OpenGL, Vulkan...
40 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/24/2018Qualcomm Begins Sampling of 7nm Next-Gen SoC
Today Qualcomm is announcing that it has begun sampling its next generation Snapdragon SoC. The announcement is unusual as in the past we’ve never really had sampling announcements from...
18 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/22/2018Hot Chips 2018: Samsung’s Exynos-M3 CPU Architecture Deep Dive
As part of this year’s first conference talks at HotChips 2018 at the Flint Center for the Performing Arts in Cupertino, California, we’ve had the pleasure to finally hear...
45 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/20/2018Arm Unveils Client CPU Performance Roadmap Through 2020 - Taking Intel Head On
Today’s announcement is an oddball one for Arm as we see the first-ever public forward looking CPU IP roadmap detailing performance and power projections for the next two generations...
102 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/16/2018Samsung Releases Exynos Modem 5100 - First Multi-Mode 5G Modem
Today Samsung announced its new Exynos Modem 5100 – what it claims to be the industry’s first multi-mode 5G modem. While over the last few months, and years, we’ve heard...
18 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/15/2018Samsung Announces The Galaxy Note 9: 4000mAh And New S-Pen
Today at the Unpacked Event at the Barclays Center in New York Samsung launched alongside a new smartwatch, the Galaxy Watch and a new home speaker, the Galaxy Home...
54 by Andrei Frumusanu & Nate Oh on 8/9/2018The LG G7 Review: A Rushed Attempt?
This year was a change in pace for LG, as we saw the company change its usual release plans for its “mainline” flagship device, the LG G7, which was...
69 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/9/2018Samsung Unpacked 2018 Pt.2 - Live Blog (11am ET)
We're here in New York City for Samsung's second Unpacked event of the year. This time around it's no secret what Samsung will be presenting: the Galaxy Note 9...
16 by Andrei Frumusanu & Nate Oh on 8/9/2018Qualcomm Reveals The Snapdragon 670 Platform: Dual Big Cores + Adreno 615
Today Qualcomm is announcing a new entry in the 600-series mid-range line-up. In a surprise move, the new Snapdragon 670 is a direct successor to the Snapdragon 660, and...
25 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/8/2018Galaxy Note 9 Leaks In Officially Uploaded Video
Samsung is said to have uploaded a promotional Galaxy Note 9 video onto its New Zealand YouTube media channel, depicting the new design as well as a couple of...
19 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/3/2018