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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...
Xiaomi Announces Mi 6: 5.15-inch, Snapdragon 835 SoC, 6GB LPDDR4x
At an event today in Beijing, Xiaomi revealed its latest flagship phone, the Mi 6. Like the Mi 5s it’s replacing, the Mi 6 comes with a 5.15-inch 1080p...
34 by Matt Humrick on 4/19/2017Display Report: Huawei P10 and P10 Plus
Huawei recently added the P10 and P10 Plus to its lineup, which focus on fashion and photography like other P-series phones. The Huawei P10 has a 5.1-inch IPS LCD...
9 by Matt Humrick on 4/14/2017Qualcomm Countersues Apple, Accuses Company of Launching Global Attack Against Qualcomm
For better or worse, this decade has marked an explosion of mobile-related lawsuits and anti-trust actions across the globe. Now, that trend is reaching what may be its apex...
25 by Ryan Smith on 4/11/2017Xiaomi Mi MIX: A Closer Look at the Design and Display
Xiaomi’s Mi MIX gives us a glimpse of the future. A pseudo-concept phone that’s being produced in limited quantities and sold in China, it combines the latest technology with...
48 by Matt Humrick on 4/10/2017Honor Announces The Honor 8 Pro: Kirin 960, 5.7-inch QHD
Huawei added another phone to its Honor lineup today. The Honor 8 Pro is the international version of the Honor V9 that was launched in China earlier this year...
22 by Ian Cutress & Matt Humrick on 4/5/2017Apple To Develop Own GPU, Drop Imagination's GPUs From SoCs
In a bombshell of a press release issued this morning, Imagination has announced that Apple has informed their long-time GPU partner that they will be winding down their use...
144 by Ryan Smith on 4/3/2017Best Tablets: Q1 2017
Unlike the red-hot smartphone market that continues to grow, with new models appearing at a blistering rate, the tablet market is, well….a little boring. Apple still releases a few...
30 by Matt Humrick on 3/31/2017Hands On With Samsung's Galaxy S8 and S8+: Taller Screens and Slimmer Bezels
Samsung officially unveiled the latest Galaxy devices at its Unpacked event in New York today. The taller displays in the 5.8-inch Galaxy S8 and 6.2-inch Galaxy S8+ show more...
208 by Matt Humrick on 3/29/2017The Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Performance Preview
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 gets a CPU transplant, an updated GPU, a 1Gbps LTE modem, and other updates. We were able to see the new SoC in action and collect...
128 by Matt Humrick & Ryan Smith on 3/22/2017Apple Announces 2017 iPad 9.7-Inch: Entry Level iPad now at $329
With the spring finally upon us, Apple this morning is going about some spring cleaning of the iPad family. The iPad Air 2 and the iPad Mini 2 have...
135 by Ryan Smith on 3/21/2017Qualcomm Announces 205 Mobile Platform: Entry-Level LTE for India & Emerging Markets
This morning in New Delhi, Qualcomm is taking the wraps off of their latest entry-level, high-volume SoC, the Qualcomm 205 SoC. The cornerstone of the Qualcomm 205 Mobile Platform...
27 by Ryan Smith on 3/20/2017Tag Heuer Connected Modular 45: Atom Z3400, Android Wear 2.0, Starts at $1650
Tag Heuer last week announced its new generation smartwatch, co-developed with Google and Intel. The new Connected Modular 45 timepiece uses an Intel SoC, runs Google’s Android Wear 2.0...
36 by Anton Shilov on 3/18/2017HiSilicon Kirin 960: A Closer Look at Performance and Power
HiSilicon looks to build on the Kirin 950’s success by adopting ARM’s latest A73 CPU cores and Mali-G71 GPU for the Kirin 960. Still manufactured on a 16nm FinFET...
86 by Matt Humrick on 3/14/2017Infineon Shows Off Future of eSIM Cards: <1.65 mm2 Made Using 40 nm
Update 3/20: Infineon has contacted us and said that the eSIM IC is made using a 40 nm process technology. At MWC this year, Infineon showcased a lineup of its...
28 by Anton Shilov on 3/11/2017Sony Demonstrates Concept Xperia Ear Headphones and Xperia Touch Android Projector at MWC
As we move through our MWC meeting writeup backlog this week, one of the interesting developments we saw was from Sony. Apart from new smartphones, Sony showed two interesting...
10 by Anton Shilov on 3/11/2017Meizu Unveils Super mCharge: Fast Charging At 55W
Meizu unveiled a new fast-charging technology—called Super mCharge—at MWC 2017 that’s capable of fully charging a 3000 mAh battery in just 20 minutes. Rapid charging has grown from novelty...
40 by Matt Humrick on 3/2/2017ZTE Announces The Blade V8 Mini And Blade V8 Lite
After announcing the Blade V8 Pro at CES 2017, ZTE added two more phones to the Blade V8 family: the Blade V8 Mini and Blade V8 Lite. Both phones...
6 by Matt Humrick on 3/2/2017MediaTek Announces Helio X30 Availability: 10 CPU Cores On 10nm
MediaTek first unveiled the Helio X30—its next-generation high-end SoC—last fall, but today at Mobile World Congress the Taiwanese company announced its commercial availability. The Helio X30 is entering mass...
57 by Matt Humrick on 2/27/2017Sony Launches Xperia XZ Premium and Xperia XZs Phones For US Market
Sony announced today at MWC 2017 that it’s bringing two new premium phones to the US market: the Xperia XZ Premium and Xperia XZs. Both models employ classic Sony...
28 by Matt Humrick on 2/27/2017MWC 2017: Samsung Press Conference
We're here at Samsung's MWC 2017 press conference. The Galaxy S8 will be a no show, but Samsung has some other mobile devices to show off.
18 by Anton Shilov & Matt Humrick on 2/26/2017