Smartphones
This week Samsung Electronics and Synopsys announced that Samsung has taped out its first mobile system-on-chip on Samsung Foundry's 3nm gate-all-around (GAA) process technology. The announcement, coming from electronic design automation Synopsys, further notes that Samsung used the Synopsys.ai EDA suite to place-n-route the layout and verify design of the SoC, which in turn enabled higher performance. Samsung's unnamed high-performance mobile SoC relies on 'flagship' general-purpose CPU and GPU architectures as well as various IP blocks from Synopsys. SoC designers used Synopsys.ai EDA software, including the Synopsys DSO.ai to fine-tune design and maximize yields as well as Synopsys Fusion Compiler RTL-to-GDSII solution to achieve higher performance, lower power, and optimize area (PPA). And while the news that Samsung has developed a high-performance SoC using the Synopsys.ai...
iPhone 5S and 5C Available on September 20th
Both the new iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C will be available starting on September 20th in the US. Pre-orders for the 5C begin on the 13th. Check out our full...
5 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/10/2013
Apple Announces A7, World's First 64-bit Smartphone SoC
Apple just announced the iPhones 5S featuring the A7 SoC, which is the world's first consumer ARM based SoC with 64-bit support. We're likely talking about an updated version...
91 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/10/2013
Apple Announces iPhone 5S
Apple just announced the iPhone 5S. The chassis remains similar to the iPhone 5, although it's now available in three finishes: silver, gold and space grey. The latter replaces the...
17 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/10/2013
iWork, iPhoto & iMovie for iOS Free with Any New iOS device
Apple just announced that any new iPhone, iPad or 5th gen iPod Touch will come with free copies of iWork, iPhoto & iMovie. Check out our full coverage of Apple's...
4 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/10/2013
Apple iOS 7: Available September 18th for Free
Apple just announced that iOS 7 will be available starting September 18th. Check out our full coverage of Apple's Town Hall event in our live blog.
3 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/10/2013
Apple Announces iPhone 5C
Apple just announced the iPhone 5C. 4-inch Retina Display, A6 SoC, single piece polycarbonate back, 8MP iSight camera and new front facing FaceTime HD camera with 1.9µm pixels. Internally...
16 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/10/2013
Apple's Town Hall iPhone Event Live Blog
Brian and I are at Apple's Campus today for the unveil of the next-generation iPhone. Check back here for the live blog that should start at 10AM PT.
68 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug on 9/10/2013
Sony Announces PS Vita PCH-2000, PS Vita TV
Kicking off today is what’s sure to be a busy week. Both Apple and Intel have events scheduled over the next few days, with an Apple product announcement and...
13 by Ryan Smith on 9/9/2013
LG G2 and MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 - Mini Review
The LG G2 is the spiritual successor to the Optimus G, a device that we looked at last year and eventually went on to become the Nexus 4. LG...
120 by Brian Klug on 9/7/2013
Potential Nexus 5 FCC Approval Reappears - LG-D820 (Update: Snapdragon 800, Android 4.4)
The past few days have been interesting in the way of Nexus 5 (or Nexus 4 2013) rumors. After a few grumblings that seemed to confirm that LG would...
75 by Brian Klug on 9/5/2013
Xiaomi Announces the MI3 - Tegra 4 and MSM8974AB inside
Xiaomi has been making some interesting news lately, first with the abrupt transition of Hugo Barra from Google to Xiaomi, now with the announcement of their latest high end...
28 by Brian Klug on 9/5/2013
Samsung's Galaxy Note 3: Snapdragon 800 in a Slimmer Galaxy Note
Samsung was among the first to discover the demand for very large smartphones and quickly addressed that market with its Galaxy Note lineup. The smartphone Notes combine a large...
60 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/4/2013
ASUS Announces Fonepad Note 6E and Fonepad 7E
If you’re keeping track, I’m almost half-way through the ASUS IFA announcements from this morning. Up next we have two new Fonepad devices, the Fonepad Note 6E and the...
13 by Jarred Walton on 9/4/2013
Qualcomm Announces its Smartwatch Platform - Qualcomm Toq (Update: Now With Specs)
We’re at Qualcomm’s Uplinq 2013 conference where Qualcomm’s CEO Paul Jacobs has announced Qualcomm Toq, a smartwatch with a Mirasol color screen that can still be viewed outdoors in...
21 by Brian Klug on 9/4/2013
Sony Announces Attachable Smartphone Camera - Cyber-Shot QX100 and QX10
The connected camera space is going through an interesting period, we’ve seen a few device makers take steps towards building cameras that run Android (Nikon’s S800C, Galaxy Camera, Galaxy...
12 by Brian Klug on 9/4/2013
HTC Announces Desire 300, 601, Blue HTC One, and BoomBass Accessory
Just ahead of IFA in Berlin, HTC is dropping news of two new phones and a speaker accessory. The two new phones are the Desire 601 and 301, which...
13 by Brian Klug on 9/3/2013
Moto X Review
It has been a long time since I’ve seen a smartphone so fervently rumored, discussed, hyped, and finally announced like the Moto X has been. The level of buzz...
106 by Brian Klug on 8/26/2013
Intel Talks about Multimode LTE Modems - XMM7160 and Beyond
Since acquiring Infineon's wireless division and forming the Mobile Communications Group, Intel has been relatively quiet about its modem portfolio and roadmap. Pre-acquisition parts from Infineon have continued to...
39 by Brian Klug on 8/20/2013
A Tour of Moto Maker: Customization Meets the Moto X
A key part of the Moto X's story is one of hardware customization. At launch, those users buying Moto Xes on AT&T will be given the option of selecting...
26 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug on 8/16/2013
Ask the Experts: Intel's Aicha Evans Talks Wireless and Answers Your Questions
We've followed Intel's CPU team's march towards mobile for years now, but we've seen very little from the wireless group. That's all beginning to change. Earlier this year at...
47 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/15/2013
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