Smartphones
Arm and Samsung this week announced their joint design-technology co-optimization (DTCO) program for Arm's next-generation Cortex general-purpose CPU cores as well as Samsung's next-generation process technology featuring gate-all-around (GAA) multi-bridge-channel field-effect transistors (MBCFETs). "Optimizing Cortex-X and Cortex-A processors on the latest Samsung process node underscores our shared vision to redefine what’s possible in mobile computing, and we look forward to continuing to push boundaries to meet the relentless performance and efficiency demands of the AI era," said Chris Bergey, SVP and GM, Client Business at Arm. Under the program, the companies aim to deliver tailored versions of Cortex-A and Cortex-X cores made on Samsung's 2 nm-class process technology for various applications, including smartphones, datacenters, infrastructure, and various customized system-on-chips. For now, the companies does not...
Qualcomm's Quad-Core Snapdragon S4 (APQ8064/Adreno 320) Performance Preview
If you've been following our SoC related coverage, you'll probably have come across our coverage of Qualcomm's upcoming SoCs in their Mobile Development Platforms (MDPs). It's an interesting way...
35 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug on 7/24/2012HTC One S Review - International and T-Mobile
At the very top of HTC’s new lineup are three flagship devices: the One X, its cousin the One XL, and the One S. I say flagship because HTC’s...
97 by Brian Klug on 7/17/2012Motorola Atrix HD Preview: $99 Monster?
I was reminded yesterday of the Droid RAZR launch event. One of the RAZR product managers excitedly leapt at the opportunity to run me through some benchmarks on the...
58 by Jason Inofuentes on 7/14/2012HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE Review: One Alternative
The original Droid Incredible was released as the third wave in Verizon’s push to battle Apple’s iPhone with modern, capable Android phones. Released as the third iteration of the...
24 by Jason Inofuentes on 7/13/2012Samsung To Sell Developer Edition Verizon Galaxy S III with Unlockable Bootloader
Late last week, Samsung and Verizon drew considerable ire from Android enthusiasts after customers who had preordered their SGS3s and received them early noticed that the device included a...
18 by Brian Klug on 7/10/2012Motorola Atrix HD Official: $99, LTE, 4.5" HD LCD on AT&T
After jumping the gun the other day, Motorola made the Atrix HD official today, announcing the 4.5" HD LTE device for $99 and available on July 15th at your...
17 by Jason Inofuentes on 7/10/2012Android 4.1 hits AOSP, Verizon Galaxy Nexus regains AOSP Support
Earlier today Google released the Android 4.1 source code into AOSP (Android Open Source Project), as noted by JBQ in the usual Android Building group. The release is Android...
6 by Brian Klug on 7/9/2012Some Impressions and Benchmarks from Chrome on iOS
Earlier today, Google announced Chrome for iOS (iPhone and iPad), and thanks to Richard Gaywood finding a direct link to the App Store, I got the chance to play...
52 by Brian Klug on 6/28/2012Google announces Chrome for iOS - iPhone and iPad
Google has just announced that Chrome is coming to the iOS App Store later today for iPad and iPhone at Google I/O 2012. Chrome on iOS looks superficially identical...
15 by Brian Klug on 6/28/2012Google Nexus 7 and Android 4.1 - Mini Review
Today was an extremely busy day for Google, with the formal announcement of both Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, and two new members of the Nexus family – the Nexus...
189 by Brian Klug on 6/28/2012Google Announces Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and Project Butter
Back at Mobile World Congress, both Anand and I heard rumblings that UI performance would be a huge emphasis in the next major release of Android. I remember being...
17 by Brian Klug on 6/27/2012Google I/O 2012 Keynote Day 1 - We're Here Live
We just got seated inside Moscone Center for Google I/O 2012. While some details of the Nexus 7 tablet and Q have been already released before the keynote...
7 by Brian Klug on 6/27/2012T-Mobile 1900 MHz WCDMA outside Moscone Center - Air Interface Hands On
I just arrived in San Francisco, CA for Google I/O, which we'll be covering live tomorrow, providing the event's 5 GHz WiFi and backup Verizon LTE or AT&T LTE...
5 by Brian Klug on 6/26/2012New Windows Start Screen Demoed on Lumia 900 running Windows Phone 7.8
We just caught up with Greg Sullivan, senior product manager for Windows Phone, who was showing off a Lumia 900 running a non-final Windows Phone 7.8 build. The WP7.8...
16 by Brian Klug on 6/20/2012Microsoft Announces First Windows Phone 8 Hardware Partners, Qualcomm SoCs Inside [Update: MSM8960]
Probably one of the biggest rumors leading up to the Windows Phone 8 announcement was some speculation that Qualcomm would lose its exclusive status as the sole SoC vendor...
44 by Brian Klug on 6/20/2012Existing Windows Phone 7 devices will get updated to Windows Phone 7.8, not Windows 8
Looks like some of the earlier rumors about the upgrade path for existing WP7 devices turned out to be true. Microsoft just now announced that existing WP7 devices will...
27 by Brian Klug on 6/20/2012Windows Phone 8 Adds support for Multi Core SoCs, Higher Resolutions, microSD, and NFC
We're at the Windows Phone 8 summit, where Microsoft just made support for a bunch of new WP8 features official. The rumors were true, and the platform is moving...
5 by Brian Klug on 6/20/2012Microsoft's Windows Phone Summit in San Francisco - We're There
We're inside the venue at Microsoft's Windows Phone developer summit in San Francisco. From the look of the posters we're in for some new features, including some facial recognition...
19 by Brian Klug on 6/20/2012Samsung Galaxy S III Review - AT&T and T-Mobile USA Variants
For the past couple of days I've been playing with, benchmarking, and battery life testing two USA-bound variants of the SGS3 literally nonstop, a white AT&T model with LTE...
107 by Brian Klug on 6/20/2012Nokia Announces PureView 808 Coming to USA for $699
The last time we played with the Nokia PureView 808 was at MWC, where I came away very impressed with the device and what I saw in terms of...
17 by Brian Klug on 6/18/2012