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Qualcomm & Razer Release Hand-held Gaming Reference Design

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A hat-tip today to Jon Peddie for the news that Qualcomm has released a handheld game console reference design that uses a 6.65″, wide aspect ratio, 400 cd/m², FHD+ (~2000 × …

Tags:Application Processors| Game Playing| Qualcomm

Google Tensor Could be an Exynos

by Bob Raikes

What They Say SamMobile reports that the ‘Tensor’ SoC that is reported to be in the next Google Pixel smartphone (Google Uses a New Processor) is in fact a version of a Samsung Exynos …

What Bob Saw Around the Net…. 18/12/2018

by Bob Raikes

Most days, our editor, Bob, spends some time looking around the net for news. Here are some articles and links that he thought worth sharing… (note that registration or subscriptions may be required!) Hot …

What Bob Saw on the Net 15/2/2019

by Bob Raikes

Apple Considering Its Options for iPhone Modem Chips

by Andrew Fenn

Apple is apparently considering switching to a new supplier of modem chips for its iPhone devices. According to a recent report from Bloomberg, the company is considering replacing Intel with MediaTek as its secondary …

MediaTek Adds Chip for High Mid-Range

by Bob Raikes

Mediatek has a new chip, the Helio P22 application processor for ‘new premium’ high end mid-tier devices and uses a 12nm manufacturing process, also used on the P60 which was announced earlier this year. …

Tags:Application Processors| Chips| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 22

China Smartphone AP Shipments to Grow in Second Quarter of 2018

by Andrew Fenn

China’s shipments of APs for smartphones are predicted to increase 17% quarter-on-quarter during the second quarter of 2018, up to 173.8 million units, according to Digitimes Research. Shipments declined 29% quarter-on-quarter during the first …

Tags:Application Processors| China| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 18

MediaTek Sales to be Boosted by Helio P60 Shipments to China in 2018 Q2

by Andrew Fenn

MediaTek will see strong sales during the second quarter of 2018, according to Digitimes. Citing unnamed industry sources, the publication reported that the company expects its revenues, gross margins and net earnings to rebound …

Tags:Application Processors| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 12

Samsung Exynos 7 Series 9610 Improves Image Processing

by Bob Raikes

Samsung Electronics announced its latest application processor (AP), the Exynos 7 Series 9610, which is built on Samsung’s 10-nanometer (nm) FinFET process to allow processing including FullHD video recording at 480fps. Vision and image …

Tags:Application Processors| Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 11

Qualcomm Boosting Wireless and Shows VR Platform

by Bob Raikes

Qualcomm had a range of different demonstrations on its booth and also had an area with smartphones using its different processors. The first demonstration that we had a quick look at was a test …

Qualcomm Smartphone AP Shipments Predicted to Decline in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Qualcomm’s smartphone application processor (AP) shipments will decline slightly in 2018, according to Digitimes Research. The decline is attributed to the increased adoption of smartphone vendors’ own in-house developed APs. These chips are expected …

Tags:Application Processors| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 03

Samsung Exynos 9 Series 9810 for AI and UHD at 120FPS

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has announced its latest application processor, the Exynos 9 Series 9810 and which is built on Samsung’s second-generation 10-nanometer (nm) FinFET process. The architecture is eight core and four of the cores can …