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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...
Google Introduces New Street View App
Today Google introduced a new Street View application for iOS and Android. Due to the differences between Google's app offerings on iOS and Android it's a bit confusing to...
15 by Brandon Chester on 9/3/2015
Sony Launches The Xperia Z5, Z5 Compact, and Z5 Premium With UHD Display
In April of this year Sony launched the Xperia Z4, their sequel to the 2014 Xperia Z3. Since the Z3 had only launched in September of 2014, it was...
71 by Brandon Chester on 9/2/2015
Qualcomm Announces Kryo CPU Details: Quad Core 2.2 GHz, 14nm FinFET
Today, Qualcomm announced a number of details in the Snapdragon 820, specifically about their Kryo CPU. Given that the Snapdragon 810 was a somewhat standard 4x Cortex-A57/4x Cortex-A53, it...
60 by Joshua Ho on 9/2/2015
Huawei Launches Mate S - Hands On
Today at Huawei's IFA Berlin 2015 launch event the Chinese handset maker launched it's new fall flagship device, the Mate S. The new 5.5" form-factor places the Mate S...
19 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/2/2015
Lenovo Announces New PHAB and PHAB PLUS Phablets
Today Lenovo has made a number of announcements relating to their mobile device business. We've seen two new low end tablets, and a very strange but also very interesting...
2 by Brandon Chester on 9/2/2015
Lenovo Launches Three New VIBE Smartphones
Lenovo has been making quite a number of announcements at IFA this year. We've seen a unique high end Android tablet, low end Android tablets, and really big phablets...
6 by Brandon Chester on 9/2/2015
The Mobile CPU Core-Count Debate: Analyzing The Real World
Over the last 5 years the mobile space has seen a dramatic change in terms of performance of smartphone and tablet SoCs. The industry has seen a move from...
157 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/1/2015
Obi Worldphone Launches The Worldphone SF1 and SJ1.5
Today Obi Worldphone, the smartphone company co-founded by former CEO of Apple and former president of Pepsi John Sculley, launched two new smartphones targeted at emerging markets. The first...
10 by Brandon Chester on 8/27/2015
Microsoft Makes Cortana For Android Available As A Public Beta
Earlier this year Microsoft announced that their digital assistant Cortana would be making its way to iOS and Android in addition to its launch on Windows Phone and Windows...
12 by Brandon Chester on 8/24/2015
The Moto G (2015) Review
Motorola's original Moto G was one of the first Android devices to offer what one could honestly call a good user experience at a price of around $200. It...
90 by Brandon Chester on 8/19/2015
Google Releases Final M Preview: Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Today Google released the third developer preview for the M release and at the same time also reveals its official codename as well as final version name: Android 6.0...
51 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/17/2015
A Quick Look at LG G4 Leather Back Covers
With the LG G4 review, our design commentary was mostly targeted towards the G4’s standard polycarbonate back cover. But recently we received some leather back covers from LG designed...
24 by Joshua Ho on 8/17/2015
Hands On With the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+
Today, Samsung is announcing the next generation of their Galaxy-brand phablets, the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 edge+. Samsung’s phablets have been one of their greatest smartphone...
219 by Joshua Ho on 8/13/2015
Qualcomm Details the Adreno 530 GPU and ISP inside the Snapdragon 820
Snapdragon 820 is still a mystery as far as official information from Qualcomm goes. However, today Qualcomm has given a bit of insight into their upcoming SoC. While there's...
66 by Brandon Chester on 8/12/2015
Google Redesigns Hangouts for Android With Version 4.0
Today Google shipped a major update to their Hangouts application for Android. Ever since Hangouts for iOS was updated to 4.0 a little over a month ago Android users...
37 by Brandon Chester on 8/10/2015
Google Commits To Monthly Security Updates For Nexus Devices
Security updates on mobile operating systems have typically been bundled inside larger patches that include other bug fixes and improvements. Unfortunately, the world of security exploits isn't tuned to...
41 by Brandon Chester on 8/5/2015
The LG G4 Review
The LG G3 was probably the Android phone that was closest to getting everything right last year, but it ultimately fell short of being the “best Android phone”. The...
85 by Joshua Ho on 7/30/2015
Motorola Announces the Moto X Play
In a somewhat interesting twist, Motorola has announced a new version of the Moto X designed to slot in between the Moto X’s traditional flagship position and the Moto...
46 by Joshua Ho on 7/28/2015
Motorola Announces the Moto X Style
Today, Motorola also announced their new flagship phone, the Moto X Style. Following the trend of larger screen sizes, it seems Motorola has taken this trend to its logical...
46 by Joshua Ho on 7/28/2015
Motorola Announces the New Moto G
Today, Motorola announced the successor to their Moto G, which has been their most successful phone in recent memory. It’s still called the Moto G, but this is the...
52 by Joshua Ho on 7/28/2015
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