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...
Huawei Ascend Mate 7 & Ascend G7 Hands-On
Today Huawei launches the successor to the Ascend Mate, the Mate 7 and a new mid-range device called the Ascent G7. I've got my hands on a Mate 7...
29 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/4/2014
Lenovo Announces the VIBE X2 With 8-Core CPU
Lenovo has made quite a few announcements at IFA so far, but most have related to their traditional PC business. Today they announced a new high end smartphone branded...
17 by Brandon Chester on 9/4/2014
Microsoft Launches New Mid-Range Lumias And Accessories At IFA 2014
Today in Berlin Microsoft announced two new midrange Windows Phones, as well as several accessories to compliment the Windows Phone ecosystem. We now have the rest of the phones...
36 by Brett Howse on 9/4/2014
HTC Announces the Desire 820
According to HTC, the Desire 816 proved to be a popular device in the mid-range smartphone market. Now, only a bit longer than six months after its release, the...
13 by Brandon Chester on 9/4/2014
Samsung Announces Gear VR: A VR Harness For Your Note 4
Alongside today’s announcement of the Galaxy Note 4, Samsung also used the occasion to announce that they intend to break into the nascent VR headset market with their own...
20 by Ryan Smith on 9/3/2014
Samsung Announces Galaxy Note 4: Hands On
By now, most people seem to have accepted the concept of a phablet. At first, I was also skeptical, as I wanted a phone that could easily be used...
69 by Joshua Ho on 9/3/2014
Samsung Announces Galaxy Note Edge: Hands On
Following on the heels of the Galaxy Note 4, Samsung is also announcing a new product named the Galaxy Note Edge. In terms of basic hardware, not much changes...
17 by Joshua Ho on 9/3/2014
Broadcom Announces BCM4358: Second Gen 2x2 802.11ac WiFi
Today, Broadcom is announcing a new WiFi/BT combo chip that succeeds the BCM4354. According to Broadcom, the key features of this new chipset are enhanced WiFi/BT coexistence performance, integrated...
1 by Joshua Ho on 9/3/2014
A Quick Look at the GS5 LTE-A Subpixel Layout
While it was easy to make an educated guess that the Galaxy S5 LTE-A Broadband had a PenTile subpixel layout to support the higher pixel density, I didn't get...
21 by Joshua Ho on 8/29/2014
A Look at Bioshock for iOS and How it Compares to its PC Counterpart
I originally bought Bioshock for PC a number of years ago during one of Steam's summer sales. It was $2, and I had heard good things about it so...
29 by Brandon Chester on 8/28/2014
HTC Announces Desire 510: First 64-bit Android Phone
While normally one might expect high end phones to get the latest and greatest features first, this time we see a bit of a surprising reversal. The Desire 510...
47 by Joshua Ho on 8/27/2014
Google's News & Weather App Updated to Version 2.0
Today Google has rolled out an unexpected update to an app that seemed long forgotten. It's the News & Weather application that comes on Android phones running software maintained...
23 by Brandon Chester on 8/26/2014
Intel Announces XMM6255: The World's Smallest Standalone 3G Modem
Today Intel announced their XMM6255 modem which is aimed at providing 3G network connectivity to the many future connected devices that will make up the Internet of Things (IoT)...
8 by Brandon Chester on 8/26/2014
LG Reveals Details About the G3 Stylus Debuting at IFA
The IFA trade show is scheduled to take place a couple of weeks from now, but LG is already giving details about their upcoming LG G3 Stylus ahead of...
12 by Brandon Chester on 8/25/2014
A Month with the iPhone 5s: Impressions from an Android User
I must confess that the last time I used an iPhone was three or four years ago. While I’ve followed the hardware changes from generation to generation, I’ve never...
197 by Joshua Ho on 8/24/2014
Examining Huawei's Benchmark Optimizations in the Ascend P7
While benchmark optimization has been a hot topic, recently it has faded into the background as the industry adjusted. Previously, we saw changes such as an automatic 10% GPU...
24 by Joshua Ho on 8/21/2014
Unity Adds Native x86 Support for Android
Intel is facing an uphill battle in the mobile space from a marketshare perspective, but there's an additional challenge: the bulk of mobile apps are compiled targeting ARM based...
15 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/20/2014
HTC Announces the HTC One (M8) for Windows
It's been a while since we've seen a high-end device running Windows Phone 8 launch from a company other than Nokia. Despite Nokia's dominance, HTC has certainly not given...
61 by Brandon Chester on 8/19/2014
State of the Part: SoC Manufacturers
Introduction A few years ago, it seemed a new System-On-Chip (SoC) design using an ARM-based architecture would pop up every other week. While competition can be great, with so many...
94 by Jarred Walton on 8/19/2014
HTC Launches Zoe Beta: Hands On and First Impressions
Today, HTC is finally launching their Zoe application. Normally, such an announcement is rolled into a smartphone launch, but the launch of this application is one of the first...
14 by Joshua Ho on 8/14/2014
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