Xiaomi Mix Fold 3 officially launches with Qualcomm SD 8 Gen 2 SoC
Published in Mobiles


Thinner, new hinge, better screens, quad camera system, and more

After all the teasers and leaks, Xiaomi has officially announced its new Mix Fold 3 smartphone, refining the design, and equipping it with better screens, a quad-camera system, and Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC.

Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 SoC
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 27 June 2023 12:28

Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 SoC


4nm SoC with support for LPDDR5 3,200 memory and UFS 3.1 storage

Qualcomm has unveiled its latest Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 SoC for entry-level smartphones. This one is manufactured on a 4nm manufacturing process and brings the same core configuration as its predecessor but with some improvements, including LPDDR5 memory and UFS 3.1 storage support.

M2 series of SoCs frozen
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 05 April 2023 11:23

M2 series of SoCs frozen


No one wants Macbooks

Fruity cargo cult Apple has been forced to suspend the production of its super-hyped M2 systems on a chip because no one wants to buy the Macbook for which it was designed.

Chinese pushing into the GPU market
Published in Graphics
Monday, 23 January 2023 12:02

Chinese pushing into the GPU market


Loongson LS2K2000 system-on-chip (SoC) unlikely to teach the West much

Loongson is about to release an SoC which has a GPU on board. 

Russia was on the way to having some pretty good Arm SoC
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And then Tsar Putin invaded Ukraine

Russian chip maker Baikal Electronics was halfway to having an SoC series from eight cores to 48 before Tsar Putin invaded Ukraine and crippled the entire industry.

MediaTek brings Dimensity 1080 SoC
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 11 October 2022 14:10

MediaTek brings Dimensity 1080 SoC


Higher clocks and 200MP ISP

MediaTek has announced its new Dimenstiy 1080 chipset, a mid-tier SoC that brings clock and camera improvements compared to the Dimensity 920 SoC.

Qualcomm officially announces new 4nm W5 and W5+ Gen 1 SoCs
Published in Mobiles


Purpose-built for next generation wearables

Qualcomm has announced its successors to the Snapdragon Wear 4100 series SoCs, the 4nm Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 and the W5+ Gen 1, promising impressive improvements for next generation wearables.

Japanse boffin sues Intel
Published in News
Wednesday, 29 June 2022 11:51

Japanse boffin sues Intel


It nicked FPGA SoC chips that use ALM and my other acronyms

Japanese boffin Masahiro Iida is incandesnant with rage that Intel has borrowed his idea for Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) and System-on-Chip (SoC) chips that employ Adaptive Logic Modules (ALM).

Qualcomm maintains leadership in premium smartphones
Published in Mobiles


Analysis:
Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 proves it

Qualcomm recently launched a new flagship Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 and proved it still can maintain a significant distance between its nearest chipset competitor.

Exynos 2200 officially supported by Netflix
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 01 February 2022 09:55

Exynos 2200 officially supported by Netflix


Dimensity 1200, Unisoc also made on the list

Netflix has a demanding rule for qualifying to play in HD, HDR, and supported chipsets. The chips from HiSilicon, MediaTek, Qualcomm, Samsung, and Unisoc made it on the list, but surprisingly, Netflix announced official support for Exynos 2200.