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Nvidia's Shield console originally came with 16GB for a price of $199 . Although a Android TV console rarely goes beyond this storage capacity , existence of a 500GB Nvidia shield console leaked out on Amazon last week , and in a swift move , all traces were pulled down . Today news of the console has come back in the form of a acknowledgement by Nvidia employee ManuelG . The console - which originally cost $199 will have a 500GB option for a $100 more and it is expected to go live this month (end of the month more like it) along with the Andorid 5.1 update for the Shield tablet . The Nvidia shield console is a Android TV console which comes with a 64bit Tegra X1 chipset , 3GB of RAM , Gigabit Ethernet,HDMI 2.0 ,Two USB 3.0 (Type A),Micro-USB 2.0,MicroSD slot,IR Receiver as well as Wifi and chromecast support . Written by Rakitha for MasHD Source - Androidpolice

Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 VE 10.1 (Value Edition) SM-T533: old = "new", only change is Snapdragon 410. design & specs same pic.twitter.com/exa3PSIbXu — Roland Quandt (@rquandt) April 7, 2015 Samsung is said to upgrade their current Tab line of budget Android tablets to the 64bit standard this year , the upcoming Tab 4 lineup is expected to feature some 64bit silicon and according to a new leak , the upcoming Tab 4 10.1 (value edition) will carry a Snapdragon 410 Soc  . The rest of specs on the tablet is said to go unchanged , the 1.5GB of RAM , 10.1 " display with 1280x800 resolution and the 3.15 mp camera are all said to go onto the successor device as well . the device however might ship with Android 5. out of the box , at the moment , specs about the budget tablet are unknown ,but hopefully we won't miss much as the device is expected to launch in a few months time . Written By Rakitha for MasHD Source - GSMArena

64Bit in mobile is only about a year old , iOS , which started the craze (Evolution) with the iPhone 5S and the iPads were first generation products that supported the new ARM architecture that provided 64Bit processing power , but as many apps were still coded to 32Bit  , that 64bit edge is/was not really that visible so Apple is now making a initiative to make all iOS apps coded to both the 64bit and 32Bit coding starting next February .News of having 64bit support is good news as the new architecture promotes the expansion of Video and memory allowing high quality apps , this news however is not going to be good for remaining legacy Apple devices as they are sure to drop out in the next few updates (iPad 2 , iPad Mini , iPhone 4S ) , but in the end most users will eventually feel more satisfied with the user experience once the platform becomes a 64bit only one . Source - GSMArena

After the announcement of the new Apple iPad Air 2 , the company announced the new iPad Mini3 , the new iPad Mini , unlike its big brother , has a Apple A7 soc , this processor , which was unveiled last year with the previous iPad mini is still a 64Bit processor , but its not going to steal any benchmark cups and trophies if you stack them up  . The cameras on the new iPad Mini 3 have also been revamped in a subtle way , the new unit gets a 5mp camera  and a improved front facetime camera , the iPad Air 2 meanwhile received  a 8mp camera, but considering the rest of the upgrade , this small cut is negligible . The battery however has been left alone and it still offers the same 10 hour batterylife of previous generation . And of course , Touch-ID finger print sensor is now available on the iPad Mini 3 as well  . The storage size of the new iPad is also changed , we initially guessed that the 16GB version will be omitted , but as it turns out , the company is keepin...

Apple just announced the new iPad Air 2 , the new iPad Air , which is said to be only 6.1mm thin is by far the thinnest tablet we've seen , the new thickness is achieved by a new display laminating method that kicks off some of the fat in previous iPad displays , this method has also helped the ipad achieve a 5% higher outdoor visibility rating than previous models  .The processor has also been beefed up with 2GB of RAM , the A8X soc , which follows Apple's 64bit chip design has 3Billion transistors and it has a 40% faster CPU speed and a 2.5x GPU rating . The cameras on the new iPad Air 2 have also been revamped , the new unit gets a 8mp camera with slow motion recording and a improved front facetime camera , the battery however has been left alone and it still offers the same 10 hour batterylife of previous generations even with the new hardware . And of course , Touch-ID finger print sensor is now available on the iPad air 2 . The storage size of the new iPad is also chang...

Samsung produces its home brew processors under the Exynos family , the latest version - Exynos 5433 technically falls into the Exynos 5 group , but because it is a 64bit processor , and that it is the beating heart of the Asia specific Note 4 , the company has gone about renaming the processor in order to give it more class and so now the Exynos 5433 is renamed as Exynos 7 Octa . The Samsung Exynos 7 octa or previously known as the Exynos 5 (5433) Octa  is a 4+4 core processor that uses the Arm Big-Little design architecture , the 4 main cores are designed after the A57 architecture and the 4 low power ones are 4 Cortex A53 cores , this new architecture helps the phone achieve 57% better throttle response and better overall performance than previous versions of the Exynos Octa . Written by Rakitha for MasHD Source - GSMArena

HTC unveiled their new Desire 820 smartphone today at IFA Berlin . The phone which uses a new "doubleshot" uniobody construction hopes to reduce panel gap and improve the device's longevity .apart from the construction. HTC has also added two front facing speakers (Boomsound) and a 8mp front camera and a 13mp rear one . The display is a 5.5" panel which makes this much larger than the previous desire smartphones .The phone has a 64Bit Snapdragon 615 octacore unit . The phone will go on sale later this month . Display - 5.5" SLCD3 1280x800  OS - Android 4.4 Kitkat +Sense 6 UI with Blinkfeed Design - Unibody smartphone , "doubleshot" construction reduces panel gaps 157.7 x 78.74 x 7.74 mm , 155g Connectivity - Dual or single sim .QuadBand  LTE ,FD-LTE  cat 4 speeds , Quad band GSM ,NFC , Bluetooth 4.0 ,DLNA , WIFI 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.5-5Ghz) ,GPS +Glonass  Processor - 8 core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615  (1-1.5Ghz) (Cortex A53 in Octacore...

Sixty-four bit processors on mobile devices are the latest must have Soc's in the tech world , the trend , set in motion by the iPhone 5S is still somewhat stagnant , but in the next few months , the architecture will probably start the next Smartphone arms race as each manufacturer promotes its product over the other .Oualcomm who holds the monopoly in the SOC business,  has taken a bit of a back seat when it comes to making 64Bit chips , and while rivals design and test their own models ,Qualcomm has instead decided to wait out the storm , and instead launch mid range 64Bit processors - mainly the Snapdragon 410/610 And the Snapdragon 615 , which is rumored to be on the upcoming HTC Desire 820 . The latest leak , which when roughly translated into English states that indicates a date (9) September and 4th and a huge 64 in front , which is accompanied by another poster with the text - World's first 8 core 64 phone , which definitely points at the 8 core Snapdragon 615 proces...

Tomorrow we have something new and exciting to show you. Stay tuned! #ExynosTomorrow pic.twitter.com/v5MKk5rhct — SamsungExynos (@SamsungExynos) July 9, 2014 As you may already know , Samsung fabricates their own mobile processors for their smartphones and tablets under the name "Exynos" after many years , the Exynos lineup is mostly used by Samsung for their Asia/Europe 3G models while they use the un-official industry standard Qualcomm Snapdragon processors for 4G versions . After unveiling their Dual-Quad (aka Octa core) Exynos 54xx series , the company is now ready to unveil its successor in the form of a "Octa core" Exynos 5433 , which is said to be the first Exynos processor series to join the 64Bit ARM club. 64Bit processors on mobile devices are not new , Intel has been working with their Intel Atom mobile processors for many years now , and last year Apple jump-started the 64bit processor race with the iPhone 5S and the new iPad's . Qualcomm also...

Asus unveiled 3 new intel powered tablets at Computex 2014, The tablet trio compose of 2 Memopads and the 3rd generation successor of the Asus Fonepad , which is a tablet with cellular voice capabilities Asus Fonepad 8 The Fonepad 8 is the latest successor to the Asus Fonepad lineup , the tablet has a 720p resolution IPS panel at 8" which is a major upgrade to the lineup as the two previous versions just had 7" ones . The tablet/phone has a 1.8Ghz Intel z3360 quadcore processor , 3G , and front facing stereo speakers . the Fonepad 8 also has dual sim support . more specs and official pricing will be revealed later Asus MemoPad 7/MemoPad 8 These two tablets were launched along side the Asus Fonepad 8 at Computex 2014 , Android 4.4 tablets feature Intel ATOM processors which make them some of the latest devices to join the 64bit mobile club . The Fonepad 7 ,as the name implies , has a 7" 720p resolution IPS display with Stereo speakers and a Intel Atom ...

Qualcomm has officially unveiled their new 64Bit mobile processors - the Snapdragon 808 and the 810 , The processors lead the new squadron of 64bit processors starting with the low end Snapdragon 410, 610 and 615 , The 808 is the lower spec'ed version of the two processors .The Snapdragon 808 uses 2 Cortex A57 cores and has 4 A53 cores making it a "Hexa-core" processor , The 808 has a new GPU called Adreno 418 , the Adreno 418 GPU puts it 30% ahead of the Adreno 330 found on the Snapdragon 800 but it slips under the Adreno 420 found on the Snapdragon 805 . The 808 has a 64-bit wide LPDDR3-933 interface ,giving it a 1,866MHz data rate and 15GB/s bandwidth , the Chip has a H265/HEVC decoder ISP but it can not encode it .The processor is only rated for a maximum resolution of 2560x1600 . The Snapdragon 808 is scheduled to be launched in the first half of 2015 The other chip launched today was the Snapdragon 810 , the number itself show us that this is the flagship...

MediaTek announced MT6732 – a 64-bit chipset with category 4 (150Mb/s download) LTE connectivity. In addition to the new SoC, the semiconductor company unveiled MT6630 five-in-one combo connectivity SoC as well as Pump Express fast charging tech for mobile devices. The MediaTek MT6732 64-bit chipset features 1.5GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 processor and next-generation Mali-T670 GPU. The graphics chip supports Open GL ES 3.0 and Open CL 1.2 APIs for high-end graphics. Additional feature of the SoC include support for low-power 1080p video playback with H.265 and H.264 codecs, as well as 1080p@30fps video recording. The chipset supports 13MP camera image signal processor. In addition to LTE, connectivity options of the MT6732 include HSPA+ (42Mb/s download), TD-SCDMA, and EDGE. Dual-band WI-Fi with Miracast and Bluetooth 4.0 are also present. MediaTek MT6630 on the other hand, is the world’s first five-in one combo wireless SoC. It supports dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, advan...

Related articles CROP CIRCLES unreal engine 4 At its CES press conference, NVIDIA finally revealed the marketing name for Project Logan - NVIDIA's latest mobile SoC: Tegra K1. NVIDIA hasn't said much about the architectural details about its latest Tegra SoC, other than to confirm that it features 192 CUDA cores. Since we already know Tegra K1 is based on NVIDIA's Kepler GPU architecture, and a single Kepler SMX features 192 CUDA cores, we know that K1 uses a single Kepler SMX. With K1, NVIDIA ditches the GeForce ULP GPU core that was present in the previous four generations of Tegra and moves mobile onto the same roadmap as the desktop/notebook GeForce. NVIDIA used the slide below that seems to imply convergence between the Tegra and GeForce architectures going forward, even beyond Kepler. Tegra K1 will be available in quad-core Cortex A15 (+1 shadow Cortex A15 core) and dual-core Denver (64-bit ARMv8) versions. The Cortex A15 version will be avaduilable in 1H...

“Did you hear the joke about the 128 bit processor?” asked Ian Drew, Chief Marketing Officer and EVP of Business Development at ARM, in a blog post earlier today. This comes as a response to the Korea Herald article claiming that ARM is working on a 128-bit chip for 2015. Mr. Drew firmly discounts any reports that 128-bit chips are in the cards or that ARM execs will in any way reveal what ARM’s partners are doing. “News reports have suggested that ARM is developing 128-bit processor technology: this is not true. 64-bit processors are capable of supporting the needs of the computing industry now and for many years to come. There are absolutely no plans underway for 128 bit ARM-based chips because they simply aren’t needed. Rumors to the contrary are simply incorrect,” says Drew. He goes on to say that the current 32-bit family of ARM chips will be at the core of 10 billion chips this year. ARM is also launching its new ARMv8-A based 64-bit designs, which will soon hit the market....

According to a reports by a Korean media outlet, Samsung is into the close to completion of a 64-bit mobile processor intended for use in its own smartphones. The report further speculates that the chip will be first used in the company’s next flagship. The chip will also be used for products beyond smartphones, such as tablets. It wouldn’t be at all surprising if Samsung were to use the 64-bit chip in its upcoming line-up of Chromebooks destined for 2014. Shortly after the unveil of the iPhone 5s, Samsung stated that it’s working on a 64-bit CPU, which will find its place in 2014 flagshps. Right now, though, they are still in the sampling stage. Smartphones are quick approaching the 4GB RAM barrier, at which point 64-bit CPUs become a necessity. Rumors are that Android 4.4 KitKat is slated to bring 64-bit support. There is also a probability Samsung unveils a flagship with 4GB of RAM next year, since the Note 3 already has 3GB.( GSMArena )