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The fight between Intel and Amd is as old as the cold war , but one clear winner was evident by the last decade.Amd , who has not given up the race revealed the Ryzen series which has created a storm over Intel's chipfactories for a few months now . The new 16 core Ryzen Threadripper and the regular Ryzen 5 and 7 series may have an edge in cost for performance , but now Intel has regained the upper hand once again with the Core X series i9 , i7 and i5 models . Set to join the Dreadnought wars , the Core i9 comes in 4 variants , The Core i9-7900X,i9-7920X,i9-7940X ,i9-7960X and the i9-7980XE basically differ in the core/thread count and thats all we know for now . The base version i9-7900X , features 10 cores with 20 threads (with Hyperthreading) while the 7920X features 12 cores/24 threads , 7940X with 14 cores /28 threads and the 7960X with 16 cores/32 threads and the 7980XE with 18 cores / 36 threads. The base version , clocked to 3.3GHz ( 4.3GHz Turbo Boost)  2.0 clock s...

Qualcomm has unveiled two new SOC's (System on a Chip) today . The two , named the Snapdragon 660 and 630 are set to serve as the mid range processor option for smartphones , tablets and a  host of other devices which require fast image processing , dual camera technologies , fast  graphic rendering , power efficency and LTE connectivity . Qualcomm 660 & 630  This chip is technically the new flagship of the 600 line . The 14nm chip , designed with  4 2.2Ghz Kryo 260 cores and 4  1.8Ghz Kryo 260 cores - effectively a 8 core chip with a Big.little design . The core designs are custom made by Qualcomm based on the ARM  A53 and A72/A73 designs . The chip features Adreno 512 chip with Vulcan API graphics , Hexagon 642 co processor , Spectra 160 image processor engine , Bluetooth 5.0 ,X12 - LTE modem (600mbps DL 150mbps UL) and Quickcharge 4) The 630 on the other hand is built on the same 14nm architecture and has the same layout with the only diff...

Ambarella H3  Ambarella has announced a new processor for drones and action cameras - the new H3 SOC - designed on the Cortex A53 -64bit architecture focuses on 4K@60fps video recording and content streaming and 360 degree VR  .The new processor focuses on 10bit h.264 streaming as well as support up to 8K playback(Video out) or handling dual 4K-30fps feeds at once.The processor also has a de-wrapping engine designed to handle feeds from extreme fisheye lenses and wide angle lenses for panoramas . The system is said to be available  on many future action cameras , drones with built in cameras , VR headsets and basically any equipment with video recording and playback . The H3 processor is a evolution of the H2 processor which is already available in products such as the newly announced Xiaomi Yi 4K+ . Ambarella also announced another processor - the new A9AQ -  a 800 mHz Dual core processor developed for automobile camera systems (reverse cameras , mirror...

Qualcomm has unveiled details of its next gen mobile superchip - The Snapdragon 820 . the processor , a second gen 64bit flagship processor aims to power next gen smartphones while keeping things cool thanks to Qualcomm's own custom chip design and a new GPU . At the heart of the Snapdragon 820 are 4 Kryo cores , these are said to be custom core designs which means Qualcomm will no longer use stock Cortex designs resulting in "hopefully" lower thermal signatures and lesser power consumption ,Qualcomm did not go deeper into explaining about its processing cores , but we can be sure the chips to fall into the 14 -18nm mark as the previous generation (S810) was 20 nm GPU  performance is one place the new Snapdragon 820 will definitely find itself home , the new chip packs the Adreno 530 , a GPU that packs 40% more power and 40% less power consumption than the outgoing Snapdragon 430 of the S810 , this combined with the support for OpenGL ES 3.1 , Android Extension Kit...

Qualcomm has unveiled three low to mid end processors today , the three processors - the Snapdragon 212 , 412 and the 616 are new additions to the Snapdragon lineup with the 616 taking the top dog spot on the list as it replaces the mid range Snapdragon 615 used in many phones today , The 412 replaces the older Snapdragon 410 and the 212 replaces the older 210 Soc announced last year Snapdragon 616 The Snapdragon 616 brings a minor refresh to the already superb 64bit Snapdragon 615 Soc , the only speed difference comes from the increased clock speed of one of the 4 core clusters found on this 4+4 processor , the rest of the specs  including the Adreno 405 graphics , X5 LTE and the 28mm die is left unchanged Snapdragon 412 Snapdragon 412 chip follows a similar refresh as the 616  , the overall chip has received a clock speed boost to 1.4Ghz from the 1.2Ghz found on the S410 . The memory channel    interface has received a boost from 533Mhz to 600 Mhz ,...

Mediatek has been on a roll producing some hair raising Soc's last month , the X10 and X20 - both based on the newer Cortex A72 architectures managed get some insane benchmark scores while being affordable to many of its OEM clientele ,like the X10 , the new P10 is said to attract keen manufacturers who search for "premium performance" at a lower cost . The P10 , unlike the  advanced X series , has 8 cores in Big little architecture with 4 Cortex A53 cores and 4 low power A53's , the Soc has 2Ghz clock speed and it comes with Mali -T860 Dual core GPU clocked to 700 mhz The P10 also boasts of Cat 6 data speeds on LTE , which means a theoretical data speed of 300mbps download speed , the chip is also has 110dB SNR and -95dB THD Hifi audio.The P10 is also said to feature MiraVision 2.0 which ensures HD@60fps playback .The Mediatek P10 is said to ship in the third quarter of this year. Written by Rakitha for MasHD Source -  Engadget

Mediatek is surely going in guns blazing with their all new 10 core  helios X20 chipset , the processor  , launched along side the equally impressive Helios X10 (8 core) chip has taken the industry by storm as the chipset boasts a whopping 10 64bit cores arrange in a tri-cluster format with 2 Cortex A72 cores taking center stage . The chip ,which is a direct competitor to the Snapdragon 820 (Qualcomm's next gen mobile processor) is now poised to compete in the marketing department as Mediatek has already grabbed the attention of some leading smartphone vendors and manufacturers who are looking for a cost effective yet flagship chipset for future products . According to new reports , Mediatek's new chip has grabbed the attention of LG , HTC , Sony , Huawei , Xiaomi ,ZTE , Meizu and Lenovo and many other handset makers . The chipset , which is based on the newly anounced ARM Cortex A72 and the lesser powerful A53 architecture with 2x Cortex-A72 @ 2.5GHz , 4x Cortex-A53 @ 2.0GH...

Qualcomm has unveiled 4 new products for its Snapdragon 400 and 600 categories , the new chips , which are said to employ 64Bit architecture are said to roll into next gen products in the second half of this year . Snapdragon 415  This is the successor/sidekick to the Snapdragon 410 processor unveiled last year , the chip uses a 64bit architecture and it is built on the established 28nm Cortex A53 platform , this has a Adreno 405 GPU along with 4G LTE support Specs at a glance  *Octa core - Cortex A53 cores @1.4Ghz  *Adreno 405 GPU *Qualcomm X5 4G LTE modem (Cat4 speeds) *Camera support upto 13mp  *Display support upto 720p  *Video Recording upto 1080p @30fps Snapdragon 425 This processor shares a similar platform with the Snapdragon 415 ,but its clockspeed and some hardware capabilities are increased over its smaller sibbling Specs at a glance  *Octa core - Cortex A53 cores @1.7Ghz  *Adreno 405 GPU *Qualcomm ...

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

Nvidia launched their Tegra Note reference tablet last year , the tablet featured a stylus , front facing speakers , front and rear cameras and of course , Nvidia's flagship Tegra 4 processor , the tablet was sold at a bargain price of $199 and it was adopted as a reference design by HP,Evga ,Micromax and many other smaller OEM's who wanted a off the shelf product , to which they can add their name to . The tablet however didn't sell that many units , but Nvidia hopes that the introduction of their processors in Tablets will make the chipset popular among tablet manufacturers as they are the only capable mobile CPU maker that can take on the expansion of Qualcomm . Nvidia promotes their chipsets as being  "gaming oriented" and this can be attributed to the fact that Nvidia uses its own CUDA and Kepler mobile GPU's in their mobile devices . With the Tegra 4 ending its life cycle , the flagship baton is passed down to the Nvidia K1 , which at the moment ...

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...

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...

Just after Nvidia showed off details about their new Tegra Erista mobile processor for 2015 , Audi -which has been a partner with Nvidia since 2012 , rolled a self driving car onto stage .The car , which uses a improved version of the Tegra K1 "Logan" mobile processor was used to demonstrate the processing power of the Nvidia chipset , while showing off Audi's own ingenuity .Previous self driving cars from Audi and other manufacturers used banks of computers where all were stacked in the trunk making the car look more like a experimental vehicle . The new system , using the K1 has a small side pocket where the mobile CPU and its motherboard are kept hidden from view .The K1 cpu however is custom tailored for Audi, but the chip's main  5 Core A15 cores design and the 192 Kepler GPU cores are kept unchanged . The chip runs at  a clockspeed of 2.3Ghz and it has a 8GB LPDDR3 memory . Unlike smartphones , the Audi CPU pocket can be removed and upgraded by simply pluggin...

After the announcement of Nvidia's Tegra K1 , aka Logan at CES in January , the chip company didn't reveal any further details about their next mobile cpu. Along with the announcement of the Pascal GPU architecture ,Nvidia announced details about the next generation Tegra mobile processor codenamed Tegra Erista .If you are into comics , Erista is the Son of Logan , And Logan in Nvidia's case is the codename for Nvidia Tegra K1 ,The K1 was the first Tegra chip to feature the 192 Kepler GPU cores and was designed using the 64Bit ARMV8 architecture .Erista on the other hand also uses the ARMV8 64Bit design , but the Erista uses Nvidia's Maxwell GPU , the Maxwell GPU cores were announced in 2013 , but now it seems the GPU technology has shifted to mobile use . The Tegra Erista will support DirectX 12 and will also support Unreal Engine 4 for mobile . The chipset is due for launch in 2015 (hopefully at CES next January),The Tegra K1 is scheduled for launch in Q2 of this...

A few hours ago , Intel launched their latest 4th Gen silicon - the Core i7 Extreme ,dubbed the Devil's Canyon , The 4th gen version is a 8 core 16 threaded processor with unlocked cores for overclocking . The Chip also supports DDR4 memory and has a better thermal interface. The Core i7 Extreme will be available in mid-2014 . Intel also confirmed the addition of iris Pro graphics into its upcoming 5th gen 14nm(nanometer) Broadwell processors GSMArena

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 Snapdragon 805 Snapdragon 602A Qualcomm has made an important announcement today at CES 2014. The company has announced its latest Snapdragon processor called the Snapdragon 802. This processor isn't aimed at tablets and smartphones, rather Qualcomm is aiming the Snapdragon 802 at the next generation of smart TVs, set top boxes, and digital media players. The Snapdragon 802 was designed by Qualcomm to power Ultra HD video content and console quality gaming on smart TVs and other devices like set top boxes. The Snapdragon 802 is also designed to allow concurrent use. That means the 802 will allow users to play an online game while video conferencing or surf the web while streaming a movie. The Snapdragon 802 has enough muscle to allow the playback of up to four HD videos on the same TV. The chip also supports the ability to send some of those HD movies to connected devices. That means that you can watch one HD streaming movie while three other people in the...

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....

Qualcomm has announced today a new generation Snapdragon 805 chipset with better 2.5GHz quad-core processor and 4K graphics. The Snapdragon 805 delivers 4K display support in addition to the 4K video recording support, which was already available on the Snapdragon 800. More interestingly, the new chipset features a brand new Adreno 420 GPU, which has 40% more processing power than the previous generation Adreno 330 chips. The latest Snapdragon 805 chipset also comes with an improved quad-core processor. The cores have a new Krait 450 architecture and have a maximum clock speed of 2.5GHz and memory bandwidth of up to 25.6GB/s. The Krait 450 is still a 32-bit processor, so we guess there is one more generation hardware to pass before Qualcomm outs 64-bit processor cores. Qualcomm has also embedded a completely new modem called Gobi 9x35. It's manufactured on a 20nm process and is smaller, more power efficient, and, of course, faster. It supports LTE Category 4, dual-band WiFi ac a...