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Marvell launches 64-bit octa-core ARMADA Mobile PXA1936 SoC
Marvell may not be a massive player in the smartphone SoC market, but the company’s newly announced 64-bit ARMADA Mobile PXA1936 SoC signals big ambitions. The chip is aimed at the high-end mobile...
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ARM vs X86 – Key differences explained!
Android supports 3 different processor architectures: ARM, Intel and MIPS. The most popular and ubiquitous of these three is, without a doubt, ARM. Intel is well known primarily because of its...
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Allwinner launches $5 quad-core 64-bit Cortex-A53 processor for tablets
Allwinner has announced a new 64-bit System-on-a-Chip (Soc) especially designed for tablets. The Allwinner A64 is a quad-core 64-bit processor with built-in support for H.264 and H.265 at 4K...
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Fact or Fiction: Android apps only use one CPU core
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Up close and personal: how the Samsung Galaxy S6 uses its octa-core processor
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Exynos 7420: Multitasking, multi-core and multiprocessing
One of the most popular smartphone processors at the moment is the Samsung Exynos 7420, mainly because it is the processor used by Samsung for its current range of high-end devices including the...
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Custom cores versus ARM cores, what is it all about?
When reading about CPU core designs you have probably come across the term “custom core,” especially when reading about Apple or Qualcomm. So what is a custom core? Why do people make such a fuss about...
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ARM announces new 28nm POP IP for Cortex-A53 and A7 processors
ARM has just announced a new POP IP, short for Processor Optimization Pack, for its popular Cortex-A53 and A7 processors. These latest packages are designed for United Microelectronics Corporation’s...
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Samsung unveils 14nm Exynos 7870 SoC for mid-range handsets
Last year, Samsung’s Exynos 7420 showcased what the company’s leading 14nm FinFET chip manufacturing process could achieve in the high-end mobile space. This year, Samsung has announced a new 14nm...
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64-bit Raspberry Pi 3 launched and available
It was four years ago that the Raspberry Pi foundation launched the original 256 MB Raspberry Pi Model B. In the intervening years the foundation, led by Eben Upton, has released lots of interesting...
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Marvell launches 64-bit octa-core ARMADA Mobile PXA1936 SoC
Marvell may not be a massive player in the smartphone SoC market, but the company’s newly announced 64-bit ARMADA Mobile PXA1936 SoC signals big ambitions. The chip is aimed at the high-end mobile...
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ARM vs X86 – Key differences explained!
Android supports 3 different processor architectures: ARM, Intel and MIPS. The most popular and ubiquitous of these three is, without a doubt, ARM. Intel is well known primarily because of its...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Allwinner launches $5 quad-core 64-bit Cortex-A53 processor for tablets
Allwinner has announced a new 64-bit System-on-a-Chip (Soc) especially designed for tablets. The Allwinner A64 is a quad-core 64-bit processor with built-in support for H.264 and H.265 at 4K...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fact or Fiction: Android apps only use one CPU core
We have had multi-core processors in our PCs for over a decade, and today they are considered the norm. At first it was dual-core, then quad-core, and today companies like Intel and AMD offer high end...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Up close and personal: how the Samsung Galaxy S6 uses its octa-core processor
A few weeks ago I did some research about how Android apps take advantage of multi-core processors. Specifically, I looked to debunk the myth that Android apps only use one CPU core. My findings...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Exynos 7420: Multitasking, multi-core and multiprocessing
One of the most popular smartphone processors at the moment is the Samsung Exynos 7420, mainly because it is the processor used by Samsung for its current range of high-end devices including the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Custom cores versus ARM cores, what is it all about?
When reading about CPU core designs you have probably come across the term “custom core,” especially when reading about Apple or Qualcomm. So what is a custom core? Why do people make such a fuss about...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ARM announces new 28nm POP IP for Cortex-A53 and A7 processors
ARM has just announced a new POP IP, short for Processor Optimization Pack, for its popular Cortex-A53 and A7 processors. These latest packages are designed for United Microelectronics Corporation’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Samsung unveils 14nm Exynos 7870 SoC for mid-range handsets
Last year, Samsung’s Exynos 7420 showcased what the company’s leading 14nm FinFET chip manufacturing process could achieve in the high-end mobile space. This year, Samsung has announced a new 14nm...
View ArticleClik here to view.
64-bit Raspberry Pi 3 launched and available
It was four years ago that the Raspberry Pi foundation launched the original 256 MB Raspberry Pi Model B. In the intervening years the foundation, led by Eben Upton, has released lots of interesting...
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