When Samsung’s Exynos 5 Octa was announced, it was believed to be compatible with 3G networks only. . . . → Read More: Samsung Exynos Octa now rocking LTE, destined for Korean market
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When Samsung’s Exynos 5 Octa was announced, it was believed to be compatible with 3G networks only. As such, the HSPA+ (global) version of the Galaxy S 4 was the only handset to feature the company’s eight-core SoC — the LTE model shipping with Qualcomm’s 4G-capable, quad-core Snapdragon 600 instead. That’s apparently changed, with the Korean giant tweeting that the Exynos 5 Octa now supports LTE on 20 bands. . . . → Read More: Samsung Exynos Octa now rocking LTE, destined for Korean market  It’s 2013 and white hat hackers like Adam Laurie are still breaking into ID chips that are supposed to be secure. How come? Partly it’s the way of the world, because no man-made NFC or RFID security barrier can ever be truly impervious. . . . → Read More: NXP’s silicon fingerprinting promises to annoy the heck out of ID hackers  They were neck and neck in 2011, spending 18.6 and 18.8 billion on semiconductors worldwide, but a new Gartner report out today finds that Samsung has pulled ahead of Apple as the world’s biggest chip buyer by a decent margin. . . . → Read More: Gartner report finds Samsung topped Apple as biggest chip buyer in 2012  One new SoC per year? That’s what NVIDIA pledged back in the fall of 2010 and today at its CES 2013 presser, it delivered with the Tegra 4′s official unveiling. The chip, which retains the same 4-plus-1 arrangement of its predecessor, arrives with a whopping 72 GeForce GPU cores — effectively offering six times the Tegra 3′s visual output and is based on the 28nm process . . . → Read More: NVIDIA officially unveils Tegra 4: offers quad-core Cortex A15, 72 GPU cores, LTE support  NVIDIA’s next superhero-themed mobile chipset has possibly made an early appearance in a leaked side in China, and it looks like it wants to go toe-to-toe with the latest processors from Samsung and Qualcomm. The Tegra 4 (codenamed Wayne) will apparently offer the same power-efficient 28nm process found on its Snapdragon rival and according to the slide from Chip Hell , there’s a dizzying 72-core graphics setup. That’s six times as many GPU cores as Tegra 3 — the processor found in the Nexus 7 , for example — and the increase is claimed to result in six times the overall visual performance . . . → Read More: NVIDIA Tegra 4 processor details leaked: 4-plus-1 cores, 28nm, six times the power of Tegra 3  STMicroelectronics may not be a household name , but it’s a name that’s stamped on quite a few gizmos that you and yours have probably handled. Going forward, however, the company is announcing a new “strategic plan” that’ll key in on five growth drivers while waving goodbye to a jointly held venture with ST-Ericsson. Carlo Bozotti, President and CEO of ST, stated the following: “Today we are announcing the new ST, aligned with the new market environment. . . . → Read More: STMicroelectronics carves new strategic plan, exiting ST-Ericsson venture  As much as N-Trig is an old hand at supporting styluses, it’s had to focus on tablets and other larger devices due to technology limits: the HTC Flyer is about as small as the company has gone to date. A new version of N-Trig’s DuoSense chipset family could be the ticket to going to much smaller sizes . . . → Read More: N-Trig pen tech whittled down to single DuoSense chips and sensors, shrinks scribblings to travel size  The S-Wallet has opened and absorbed $310 million-worth of connectivity and location patents from British chip company CSR , which already supplies SiRF GPS chips to Galaxy devices. In addition to boosting its patent portfolio, Samsung also invested $34 million to buy a five percent stake in the firm itself, giving it access to a large development team working on audio, automotive, indoor location and other functions . . . → Read More: Samsung swallows up CSR mobile and location patents for $310 million  Less is more, right? Marvell has announced a new 802.11ac -enabled chip that includes NFC and Bluetooth, all in one. The Avastar 88W8897 is geared at mobile devices and aims to compete with Broadcom’s own chipsets, wich are already being sold inside ” 5G Wi-Fi ” routers. . . . → Read More: Marvell unveils all-in-one 802.11ac WiFi chip for mobile devices: throws in Bluetooth and NFC |
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