There’s a bit of a split appearing this week in a set of leaked distribution lists for the upcoming release of the Samsung Galaxy Note III. This set of lists tipped by SamMobile has the device split into two major categories, the first of which is headed for the UK and a variety of European […]
Benchmarks often catch the ire of critics because their scores don’t necessarily reflect real-world experience, and it appears that some Samsung devices aren’t helping that reputation out at all. Our friends at Anandtech started sifting through data for two Exynos octacore variants of the Galaxy S 4, and discovered multiple benchmarks that appear to run those devices at higher CPU and GPU clock speeds than they normally run. Some of the apps included in the report are GLBench 2.5.1, AnTuTu, Quadrant and Linpack. Coincidentally, the site also found code within the GS4 that indicates the existence of a program called “BenchmarkBooster,” which is responsible for overclocking the processors when certain apps are running. Is this an evil plot by Samsung to take over the world using rogue benchmarking results? Is this something other manufacturers are doing? It’s hard to say, but there is certainly something curious afoot. Check out the source to get all of the skinny on what exactly is going on.
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Via: 9to5google
Source: Anandtech
It’s a material world, and Samsung’s just living in it. And, evidently, it’s tired of doing things in the same manner it has been. According to a report from ETNews, the aforesaid company is looking to produce an Exynos processor using a “redesigned ARM core platform” that’ll be whipped up in Samsung’s Austin, Texas-based R&D facility. If the plans materialize, it’ll mark the first time that Samsung has engineered an Exynos chip “based on its own architecture platform by redesigning the ARM cores.” For those unaware, Qualcomm and Apple are amongst the precious few that have concocted their own platforms after inking an architecture licensing deal with ARM, and it sounds as if Sammy’s tired of being on the outside looking in. The report also states that development is expected “to be completed early next year,” and you can bet that future Galaxy and Note products will be the first to benefit.
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Via: Android Beat
Source: ETNews
You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.
Last week, Samsung teased the update to its Exynos 5 Octa processor, promising that more details would be arriving this week. It’s only Monday, and those details have already been published, showing more power than the current iteration and the use of a six-core ARM Mali-T628 GPU. We’ve got the rest of the details after the jump.
The Exynos 5 Octa processor was the first to utilize ARM’s big.LITTLE architecture, featuring eight processing cores with four of them being utilized at a time. Four of the cores are Cortex-A15 offerings, while the others are Cortex-A7 cores. Depending on the needs of the device at any given time, either the more powerful four cores are used, or the lesser powerful.
The new Exynos 5 Octa offering still follows this, but both sets of cores have seen a boost in clock speed. The quad-core Cortex-A15 in the original has a clock speed of 1.6GHz, while the new version offers 1.8GHz. The A7 cores in the original were 1.2GHz, while the new chipset’s cores are set at 1.3GHz. This represents a 20-percent increase in power over the original version.
Some other changes includes 14.9GB/s memory bandwidth alongside a dual-channel LPDDR3 at 933MHz, which Samsung says allows for rapid data processing, as well as support for full HD wifi display. For playing and recording 1080p video, the processor offers full HD 60fps video hardware codec. There’s support for OpenGL ES 3.0 and Full Profile Open CL 1.1.
ARM’s Media Processing Division Executive VP and General Manager Pete Hutton said: “ARM welcomes the latest addition to the successful Exynos Octa 5 series, which uses ARM’s Mali GPU solution to dramatically improve graphics performance. ARM big.LITTLE™ and ARM Artisan® Physical IP technologies continue to be at the heart of the Octa series and now complement the new functionality brought by ARM GPU Compute. This combination enables unprecedented capabilities in areas such as facial detection and gesture control, and brings desktop-quality editing of images and video to mobile devices.”
SOURCE: BusinessWire
Samsung’s new Exynos 5 Octa processor features 20-percent power boost is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.
Samsung’s current ARM superchip, the Exynos 5 Octa, was revealed at CES and has just started making its way into handsets, but the company claims it’s already got a new and improved version ready to roll. Today, the company’s SamsungExynos Twitter account revealed that a “more powerful, enhanced” Octa will make its debut next week. What, exactly, that means remains to be seen, but we’ll be bringing you that info as soon as Samsung dishes it out. Stay tuned.
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Source: SamsungExynos (Twitter)
Samsung is teasing a new version of its flagship Exynos 5 Octa processor, the eight-core chip found in some versions of the Galaxy S 4, with a full reveal of the “more powerful” SoC next week. The new chip, Samsung took to Twitter to gloat about, is billed as an “evolution” of the existing Exynos 5 Octa, though aside from unspecified performance improvements the South Korean company is vague as to what changes we can expect.
The original Exynos 5 Octa went into production back in March, the first example of ARM’s big.LITTLE architecture. Although the chipset has eight processor cores in total, only four of them are ever active at the same time, depending on what the device is being asked to do.
In high load situations, such as when running games, the Exynos 5 Octa runs as a quadcore Cortex-A15 processor, for maximum performance. However, when less grunt is required – such as polling data connections while the phone or tablet is otherwise idle – a quartet of Cortex-A7 cores are switched on instead, which are less powerful but also more frugal.
There’s more on the Exynos 5 Octa chipset in our SlashGear 101.
One possibility is that the new version of the Exynos 5 Octa will simply increase the clock speed of the two sets of cores. Currently, the A15 cores run at 1.6GHz, while the A7 cores run at 1.2GHz. However, it could also be to do with LTE support, which is only found on select models of the Galaxy S 4 running the Exynos 5 Octa.
According to recent rumors, Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Note III will use the Octa chip in at least some of its variants. We’ll know more about the chip next week, when Samsung details it fully; the Note III will have to wait until September, at least according to the rumor-mill, and its expected IFA 2013 unveil.
Samsung Exynos 5 Octa update teased (in time for the Galaxy Note III) is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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With a Samsung multi-device event coming up on the 20th of June, it’s no surprise that several machines have begun to surface well before their official unveiling. Today’s suggestion is that there’ll be at least one smartphone running Samsung’s own non-Android operating system Tizen. This device is said to be working with a rather powerful
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