AMD Radeon R9 295X2 aims for enthusiast GPU glory

This week AMD plays their biggest GPU hand to date with the Radeon R9 295X2. This is a highest-end Dual GPU running with 28nm process technology and 12.4 billion transistors. … Continue reading

Intel Broadwell chips to land in PCs in second half of 2014

Intel has been one of the top makers of CPUs for computers and other devices for years. The current generations of CPUs for PCs that sit at the top of … Continue reading

Apple’s A8 SoC tipped to be made by TSMC

Further feeding the rumors surrounding Apple’s next chip, Taiwanese media are reporting that the privilege of manufacturing the A8 has been awarded to TSMC. This creates a further gap between … Continue reading

Samsung Exynos 5 2.1 GHz Octa 5422 and Hexa 5260 announced

At MWC 2014, Samsung has finally taken off the veils from its latest Exynos endeavors. While it might not be the 64-bit processors that people have been speculating about, the … Continue reading

Intel Atom Z3480 64-bit ready processor operates at 2.13GHz, aims at Android devices

Intel has pulled the wraps off a new Atom processor that is aimed directly at Android smartphones and tablets. The product is the Intel Atom Z3480 code-named Merrifield that promises … Continue reading

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 801 is 2014's Must-Have Mobile Chipset

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 801 is 2014's Must-Have Mobile Chipset

The Snapdragon 800’s had a good run, powering some (bordering on all) of the Android flagship models for the last year. Now there’s an upgrade. Larger camera sensor support, Ultra HD video capture and a headline maximum clockspeed increase to 2.45GHz are the next-phone boasts of the Snapdragon 801.

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 610/615 bring 64-bit octacore to midrange

Octacore mobile chips are usually the preserve of flagship phones and tablets, but Qualcomm is aiming to bring an abundance of cores to the midrange with its new Snapdragon 610 … Continue reading

Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chip targets mobile flagships

We’ve seen some fast smartphones here at MWC 2014 but they’re going to get even faster if Qualcomm has its way, with the launch of the new Snapdragon 801. Promising … Continue reading

MediaTek MT6732 SoC jumps on the 64-bit bandwagon

With the mobile chip wars slowly heading towards the 64-bit architecture, it was only a matter of time before MediaTek outed its own budget-conscious offering. But the newly unveiled MT6732 … Continue reading

Qualcomm backtracks on Smart TV plans, cans Snapdragon 802

Trying to perhaps avoid a large media backlash, Qualcomm has rather silently announced its decision to not push through with its Snapdragon 802 processor. This statement comes just a month … Continue reading