The only phone of recent we’ve reviewed that had an Intel Atom processor inside was the ZenFone 2 from ASUS. It was a well-run phone thanks to the chipset, but the Atom didn’t really appear in any other high-profile devices. It’s rumored that ASUS has moved on from Intel SoC in developing its next flagship.A continued dearth of business wouldn’t be good for Intel, so ...
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Snapdragon, MediaTek, Exynos, and A8 are SoCs – systems on a chip – that might be powering your smartphone or tablet right now. All of these processors follow the RISC style of computer chip technology, unlike CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computing) chips which are typically based around the x86 or x64 platform and power most desktop and laptop computers these days. RISC chips feature a reduced instruction set and have been stereotypically “underpowered” compared to their CISC counterparts, and therefore limited to mobile applications. With the increase in ...
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