The cores responsible for that Snapdragon or Helio chip that's responsible for running your phone are getting a big replacement run.
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Samsung working towards 4nm lithography and the step ahead of FinFET
Silicon may be a boring topic for consumers, but smaller and more efficient chip processes mean that device OEMs can fit more into phones.
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MediaTek finally launches Helio P25 for mid-range dual-camera phones
The Helio P25 is pretty much like the Helio P20 introduced earlier on, but with support for dual-camera image signal processing.
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Qualcomm says it’s still working with Apple for iPhone chips
The semiconductor company is addressing multiple allegations made by Apple, the FTC and Korean regulators in its 1Q17 earnings call.
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LG G6 gets new view, getting Snapdragon 821?
A new picture of a rumored phone and an old chipset, too. Why is it so hard to obtain the freshly-minted Snapdragon 835 right now?
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 specs tossed around, 830 and 660 in the realm
More Qualcomm silicon is headed our way and it’s said to kick off with the Snapdragon 835 early next year. We hear it’s going to take the MSM8998 part name and it will utilize Samsung’s 10nm FinFET process. What we don’t know is anything else.
But we have a neat chart out of Weibo that supposedly shows us what the Snapdragon 835 has and where it goes. There’s also a Snapdragon 660 at the head as well.
Apparently, the Snapdragon 835 will be specced out as an octa-core chip in an improved Kryo 200 architecture — the original Kryo architecture debuted with the Snapdragon 820. The Adreno 540 GPU and an X16 LTE modem is packed in along with support for up to four LPDDR4X RAM disks and UFS 2.1 storage. The Samsung Galaxy S8 will be the prime device for this chip, set to launch in the first quarter.
The mid-range Snapdragon 660 seems to be a fresh start for the line as it will get hold of eight chips in the original Kryo foundation — four running at 2.2GHz tops, the others at 1.9GHz — tagged with an Adreno 512 GPU and an X10 LTE modem. Samsung will provide a 14nm LPP process for the chip. The 660 can support two LPDDR4X disks and UFS 2.1 storage. OPPO and vivo will supposedly debut the chip in one of their devices starting in the second quarter.
In a separate post, the same source that was able to obtain the blueprints is also talking about a Snapdragon 830 — a name we’d thought Qualcomm wanted to skip over. Rather than that, the chipset could be offered starting next third or fourth quarter to force mid-range devices closer to the top tier in performance.
The same Samsung 10nm FinFET found on the 835 will be on the 830 along with either an eight- or six-core Kyro 200 processing unit, an Adreno 519 GPU and an X12 LTE modem. Nothing is locked down here, though, as we are at least seven months or so from launch of this chipset.
It is now said that production of many of this year’s major chipsets, including the Snapdragon 821, 820, 625, has slowed or stopped altogether to prepare for reconfiguration with the newer product roadmap closing in on us. TSMC and Samsung will need all the time they can get as both continue to work on their respective 10nm designs.
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Qualcomm orders Snapdragon 830 chips from Samsung, chaebol sources say
Word is that Qualcomm has turned to Samsung’s foundries for another round of top-grade application processors.As far as we know, sources at Samsung’s Large-Scale Integration division have told The Electronic Times of Korea that it has received orders for the Snapdragon 830, a chipset to be built on a 10nm die. The volume appears to be about equivalent as when
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MediaTek launches Helio X30, P20, P25 chipsets
Seeing how its Helio P10 chipset has become a recent favorite with smartphone OEMs looking to equip a proper mid-ranger with the right engine, MediaTek is back at it with a second generation of Helio P products, this time numbered as P20 and P25. It also took time to update its X series with the introduction of a high-end Helio X30 SoC.Let’s start off with the P20 and P25. The main advantages to these ...
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Samsung exec accused of stealing Exynos trade secrets
As if Samsung had enough to tamp down with the Galaxy Note 7 recall, we now hear of trade secret subterfuge from within the chaebol’s ranks.According to a report from Korean broadcaster SBS, one executive Lee was arrested by police, warranted for accusations of stealing and selling documents about some advanced semiconductor technologies to Chinese firms.Those papers related to details about the 14nm technology being used in
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Weibo: Exynos 8895 could clock up to 3GHz
Popular Weibo tech analyst Bing Yuzhou isn’t afraid to toss around silicon and yap about it like the rest of their kind. AnTuTu here, HiSilicon over there, CPU, GPU, multi-thread, multi-core… just a whole bunch of numbers get put out there.But since we’re in Galaxy S8 territory and looking towards what a rumored Exynos 8895 might have, we ...
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Samsung could license GPU for Exynos from NVIDIA or AMD
Samsung’s Exynos chipsets currently use GPUs based on ARM’s reference design, the Mali-T series. But that blueprint could change as early as next year, if talks with NVIDIA or AMD work out for a intellectual property licensing deal.That’s the word according to SamMobile at this stage, with NVIDIA rumored to be a likelier choice at this point with its ...
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This is the first Samsung Exynos chip that won’t need a separate modem
If anyone is looking to use the Samsung Exynos 7570 chipset in the near future, they won’t need to buy separate modems to work out all of the wireless connections to the phone. That’s because all of the radios needed for LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, FM and GLONASS (for GPS) communications are embedded onto the chip.That said, you’re not going to see this chip in top-end phones.The four Cortex-A53 cores are built in a 14nm FinFET fabrication, but the processor ...
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Betting the iPhone chips: Intel wants TSMC’s contracts by 2019
It seems that Intel has quickly become a darling with analysts seeking its involvement with Apple. This as there’s an expected date of reckoning between it and one of Infiinite Loop’s silicon goliaths.The chipset producer, one that recently began work on designs from ARM after proving unsuccessful with its own, is said to be pursuing
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ARM-based Intel chips could make it to future iPhones
Intel might be off of its own struggling horses for mobile. With 10nm ARM-based chips on the way, LG will be happy to buy up some of the legacy chipmaker’s new products soon.But Tawian Semiconductor Manufacturing Company could be facing some competition if Intel’s chipsets are proven to ...
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Intel cancels upcoming Atom mobile processor for 5G
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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