Fast memory is crucial for the performance of high-end system-on-chips that are getting more sophisticated every year. When it comes to smartphones, the most obvious way to boost memory performance is to push its data transfer rate. Apparently, this is what Micron and SK Hynix are doing with their new LPDDR5X and LPDDR5T DRAMs that…
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We’re here in sunny Hawaii for day two of Qualcomm’s annual Snapdragon Summit. Yesterday, of course, was the company’s prime keynote, where they announced their forthcoming Snapdragon X Elite SoC for laptops, as well as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for smartphones. As well, the company gave us our first look at their Oryon CPU…
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Last week we saw the announcement of Qualcomm’s first post-Nuvia laptop SoC design, the Snapdragon X Elite. A new brand name being anchored by a new, custom Qualcomm CPU core, the Snapdragon X Elite will be Qualcomm’s most aggressive entry into the laptop SoC market to date, with Qualcomm dedicating far more in the way…
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In May, AMD unveiled their Ryzen 7040U series of CPUs designed for thin and light notebooks, which they codenamed ‘Phoenix.’ Initially, AMD announced four Zen 4-based CPUs for the ultra-portable notebook market, with the Ryzen 7 7840U (8C/16T) and Ryzen 5 7640U (6C/12T) both leading the charge with AMD’s integrated Ryzen AI, which is AMD’s…
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SK hynix had started volume shipments of its LPDDR5T-9600 memory for high-end smartphones, the company announced this week. So far, the company’s LPDDR6 ‘Turbo’ memory with a 9600 MT/s data transfer speed has been certified to work with two range-topping mobile application processors from Qualcomm and MediaTek. SK hynix’s LPDDR5T-9600 memory is available in 16…
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Wi-Fi has seen rapid advancements over the last decade, starting with the introduction of 802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5). 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) came with significant improvements in total throughput. The Wi-Fi 6E standard brought 6 GHz operation (where allowed) to consumers. A few years back, Wi-Fi 7 silicon was announced with multi-gigabit throughput and significant latency improvements.…
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Nvidia is planning to make Arm-based processors to challenge Intel’s dominance in the world of Windows PCs, according to a new report – as is AMD.Reuters has the scoop with this one – add an appropriate dose of caution as ever with rumors – and on the Nvidia side, the report cites two sources familiar…
When we talked about the Mediatek Dimensity 9200 chip a few months ago, gaming was one of the main highlights. The processor is meant to compete against the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 System-on-Chip (SoC) in the Android market. Fast-forward to mid-February, and Mediatek’s Dimensity 7200 mid-range SoC also puts gaming at the forefront. Tech.…
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The Galaxy S23, S23 Plus, and Ultra will start shipping this week to buyers who preorder the handset. The phones rock impressive hardware that should deliver great performance. We’re looking at a custom Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip across the board, plus faster storage and faster RAM. But the Galaxy S23 isn’t the fastest…
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