Samsung Foundry, Samsung Electronics’ division that fabricates semiconductor chips, has announced its collaboration with Arm (Arm Holdings PLC) for optimized fabrication of next-generation Cortex-X series CPU cores. This collaboration will improve the performance and power efficiency of CPU cores using Arm’s latest Cortex-X series designs and fabricated using Samsung Foundry’s GAA process. Arm and Samsung […]
Read MoreThe MediaTek Dimensity 9300 launched in November of last year and it was an odd design – it packed four Cortex-X4 prime cores, instead of the usual one. And it skipped the little cores altogether, using four Cortex-A720 to bring the core count to eight. MediaTek CEO Cai Lixing attended the opening of a new […]
Read MoreSamsung announced the Galaxy S24 series today. The vanilla Galaxy S24 and the bigger Galaxy S24+ will be powered by the Exynos 2400 chipset in certain markets including Europe. The chipset was technically unveiled in October, but we never leared major details like processor speeds and core clusters. Thankfully now that we got our hands […]
Read MoreThe Apple Vision Pro runs on an M2 chip equipped with ten GPU cores and eight CPU cores – the same version used in Apple’s higher-end MacBook Air models. That’s according to a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman. Apple revealed early on that its mixed reality headset uses an M2 […]
Read MoreThe iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max were announced earlier this week as the first phones on the market with a 3nm chipset. The Apple A17 Pro SoC features a 6-core processor with 2 performance cores alongside 4 efficiency units which Apple claims offer a 10% speed bump over the A16 Bionic. Luckily for […]
Read MoreLast week, a comprehensive rumor supposedly revealed the Exynos 2400 chip’s specifications. However, some details may have lacked accuracy, and in light of a new report, the Exynos 2400 SoC might be even more powerful than initially believed. Samsung’s in-house Exynos 2400 chipset, which rumors say will power the Galaxy S24 series in select markets, […]
Read MoreApple’s upcoming M3 Pro, M3 Max, and M3 Ultra chips could feature more CPU and GPU cores,Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman reports. In his latest “Power On” newsletter, Gurman set out the key changes to the CPU and GPU core numbers of the M3 Pro, M3 Max, and M3 Ultra chips, including how many of the CPU […]
Read MoreAccording to test logs from a third-party Mac app developer, Apple’s upcoming M3 Max chip will have four more CPU cores and two more GPU cores compared to its M2 Max predecessor. That makes 16 CPU cores and 40 GPU cores. The base M3 model is said to have 8 CPU cores and 10 GPU […]
Read MoreEarlier this year, Samsung did something interesting. It launched the Galaxy S23 series that exclusively uses Snapdragon chips. In the past, the company has always launched two versions of its Galaxy S series phones, one that uses Exynos chips and the other that uses Qualcomm Snapdragon chips. Next year, though, it is expected to bring […]
Read MoreAre you wondering how many CPU cores your Mac has? You’ve come to the right place! Keep reading as I explain the need to learn about the CPU cores and how to determine the number of CPU cores on your Mac. It’s quite easy to find the exact count of the CPU cores on your […]
Read MoreArm unveiled the high-power Cortex-X4 core yesterday for mobile processors alongisde the Cortex-A720 and Cortex-A520 cores. Mediatek followed to confirm its next Dimensity flagship 5G SoC will feature X4 and A720, as well as Immortalis-G720 GPU, but did not mention A520. The leakster Digital Chat Station used their Weibo account to try and offer an […]
Read MoreARM, the British firm that designs the basic architecture for processors found inside all smartphones, tablets, and wearable devices, has unveiled its next-generation CPU and GPU cores. The company’s new Cortex-A520, Cortex-A720, and Cortex-X4 CPU cores bring performance and power-efficiency improvements, making future smartphones, including Samsung’s, faster. ARM also unveiled the Immortalis G720 GPU, but […]
Read MoreYesterday a report from South Korea claimed Samsung is restarting its own high-end CPU core development unit and will have custom processor cores by 2027. However, now company representatives reached out to us to refute that report. Here is the full quote: A recent media report that Samsung has established an internal team dedicated to […]
Read MoreAccording to a new rumor out of its home of South Korea, Samsung has assembled an internal team to work on developing its own custom, bespoke CPU cores. These will be ARM-based initially, and will be featured in a Galaxy-branded chipset in 2025. The more intriguing part of the report implies that starting in 2027, […]
Read MoreWhen Apple unveiled the M2 chipset in June of last year, it brought 18% CPU and 35% GPU performance boost compared to the original M1. However, the M2 was only available in one configuration – 8 CPU cores and 10 GPU cores. Today Cupertino is lifting the veil off two higher power chips, the M2 […]
Read MoreIntel today announced the launch of its 13th-generation processor lineup, which is headlined by the flagship Intel Core i9-13980HX, a 24-core 5.6GHz laptop chip that Intel says is the “world’s fastest mobile processor” in terms of clock speed. Apple no longer uses Intel chips in its Macs, with the exception of the Mac mini and […]
Read MoreAfter introducing its Raptor Lake desktop CPUs in 2022, Intel now unveiled its laptop equivalents with the new 13th gen HX-series at CES 2023. The new HX Series CPUs target gamers and creators and offer up to 24 total cores with 8 performance cores and 16 efficiency ones as well as a 5.6 GHz max […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Intel officially announced today its lineup of new 13th Gen “Raptor Lake” desktop processors using the same big.LITTLE hybrid architecture that premiered with 12th Gen hardware. The new CPUs have up to 24 cores split between Performance and Efficient cores, plus a boost clock up to 5.8GHz. The CPUs use […]
Read MoreARM has unveiled its next-generation CPU and GPU cores that will be used in 2023 Android smartphones, at least the flagship ones. The Cortex-X3, Cortex-A715, and the refreshed Cortex-A510 CPU cores could be used in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, Exynos 2300, and MediaTek’s next-generation flagship chipset. Cortex-X3 offers 25% higher peak performance, Cortex-A715 has […]
Read MoreIntel announced its 12th Gen Core HX processors this week at its Vision conference. The new mobile workstation processors feature “desktop-caliber silicon in a mobile package,” according to Intel, and will power many of the best Windows laptops going ahead. Core i5, Core i7, and Core i9 models of the new CPUs will be available, […]
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