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Rumor: Mediatek Helio X27 deca-core SoC in the works

Rumor: Mediatek Helio X27 deca-core SoC in the works

Targeting the mid-range segment, MediaTek is reportedly working on a new deca-core tri-cluster SoC. The chipset could be marketed as the Helio X27 and is going to be manufactured using a 20nm process. Similar to the current deca-core Helio SoCs, the Helio X27 will feature two clusters of four...

Qualcomm Snapdragon 830 could feature eight Kryo cores and faster LTE modem

Qualcomm Snapdragon 830 could feature eight Kryo cores and faster LTE modem

Industry analyst Pan Juitang today shared some key details regarding the Snapdragon 830 chipset from Qualcomm. According to Juitang, the Snapdragon 830 will feature twice the number of cores as the current Snapdragon 820, which means it will be an octa-core chipset based on the custom Kryo...

MediaTek Helio X30 SoC detailed, will arrive early next year

MediaTek Helio X30 SoC detailed, will arrive early next year

Even though smartphones powered by the Helio X20 SoC are yet to begin shipping, details regarding its successor have sprung up already. According to reports from the Chinese media, the Helio X30 SoC will be manufactured on TSMC’s 10nm FinFET process. The Helio X30 is also said to be a deca-core ...

Samsung rumored to offer Exynos 8870 SoC to rival smartphone makers

Samsung rumored to offer Exynos 8870 SoC to rival smartphone makers

It appears Samsung plans to offer the Exynos 8870 SoC to rival smartphone makers, while keeping the Exynos 8890 SoC exclusive to its own products. As the naming suggests, the Exynos 8870 will be a slightly less powerful variant of the Exynos 8890 and is expected to be as powerful as or even...

Extensive Snapdragon 820 preview reveals promising performance results

Extensive Snapdragon 820 preview reveals promising performance results

Qualcomm’s next-gen Snapdragon 820 SoC has been extensively previewed already, showing some pretty impressive performance, The detailed performance preview published by TomsHardware shows the upcoming flagship Snapdragon chipset will be a significant upgrade over this year’s Snapdragon 810 in bo...

Qualcomm officially introduces the Snapdragon 820 SoC with custom 64-bit Kryo cores

Qualcomm officially introduces the Snapdragon 820 SoC with custom 64-bit Kryo cores

After months of teasing, Qualcomm today finally made the Snapdragon 820 chipset official. Qualcomm’s latest flagship SoC, the Snapdragon 820 utilizes custom 64-bit Kryo cores instead of plain vanilla ARM cores used on the Snapdragon 810 this year. Another key difference is that the Snapdragon 8...

Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 412 and 212 entry-level SoCs

Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 412 and 212 entry-level SoCs

Qualcomm today announced the successors to the Snapdragon 410 and Snapdragon 210 processors that it announced in September last year. The new Snapdragon 412 and Snapdragon 212 processors aren’t a major upgrade over their predecessors, but bring a subtle increase in performance along with a new i...

Leak details the Huawei Kirin 950 64-bit SoC

Leak details the Huawei Kirin 950 64-bit SoC

A leak out of China today has made almost every possible spec of the Huawei Kirin 950 SoC public. The chipset was revealed to be under development earlier this year. The leaked spec-sheet of the Kirin 950 chipset reveals that it will pack four ARM Cortex-A53 cores and two ARM Cortex-A72 cores....