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According to sources at Bloomberg, one of Google's first shakeups
will be to get rid of Sanjay Jha, the current CEO and Chairman of the
company. In his place, they are planning to appoint Dennis Woodside, who
has led Google's ad sales in the past, and is currently overseeing the
merger.Google has made no confirmation of this rumor, but at least the
portion about replacing Sanjay Jah with someone else makes a lot of of
sense for them. According to Jha, both Motorola and the US cellular carriers are not interested in stock Android devices, and that is why Motorola continues to ship their less than stellar custom skin.Motorola may make good hardware, but one of the things I have always
found lacking on their devices is their MotoBlur software. If Jha really
is the reason Motorola continues to ship Blur, then I think it would
definitely be beneficial for Google to replace him with someone who will
work more closely with them to ship stock Android on Motorola's phones.
I am still worried that Google might begin to favor Motorola over other
Android manufactures even though they promised not to, but so far their
plan for change appears to be for the better.http://www.pocketables.net/2012/02/motorola-ceo-sanjay-jha-outed-by-google.html
MotoBlur? Everybody and their cousins are complaining about Motoblur...heh.
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Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei claims
it has the fastest smartphones in the world thanks to processors the
company has designed itself.The new Ascend D quad and Ascend D
quad XL phones, launched at the Mobile World Congress expo in Barcelona,
use Huawei's own K3V2 quad core processor at speeds of 1.2GHz and
1.5GHz respectively. The company claims its new processor, based on the
industry-standard ARM architecture and designed with a partner it
declined to name, is significantly faster than the Nvidia Tegra 3 quad
core processor. The Tegra 3 is used in rival Android phones, as well as
tablets such as the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime.http://www.computeractive.co.uk/ca/news/2155173/huawei-quad-core-android-smartphones-fastest-world
Huawei has achieved parity against top player. Now they gonna own china, then lesser asian market, by early next year theyy willl be the size of HTC. (third largest or so)
Nokia, moto are living on borrowed time.
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Huawei Technologies Co., China’s
Huawei Expects to Triple Smartphones Sales This Year to 60 Million Units
largest maker of phone equipment, aims to triple the number of
smartphones it delivers to 60 million this year as it takes aim
at Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iPhone and new handsets by Nokia Oyj. (NOK1V)About 30 percent to 40 percent of this year’s shipments
will probably go to China, Richard Yu, chairman of the company’s
devices unit, said at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Huawei today unveiled the Ascend D quad handset, calling it
“the world’s fastest smartphone.” The device will cost 15
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.......Google Play.....(wtf? way too much time on your hand google? rebranding and crap? it's exactly the same .boring and uninspiring...........
GET SOMEBODY WHO UNDERSTAND what fun and play is!!!.. you guys have too many BORING NERDS in the office. The site design looks tired already.
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Apple scores major NFC wallet patent
A figure from Apple's new mobile-wallet patent.
(Credit: Patently Apple)First reported by the Patently Apple
blog, the new patent demonstrates the position of an embedded
NFC-payment chip in the iPhone, and a tab in iTunes that lists
notification options for prepaid cards, upcoming payments and parental
controls.In a nutshell, an NFC-enabled iPhone would allow users to make
purchases using different types of payment cards at tens of thousands of
contactless Visa and MasterCard terminals around the world.http://www.zdnet.com.au/apple-scores-major-nfc-wallet-patent-339333241.htm
Google has a product in the market first. (according to new patent law, first product out trump BS patent.
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HiSilicon K3V2 Quad-core 40nm ARM Cortex-A9
Huawei’s new high performance Diamond series phone uses the new
HiSilicon K3V2 Quad-core 40nm ARM Cortex-A9, with 64bit latest/fastest
DDR2-for-smartphone memory bandwidth, they claim it has the worlds
fastest ARM performance. Here’s an interview with the chief architect on
the processor. I try to ask him about the performance, memory
bandwidth, GPU, processor design. The K3V2 is made at the TSMC foundry.
He has a team of about 500 processor engineers working for him in
Shanghai to design this processor. He claims HiSilicon’s cache coherent
interconnect design makes it superior to designs such as Tegra3,
HiSilicon does not need that “companion core” as they claim to have
designed the Quad-core in “the correct way”. HiSilicon has a GPU design
partner which I have not heard them mention who it might be. In 6-12
months, HiSilicon is likely to release an ARM Cortex-A15 design on 28nm
and also to upgrade their ARM Cortex-A9 designs to 28nm “when 28nm is
ready”, for now, he says that the 28nm process manufacturing has too
much leakage.
http://armdevices.net/2012/02/27/hisilicon-k3v2-quad-core-40nm-arm-cortex-a9/
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Video review: AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note running Windows 8
I dont think Microsoft is going to make it with Windows 8, Unless Google blows the whole thing ..
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Huawei quite confident about its quad-core K3V2 chip
Says its faster than Tegra 3
Huawei appears to be quite confident in its new
quad-core K3V2 chip based on four ARM Cortex A9 cores and can be clocked
at either 1.2 or 1.5GHz. The story gets a bit better as Huawei went on
and compared its K3V2 against 4-PLUS-1 Tegra 3 chip in Transformer Prime
as well as TI OMAP 4460 1.2GHz dual-core part inside Samsung Galaxy
Nexus and came out on top.
In addition to the four ARM Cortex A9
cores, the new Huawei K3V2 chip also comes with 16 GPUs. Unfortunately,
Huawei wasn't specific regarding the GPU inside the K3V2 but it did
claim that K3V2 is currently the fastest quad-core on the market with
lowest chip temperature in smallest package.
Apparently, the
secret behind the K3V2 is actually its 64-bit memory controller as
opposed to the 32-bit one on Tegra 3. According to Huawei's slides it
ends up 49 percent faster in normal operation and in Quadrant Advanced,
Antutu and Coremark benchmarks it pull ahead of Nvidia's Tegra 3. In GPU
Basemark ES 2.0-Taiji and Nenamark, the K3V2 with its "16 GPUs" again
moves ahead of Tegra 3.http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/26099-huawei-quite-confident-about-its-quad-core-k3v2-chip
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The Allwinner A10 PCBA from Crownho sells for about $27
The Allwinner A10 PCBA from Shenzhen Crownho sells for about $27.
With this PCBA, the cost price of the tablet will be less than $64,
such as DA701 based on capacitive screen, which sells for about $63.5.
http://micdigi.com/2012/03/the-allwinner-a10-pcba-from-crownho-sells-for-about-27/
Sub $100 7" tablet is here. Not a slouch either.
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Why Nvidia will rush to Tegra 4 as fast as it can
When Nvidia finally announced the Tegra 3 platform
a few months ago, it was undeniably the best ARM-based system-on-a-chip
(SoC) to be had. However, as other manufacturers begin to detail next
generation ARM chips, Tegra 3 is already starting to lose a little of
its luster. Last year’s Tegra 2 SoC had an advantage for a number of
reasons, but the Tegra 3 will be on a level playing field, and the
competition will be tough.Early reports from MWC indicate that
Nvidia stamped the first samples of Tegra 4 (codenamed Wayne) in
December, and have sent them to OEM partners to work with over the
coming months. Wayne will run multiple Cortex-A15 cores with a smaller
28nm manufacturing process, whereas Tegra 3 still uses Cortex-A9 at 40nm. Improved Tegra 3 parts with higher clock speeds are also on the way.http://www.extremetech.com/computing/120201-why-nvidia-will-rush-to-tegra-4-as-fast-as-it-can
Is Intel even fighting? Where are those guys? They are not going to make it if they don't have competitive product against A9-A-15 class CPU.
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New iPad announced with LTE, Retina Display, A5X processor with quad-core graphics
In addition to the new display, the new iPad also features an A5X
processor with a new quad-core graphics processor, which Apple claims is
four times as fast as the Tegra 3. There's also a new iSight camera,
which is the same as the camera built into the iPhone 4S: auto-exposure,
auto-focus, 5 megapixel backside-illuminated sensor with 1080p
stabilized video. That's a huge upgrade from the iPad 2, and a massive
jump over competitive tablets, which all have terrible cameras. There's
also a new microphone icon on the keyboard for voice dictation, which
works in several languages.http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/7/2851887/ipad-3-price-release-date-specs-features
Bahahahaha..........LAMEeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
- No OLED (the 1080p screen is impressive. but come on...)
- still A5 (I guess pissing off Samsung has its cost)
- thicker, heavier...It's FATTER iPad2.
http://www.androidcentral.com/new-ipad-versus-transformer-infinity-and-others
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- 2048 x 1536 resolution. Higher than a 1080p display. 3.1 million
pixels, 264 pixels per inch, "enough to call it a retina display".
iPhone 4 was held at 10 inches, iPad held at 15".
- 44% greater color saturation.
- A5X Processor, quad-core graphics.
- New iSight Camera. 5MP rear camera, backside illuminated sensor on the
back, 5-element lens, IR filter, and ISP built into A5X chip. Same
design as iPhone 4S. Auto-exposure, auto-focus.
- HD video recording in 1080p.
- Siri-like voice dictation. Microphone button on keyboard. Supports US
English, British, Australian, French, German and Japanese.
- Supports 4G LTE. Supports HSPA+ up to 21MBps, DC-HSDPA at 42 Mbps, and LTE at 73 Mbps.
- Supports AT&T and Verizon LTE in the US. Telus, Rogers, Bell in Canada.
- Two different models of iPads for AT&T and Verizon because they use different bands. Same as CDMA/GSM iPad 2's.
- All are 3G world-ready, can roam world-wide.
- iPad can be a personal Wi-Fi hotspot, if carrier supports it.
- New iPad supports most bands ever.
- Running down features.
- Battery life on iPad 2 was 10 hours, 9 hours on 3G.
- New iPad has 10 hours of battery life, with 9 hours on 4G.
- 9.4mm thin, weights 1.4 lbs. iPad 2 was 1.33 lbs. and 8.8mm thick.
- $499 for 16GB model. $599 for 32GB, $699 for 64GB. Same pricing as iPad 2.
- 4G is $629/$729/$829.
http://www.macrumors.com/2012/03/07/live-coverage-of-apples-ipad-3-media-event/
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Samsung flexible display patent reveals potential new form factors
Samsung confirmed last week
that it was planning to mass produce flexible OLED displays to be used
in forthcoming products either later this year or early next, and now
new patent filings have emerged which show off the potential
applications of the technology. On the horizon: rollable screens that
pull out of a pen-style casing, folding digital books and more.
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Kane of the University of Maryland said one of the side effects of a
higher resolution display that requires higher resolution assets is that
download times will increase and more storage will be used. Even
websites will need higher resolution assets to look good on the new
iPad, and those will take longer to download.
There are subtler issues that may need to be addressed. Typefaces are
designed for different screen sizes and pixel densities. A font that
looks good on the the iPad 1 and 2’s 132 PPI screen may not look nearly
as good on the new iPad’s 264 PPI screen.
http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/top-stories/165618/ipad-3s-retina-display-will-make-news-apps-stand-out-present-new-challenges-for-news-orgs/
LG’s Advanced High Performance In-Plane Switching (AH-IPS) display measures at the spacious 4.5-inches, but it doesn’t sacrifice resolution with a whopping pixel density of 329ppi, thanks to the 720 x 1280 pixel resolution. That makes it a direct competitor to Samsung’s AMOLED series.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/LGs-4.5-inch-high-res-AH-IPS-display-beats-Super-AMOLED-Plus-in-color-accuracy_id21483
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Taiwanese FPD Makers to Start AMOLED Mass-production This Year
Taipei, March 7, 2012 (CENS)--The just-ended Mobile World Congress (MWC)
in Barcelona, Spain has further triggered the hot topic of smartphones,
the major application for double-emission active matrix organic
light-emit diode (AMOLED) panels, bringing more business opportunities
for Taiwan’s flat panel display (FPD) makers, among which AU Optronics
Corp. (AUO), Chimei Innolux Corp., and RiTdisplay Corp. are expected to
kick off mass production in the second quarter or second half.
Industry sources pointed out that major international cellphone
vendors have been seeking good suppliers of lighter and thinner
smartphone panels, including Apple, HTC and Nokia. AMOLED features
better color rendition, energy-saving performance and better display
performance etc., making such panel a suitable choice for smartphone
display.
http://news.cens.com/cens/html/en/news/news_inner_39502.html
Yeah well, letting Samsung having 99% of the market is just not the way it goes is it?
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The A5, if you'll recall, had a integrated PowerVR SGX543MP2, a
dual-core graphics solution that did quite nicely in games, but recently
the PlayStation Vita
used the quad-core version of the same, the SGX543MP4+. We've got a
hunch that's what you'll find inside the A5X as well. It's also worth
noting that Samsung builds quad-core ARM Mali graphics into some of its
existing chips, like the one in the Galaxy S II. Also, core count alone
isn't an indication of performance, because the Nvidia Tegra 3 has 12
graphics cores, and Apple claims the A5X has four times the performance
of the Tegra 3... whatever that might mean. (The company didn't say what
benchmarks it tested with.) Apple says the new graphics abilities will
be responsible for pushing pixels to that new 2048 x 1536 resolution
Retina Display, and also handling duties like stabilization for the new
iPad's 1080p camera.What happened to the A6 that was leaked late last month? Tim Cook didn't say, but our best guess is that the A5X is an intermediate step and perhaps it will appear in another, less power efficient product. We'll let you know what we hear.
http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/7/2851604/apple-quad-core-graphics-soc
Sorry, apple, now it's quadcores times. Krait/Tegra/OMAP4/K3V2... By the end of the year it's Omap 5, KraitS4, Tegra 4, ..... wonder if exynos 5250 will be up to snuff or not.
Apple is now 2 generation behind. (still no GPS)
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Samsung’s Next Tablet Could Have Retina-Beating Display [RUMOR]
Samsung is developing an 11.6-inch tablet with a 2560×1600 pixel
display, which might put the display of Apple’s next generation iPad to shame, Boy Genius Report claims, citing a “trusted source.”The tablet will reportedly run Android 4.0 with a 2 GHz dual-core
Exynos 5250 CPU, and it’s likely to be unveiled at the Mobile World
Congress in February 2012.----------------
We'll see in SWSX..... if this rumor is true or not.
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Android itself is still a step forward for open
source, according to Kocialkowski: "[It is a huge contribution to free
software in my opinion. It's the first widely spread 'open source' stack
running on phones. That's in itself a big step for free software."However,
to run Android on a phone or tablet requires non-free binaries and for
Kocialkowski, having free software on a phone is about being able to
control what your device is doing and capable of. "We know that if the
non-free software running a phone's GPS, the microphone or the data we
store on our handset is compromised, that has the potential to do a lot
of harm," he says."Not that I am paranoid or
that I believe that if I put a single piece of non-free software, it'll
give the FBI my GPS location. I just don't want software I have no
control over to have such power. It's just like living under a
government making arbitrary decisions: It probably won't decide to
murder you just like that, but it has the power to do so, and this is,
to me, unacceptable."On the other hand, for
some other people, particularly political dissidents in countries where
there is that kind of arbitrary power, it is crucial for them to have
control over the technology they use. For them, I believe it is totally
unacceptable and very risky for them to use a phone where there is
software they have absolutely no control over that can access the
Internet and their GPS position, as well as listening." -
Apple wasn’t even willing to completely
swap out the CPU. Instead of an A6 chip, we got an A5X. The update is
necessary — there’s no way you can run 3.1 million pixels and some of
the cinematic effects I saw today on Infinity Blade: Dungeons without quad-core horsepower.I wonder if Apple decided it would
confuse people if they used a brand-new CPU while leaving the rest of
the iPad in incremental upgrade land. Not that the A5X processor isn’t
new. It’s certainly better than the A5, but you signal “new” with a new
name. I see it as an update, or perhaps, a re-architecting.http://www.businessinsider.com/ipad-criticism-2012-3
You really think noob like Apple can beat the oldest most experience giants in microprocessor like TI, Samsung, qualcomm or nvidia producing A-15 first? seriously, apple doesn't even have its own GPU, just stringing up 4 SGX543MP4 (same configuration as playstation vita, not apple's own invention. It's powerVR. )
Even Huawei new processor is faster than apple's. lol.
It's fucking last year Tegra 2/OMAP4 generation, with more GPU core. It's NOT quad A-9 or A-15. (Tegra 3/OMAP5 /Krait S4/ Exynow 5250)
It matters when people start trying to build Wii emulator on android....
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Special Features:
4x ARM Cortex-A9 Superscalar
processor core, 500MHz 64-bit LP DDR2 SDRAM interface, 16-core GPU,
1080p30 video encode, 1080p60 video decodeHuawei K3V2 HiSilicon Hi3620 RISC Multi-core Application Processor
http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=cpu&id=a36203&c=huawei_k3v2_hisilicon_hi3620
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Tegra (Wayne) series
- Processor: Quad ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore + low power companion core
- Improved 24 (for the quad-core) and 32 to 64 (for the octa-core) GPU cores with support for Directx 11+, OpenGL 4.X, and PhysX
- 28 nm HPL[25]
- About 10 times faster than Tegra 2
- To be released in 2012 Jun
Tegra (Grey) series
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- Barcelona – February 26, 2012 – HiSilicon Technologies today
announced its high performance mobile application processor（AP） K3V2 for
smartphone and tablet. K3V2 is a quad-core processor with 4 ARM
CortexTM A9 cores, a 16-core super GPU and 64-bit memory system.
According to the benchmark test result, K3V2 is the fastest application
processor both in CPU and GPU. - Huawei's newly announced flagship, Ascend D quad, is the first smartphone based on HiSilicon K3V2 AP.
- Barcelona – February 26, 2012 – HiSilicon Technologies today
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Google, Asustek co-brand 7-inch tablet PC to debut earliest in May
Google and Asustek will unveil a 7-inch co-branded tablet PC as early as May, with the model targeting Amazon's Kindle Fire and to be priced at US$199-249, according to industry sources.
In response, Asustek declined to comment.
Google sought Taiwan-based co-brand partners at the end of 2011, the sources noted. Among potential partners, HTC had strong design capability but insisted on directing development of the co-brand model and was unwilling to develop a low-price model to impair its brand image, while Acer did not have in-house R&D capability, the sources indicated. Google finally selected Asustek because of its ODM capability and good product quality, the sources claimed.
Asustek's motivation for cooperating with Google is to win Google's confidence to facilitate development of its Android-based devices, learn Google's technology to develop software and content, as well as enter the tablet US market, the sources indicated.
The co-branded tablet PC is expected to be the first using Google Play Store, the sources noted.
Asustek on March 8 reported revenues of NT$27.598 billion (US$931 million) for February, growing 26.49% on month and 94.03% on year. January-February revenues of NT$49.417 billion hiked 45% on year.
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20120308PD215.html -
The news comes as a Citi report quoted by ElecroIQ
suggests that TSMC is planning to increase its capital expenditure
budget in order to strengthen its 28nm production facilities. In the
report, Citi's Terence Whalen claims that TSMC underestimated demand for
28nm chips and was only able to provide 60 per cent of mobile chip
giant Qualcomm's demand while also letting Nvidia down on the volume
front.
According to Whalen, TSMC is rapidly revising its 28nm plans as its
customers start to sniff around rival foundry firms. Part of that
includes a volume increase from 25,000-30,000 wafer starts per month to
35,000-40,000 by the end of the year, boosted by a $1.5-$2 billion
increase in capital expenditure.
TSMC's apparent failure to provide sufficient manufacturing capacity to
meet demand for 28nm parts is music to its competitors' ears. AMD is
believed to be talking to Samsung's foundry arm about moving some of its
28nm chip production following a deal with spin-off company
GlobalFoundries to end an exclusivity agreement for accelerated processing units.
This move would be aided by AMD's announcement, reported by Electronics Weekly
today, that it is to move away from silicon-on-insulator (SOI)
manufacturing for its 28nm parts in favour of the more mainstream
approach used by rival Intel. 'The flexibility that we gain moving in
that direction, the flexibility across foundry partners, across design
tools out-weigh by far the benefits of SOI,' claimed AMD's chief financial officer Thomas Seifert in an announcement on the matter.
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2012/03/08/28nm-process-changes-tsmc/1
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Sony Music Unlimited adds Vita support and offline playback for Android phones
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The K3V2 uses four ARM Cortex A9 cores and a 16-core graphics block
co-developed with an unnamed U.S. chip designer. The two collaborated on
the GPU’s architecture, and the U.S. partner handled its
implementation.
The graphics block handles 2-D and 3-D work and
helps a handset deliver 35 frames/second video compared to 13 fps for
Tegra 3 and 8.4 for a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon, according to
Huawei's tests.
In addition, the chip sports new versions of
several existing Huawei hardware accelerators. They include blocks to
speed up audio, video, network processing and to handle power management
functions.
The design was a big leap for the HiSilicon group whose last chip, released two years ago, sported just one A9 core.
“The time pressure is the biggest issue,” said Su. “We are moving faster than Moore’s Law,” he said.
Indeed,
the group hopes to have a follow on design out in 12 months that uses
A15 and A7 cores in a big/little brother configuration ARM announced
last year. That chip will likely use 28 nm technology, a process that
will take another six months to mature, said Su.
Huawei is not
widely known for its applications processors. However, the company has
been designing handset chips for several years, said Su who has been
with the mobile group for eight years.
In addition to a tablet,
the company plans separate models of smartphones using the chip in 1.2
and 1.5 GHz versions. The Ascend D quad will go on sales in global
markets this summer. The smartphones will use a 4.5-inch screen with a
1290 x 720 pixel resolution capable of 720-progressive video.
http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4236937/Huawei-claims-quad-core-chip-outguns-Tegra3
A5X is the last of dual core gen, not the first of quad or A-15. It's not going to run "faster" without massive Apple reality distortion generator push.
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Indeed, the group hopes to have a follow on design out in 12 months that
uses A15 and A7 cores in a big/little brother configuration ARM
announced last year. That chip will likely use 28 nm technology, a
process that will take another six months to mature, said Su.
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There is NOoooo way apple can beat the fastest guys.. TI, Nvidia, qualcomm, Samsung, now huawei...all of these guys have been making chips for various other products since way back when apple almost went bankrupt.
I'll be fucking impressed if Apple can top the first of A-15, Exynos5250 and omap5...
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Renesas MP5232 Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 with integrated LTE
Renesas Mobile demonstrates their MP5232 platform, containing a
Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 at 1.5Ghz, PowerVR SGX544 GPU and integrated
Cat-4 LTE/HSPA/2G triple-mode modem in a single chip, which offers a
solution to handset vendors that significantly lowers the cost and power
consumption of high-performance LTE smartphones. Together with Renesas
MP5225 platform, a two-chip solution for high-end smartphones, and
Renesas SP2531, a modem-only platform for Triple-Mode LTE/HSPA/2G data
cards and embedded modules, Renesas Mobile is bringing LTE to the Mass
Market.
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Qualcomm MSM8064 Quad-core with Adreno 320
Qualcomm shows their newest Quad-core MSM8064 28nm processor with their
new Adreno 320 GPU, here they are showing their design for Asynchronous
power. They have also announced the MSM8960 Pro with that same Adreno
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Rockchip RK30xx ARM Cortex-A9 announced
Rockchip and ARM have announced the new Rockchip RK30xx series at Mobile
World Congress. Expect full mass production to happen around May 2012,
with samples being shipped around right now. Check back on my blog in
the coming weeks and months for many affordable tablets, smartphones and
Set-top-boxes featuring this new up to 1.4Ghz Dual-core 40nm Rockchip
processor. The SoC price is just $15 for this dual-core ARM Cortex-A9
system!------------
$15 bucks! lol ... I want my $80bucks 7 inch tablet noooooowwww.....
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Tablets to be 4th largest semiconductor market by 2014, says IHS
Press release; Jessie Shen, DIGITIMES [Tuesday 13 March 2012]
Media tablets are expected to become the world's fourth-largest application for semiconductors in 2014, up from 35th in 2010, rising in just four short years from obscurity to a level rivaling the position of powerhouse chip markets like mobile handsets and PCs, according to IHS iSuppli.
Sales of semiconductors for use in tablets are forecast to skyrocket to US$18.2 billion in 2014, up from US$2.6 billion in 2010, the year that Apple kicked off the market with the introduction of the iPad, IHS said. In 2014, sales of semiconductors for tablets will likely be exceeded only by handsets, mobile PCs and desktop PCs. In contrast, tablet semiconductor sales in 2010 ranked lower than the relatively small-scale applications of workstations, USB flash drives, mobile wireless broadband wireless access devices and flat-panel monitors.
"The speed of the media tablet's rise from near insignificance to top-tier prominence is unprecedented in the history of the global semiconductor industry," said Dale Ford, head of electronics & semiconductor research for IHS. "Driven primarily by Apple's iPad, the media tablet in four years is expected to scale semiconductor heights that took more than a decade for other products to attain, such as notebook PCs and cellphones. This meteoric ascension will have major repercussions for the global semiconductor industry, as it realigns to accommodate the fast growth and vast size of the media tablet market."
Coming up from the No. 35 position in 2010, tablets rose to become the eighth-largest semiconductor market in 2011, IHS indicated. Their ranking will climb to fifth place in 2012, and then rise to fourth in 2014 - a position it is set to maintain in 2015.
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20120313PR200.html
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Apple likely to adopt slim bezel displays for 7.85-inch iPads, say sources
Siu Han, Taipei; Steve Shen, DIGITIMES [Monday 12 March 2012]
Apple is expected to adopt slim bezel displays for the highly speculated 7.85-inch iPads to increase the viewing area of the small-size tablets, according to sources in the upstream supply chain
The 7.85-inch iPad reportedly is designed to take on comparable models from Amazon and Samsung Electronics in order to maintain Apple's leadership position, said the sources, adding that Samsung seems is expected to launch its next generation 7- and 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab tablet PCs soon.
Although the 7.85-inch iPads may not adopt Retina displays as in the recently released new iPads, the 7.85-inch model is likely to use IPS/FFS panels from LG Display and probably AU Optronics (AUO), the sources indicated.
The 7.85-inch iPads will target the sub-US$300 segment and are likely to be priced US$249-299, the sources estimated.
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20120312PD205.html
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New iPad gets benchmarked: 1GB RAM confirmed, no boost in CPU speed
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/13/new-ipad-gets-benchmarked-1gb-ram-confirmed-no-boost-in-cpu-sp/
faster than tegra 3 my ass.
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The Docomo voice recog obviously is working far better in retrieving info.
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The A9s in Tegra 3 can run at a higher max frequency than those in
Tegra 2. With 1 core active, the max clock is 1.4GHz (up from 1.0GHz in
the original Tegra 2 SoC). With more than one core active however the
max clock is 1.3GHz. Each core can be power gated in Tegra 3, which
wasn't the case in Tegra 2. This should allow for lightly threaded
workloads to execute on Tegra 3 in the same power envelope as Tegra 2.
It's only in those applications that fully utilize more than two cores
that you'll see Tegra 3 drawing more power than its predecessor.
The increase in clock speed and the integration of MPE should improve
performance a bit over Tegra 2 based designs, but obviously the real
hope for performance improvement comes from using four of Tegra 3's
cores. Android is already well threaded so we should see gains in
portions of things like web page rendering.
It's an interesting situation that NVIDIA finds itself in. Tegra 3 will
show its biggest performance advantage in applications that can utilize
all four cores, yet it will be most power efficient in applications
that use as few cores as possible.
There's of course a fifth Cortex A9 on Tegra 3,
limited to a maximum clock speed of 500MHz and built using LP
transistors like the rest of the chip (and unlike the four-core A9
cluster). NVIDIA intends for this companion core to be used for the
processing of background tasks, for example when your phone is locked
and in your pocket. In light use cases where the companion core is
active, the four high performance A9s will be power gated and overall
power consumption should be tangibly lower than Tegra 2.http://www.anandtech.com/show/5072/nvidias-tegra-3-launched-architecture-revealed
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