Tag Archives: Exynos

Qualcomm quad-core Cortex-A7 SoCs with Adreno 305 and 1080p coming for the high-volume global market and China

With Qualcomm’s this week announcement (see below in the details section) the company is expanding the high-volume Play tier of its S4 class SoCs for aggressive competition with Taiwan (especially MediaTek, see in the details) and mainland China based competitors, … Continue reading

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World’s lowest cost, US$40-50 Android smartphones — sub-$100 retail — are enabled by Spreadtrum

Updates: Spreadtrum selects CSR connectivity and Location for Smartphone reference designs [CSR press release, Feb 27, 2012] CSR plc (LSE: CSR; NASDAQ: CSRE) today announced that Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRD), a Chinese fabless semiconductor company, has chosen CSR plc … Continue reading

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Samsung Exynos 5250

Samsung Exynos Processor [Nov 30, 2011] Samsung Exynos Processor. Please visit http://www.samsung.com/exynos for more details. Update: Samsung First With Cortex-A15 [The Linley Group, Dec 19, 2011] Samsung Electronics recently began sampling the Exynos 5250, a dual-core application processor based on … Continue reading

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TI’s OMAP4460 in Samsung GALAXY Nexus with Android 4.0

Updates: Samsung cuts LTE chip cost by half, ABI Research teardown reveals [Feb 7, 2012] The Samsung Galaxy Nexus made a big impact on the market in December 2011, thanks to its sleek design, new Android OS (Ice Cream Sandwich) … Continue reading

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