Google has hired Manu Gulati, a former Apple employee and chief architect of SoCs, according to a report from Variety. The move hints that Google is planning to build its own custom chips for its next generation Pixel phones. Gulati updated his LinkedIn profile that now says Google’s Lead SoC Architect. Continue reading “Google hires Apple chip designer to build custom chips”
Apple is developing a dedicated artificial intelligence chip that will power AI related actions on mobile devices, according to a report from Bloomberg. An anonymous source told the publication that the chip which could be dubbed as Apple Neural Engine, will assist in functions such as computer vision, speech recognition, facial recognition, and other forms of artificial intelligence.
Continue reading “Apple is reportedly developing a dedicated AI chip for iPhone and iPad”
Along with the Project Alloy VR headset, Intel has also unveiled a new chip module called as Joule that comes with Real Sense depth-sensing camera targeted at Internet of Things (IoT). Continue reading “Intel Joule chip module for Internet of Things (IoT) announced”
Samsung has announced the launch of Exynos 7 Octa core chip. The second mobile SoC from the company features four Cortex-A57 cores for handling heavy-duty processing and four lower-power Cortex-A53 cores for increased energy efficiency when tackling light loads.
Continue reading “Samsung unveils 64 bit Exynos 7 Octa Core chip”
Audience has joined hands with leading SoC provider MediaTek to deliver the Audience eS700 series smart audio codec products as a pre-configured option on the new MediaTek MT6592 Octa-core AP with MT6290 LTE baseband reference platform for smartphones.
Ostendo Technologies is working on advanced chip that can bring hologram technology to our smartphones. The California based company has created a tiny Tic Tac-sized projector that can project visible 3D holograms and bring us closer to virtual reality, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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Intel showcased world’s first 14nm fanless mobile PC reference design at the ongoing Computex 2014 in Taipei. Dubbed as Llama Mountain, the tablet is based on the company’s upcoming Broadwell processor and is runs on Windows 8.1.
Continue reading “Intel unveils ultra-thin Llama Mountain prototype tablet cum laptop”
According to a report from China Times, a Taiwanese publication, Apple is shifting its “flip-chip chip scale package for ARM chips” contract from Samsung’s SEMCO to Taiwanese printed circuit board maker Unimicron Technology Corp. Unimicron is a Taiwan based semiconductor company which deals with PCB related technology. This move clearly indicates Apple’s unwillingness to work with Samsung.
Continue reading “Apple reportedly moving its ARM chip supplies away from Samsung”
Acer has been manufacturing Android smartphone devices for quite some time now. The Taiwanese computer maker’s latest move in expanding its presence in the mobile market now plans to include the launch of an Intel powered smartphone by the end of the year.
Continue reading “Acer planning to launch an Intel chip-based smartphone in Q4 of 2012”
Hacker pOsixninja from the Chronic Dev Team has announced the discovery of 5 new bootrom userland exploits which will be used to develop a jailbreak for Apple A5 based devices. The A5 chip is being currently used in the iPad and is expected to be the chip powering the next generation iPhone.
Continue reading “[Updated] 5 new userland exploits found , Untethered iPhone 5 jailbreak imminent”
Feeling smug having bought that latest top of the line , dual core chipset phone ? Well it is soon going to pushed away from the front of the pack by Nvidia’s Kal-El mobile chipset. The Quad Core chipset integrates 12 graphic cores with four processing cores to give unparalleled performance.
Continue reading “[Video] Tech Demo of Nvidia’s Quad Core Kal-El Chip”
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