Southeast Asia to receive Intel-powered phones in near future, starting with Acer Liquid C1 in Thailand

by Jared Peters on Feb 1st 2013, 9:20pm
tagged Acer, atom, CPU, hspa, Intel, Lexington, Liquid C1, Southeast Asia, Thailand

Intel is trying their hardest to break into the smartphone market lately, though not the American market. Next up for the chip maker is the Acer Liquid C1 that’s planning to be launched in Thailand first, then launch in other nearby markets, hopefully within three months according to a certain senior Intel executive. The C1 runs on Intel’s Lexington platform with an Atom Z240 CPU and boasts a 4.3 inch screen, 2,000 mAh battery, and Android 4.0. Not ground breaking, but coming it at about $335, it’s expected. It does also feature HSPA+ connectivity, which was a smart move on Intel and Acer’s part. The C1 marks the ninth phone in nine months powered by one of Intel’s processors.

Since that area is a new, growing smartphone market, it makes sense that Intel would want to start trying to sway early adopters to their phones, and it’s beneficial for partners like Acer to jump on board. We won’t see any immediate results from this, but it’s definitely going to be interesting to see how Intel-powered phones pan out across the globe, and whether or not they can shake up the already competitive Android playing field.

source: ZDNet

Lenovo LePhone K800 Intel Medfield-Based Device Still On Schedule, Launches in China

by Joe Sirianni on May 31st 2012, 9:20am
tagged CPU, Lava Xolo X900, Lenovoa Lephone K800, Mefield

First to announce an Intel Medfield-Based Android handset at CES was Lenovo however, the Lava Xolo X900 wound up being the first to actually hit the market. Nevertheless, Lenovo is still on schedule to launch the LePhone K800 as they’ve just announced a launch in China, with the device making it into the hands of the masses by the end of May. Recall the specs: 4.5-inch 720p display, an Intel 1.6GHz CPU, 8 meg camera and 1GB of RAM. The Intel CPU is the Z2460 as we knew it as the “Medfield” assisted by the Intel XMM 6260 chip to support various HSPA+ networks. At $525 the Android Gingerbread 2.3 device’s launch date for international availability is still unknown. But we’re working on it. Feel free to let us know what you think in comments below. » Read the rest

Qualcomm Shows Off Snapdragon S4 Quad-Core Processor Again, Still Impressive

by Joe Sirianni on Feb 28th 2012, 8:04pm
tagged CPU, MWC 2012, quad-core, qualcomm, Snapdragon S4

Although we’ve seen it in action before, Qualcomm has released a video on their official YouTube page showing off their Snapdragon S4 Chip, a powerful quad-core CPU which continues to impress. The company has added the chip to their very own developers tablet and demonstrated a high def, glasses free, 3D display in beautiful 1920 x 1200 res (WUXGA). If this is any indication of what we have to look forward to from Qualcomm, you better get a towel now because the drooling is about to commence. Check the video out and don’t forget to let us know what you think in the comments below.

source: YouTube

NTT Docomo, Samsung, Panasonic And More Team Up To Compete With Qualcomm’s CPU’s

by Joe Sirianni on Dec 27th 2011, 9:32am
tagged chip, CPU, Fujitsu, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic, qualcomm, Samsung, semiconductor

NTT Docomo, one of Japan’s largest mobile operators has announced that the company will take part in a joint venture along with several other partners like Samsung, Panasonic, Fujitsu Lt, Fujitsu Semiconductor and NEC to take on the chip making giant, Qualcomm. The joint venture will manufacture, sell and distribute the new chips for mobile devices once all of the details are ironed out by the joining parties. The group is looking to create LTE connected products and successfully mass produce them to as large as a global market as possible. NTT Docomo has stated that it will initially invest $5.8 million to create Communication Platform Planning Co. and will announce one of its very own exec’s as CEO. As of now, we all know Qualcomm is the biggest player in the game, however, it looks like they’ll have to work extra hard to stay ahead of the game now. Check out the presser and all of the details after the break. » Read the rest

Samsung’s Exynos 4412 To Be The First Quad-Core SoC To Hit The Market?

by Joe Sirianni on Nov 21st 2011, 2:34pm
tagged CPU, exynos, quad-core, Samsung, soc

Samsung appears to be hot on the heels of Nvidia’s Tegra 3 chip set as news and details of an Exynos quad-core System on a Chip (SoC) emerge. Tidbits of the 4412 quad-core chip have been spotted on the Kernel Git page and Samsung has provided support for it on their development boards. According to the support page, the 4412 is close to that of the Exynos 4212 and takes its ques from the ARM Cortex A9 platform, touting four CPU cores. Each core reportedly has a clock speed of 1.5 GHz, like that of the 4212. No word yet, of course, on a release date or a device that the technology might show up on but it’s sure exciting to be in a time when chips like this are hitting the market. Clearly Nvidia has their work cut out for them as they begin to release devices housing the Tegra 3 such as the Asus Transformer Prime. In addition, it’s also reported that Samsung is working on the next gen Exynos CPU based on the ARM Cortex A15 with support for the big.LITTLE technology.

[via Sammy Hub]

First Quad-Core Device Revealed, The HTC Edge

by Joe Sirianni on Nov 7th 2011, 7:25pm
tagged CPU, HTC Edge, nvidia, q1, q2, quad-core, tegra 3

Well I’ll be damned if TechCrunch doesn’t find this device “sexy”. The Quad-Core processor race is on and it looks like HTC might be taking the lead with what they’re dubbing the “HTC Edge”. The folks over at PocketNow have received, from a reliable source, a pic of the device and say it should have all of the typical bells and whistles. The device touts a whopping 4.7-inch screen with 720p res, 1GB of RAM, an 8 meg camera with a 28-millimeter f/2.2 lens all wrapped up in a device just a hair over 10 mm thin. And of course, the game changer is the supposed AP30 Tegra 3 CPU by none other than Nvidia, housing four 1.5 GHz cores. ”Wow” is right.

The device is said to most likely house 32 GB of internal storage and Bluetooth 4.0. And of course, we can expect Beats Audio to be on board for crystal clear sound when playing audio. It’s also possible the device will release with a number of HTC’s new reported services like the HTC Listen Music Store, Bookstore and Gaming Hub. And to top it all off, the device could be the first to rock the new HTC Sense 4.0. No word yet as to whether or not the handset will come with LTE radios on board, as of now we’re told there is support for 21 Mbps HSPA. Neither was there word as to what version of Android the handset will ship with. Ice Cream Sandwich perhaps? We’ll see. We should expect the new device and others to follow sometime around late 1st quarter or early 2nd quarter of 2012. Maybe we’ll see something at CES? Thoughts anyone?

[via PocketNow]

Motorola DROID RAZR CPU Details Outed by MotoDev Site

by Axl Logan on Oct 20th 2011, 9:34am
tagged 4430, 4460, CPU, Droid Razr, dual core processor, motorola, omap, RAZR, texas instruments, ti, Verizon, verizon wireless

For those of you who happened to tune into Motorola’s unveiling of the Droid RAZR in New York on Tuesday, we’re sure you were thinking the same thing we were when they mentioned the dual-core CPU. And that was “where are all the details”? Thanks to the MotoDev site, exact details have been revealed. The device will house the TI OMAP 4460 CPU found in the Galaxy Nexus, slightly more powerful than that of the 4430 found in the Droid Bionic. Not too shabby considering the 4460 can technically be overclocked to 1.5 GHz. Feel free to start bench marking the heck out of the device and let us know, wont you? Don’t forget to check out our coverage of the event and our hands-on with the super razor 7.1 mm thin device.

[via MotoDev]

Archos Still Aiming For G9 Honeycomb Tablets Release, Just Need Some Last Minute Revisions

by Joe Sirianni on Sep 27th 2011, 7:54pm
tagged 10.1, 8.0, ARCHOS, CPU, delay, dual-core cpu, G9, omap 4, processor, tablet, tablets, texas instruments, ti

Archos is still eager to release their high-end G9 Honeycomb tablets, but unfortunately, will have to make some slight modifications before doing so and those modifications could be considered a slight downgrade. The 1.5GHz OMAP 4 CPU’s won’t be ready until some time next year, subsequently causing Archos to change their strategy a bit. Instead of delaying the launch until then, they’re opting to go with an under clocked CPU, the slightly lower 1.2 GHz dual-core option found in the lower 8 GB model. It looks like Archos will then begin implementing the 1.5GHz OMAP 4 CPU’s as soon as they are available next year. No other changes have been made to the devices and if you’re interested in purchasing the lower-end 8-inch Archos 80 G9 device sporting 8 gig’s and a 1GHz dual-core CPU, you can grab it for $300 over at their site.

[via tabletonline by phandroid]

Qualcomm Making Their Snapdragon Nomenclature Less Confusing

by Joe Sirianni on Aug 3rd 2011, 3:19pm
tagged 1 ghz, 1.2, 1.5 ghz, 2.5 ghz, chip set, chipset, CPU, ghz, HTC, qualcomm, Snapdragon

If you’ve ever followed Qualcomm’s Snapdragon brand you know it can be a bit confusing. There’s the MSM8260, the MSM855T, the MSM8930 and the OMGWTFBBQ. So which one do you have? Yeah, I don’t know either. Qualcomm wants to change up their naming convention a bit to make it easier for you and we can’t blame them.

They’re making it so simple now one would have to wonder why they haven’t done this before? The company announced this morning that it was moving to a numbered system for distinguishing their chips. The chips will be labeled as such: S1, S2, S3 and S4. The higher the number assigned to the chip, the higher the specs you can expect to see from the device.

As an example, their S1 line will be assigned to entry level devices sporting a 1GHz CPU or lower, such as the HTC Status and the Droid Inc 1. The S2 class chip will go for more of the high-end devices and tablets in the 1 GHz to 1.4 GHz range like Verizon’s Thunderbolt. The S3 will be headed for devices like the Evo 3D, which rocks a CPU in the 1.2 to 1.5 GHz range. The S4, well, there’s nothing really on the table as of now that can even house a chip of that class. Not until next year anyway. That will be designed for devices sporting between a 1.6 GHz and 2.5 GHz. Well, this is definitely a step in the right direction, especially for anyone required to remember names like this, say, for those who write for a tech blog? Anyway, we appreciate it Qualcomm. Hit the break for the old and new road maps and don’t forget to let us know what you think in the comments below. Personally, I usually just commit to memory the vendors name and the number of GHz’s supported for my chip. If any of our nerd readers want to continue to use the old naming convention, you have my blessing. » Read the rest

Kal-El Coming To Tablets In October And To Phones In Q1 2012

by Joe Sirianni on Aug 3rd 2011, 9:26am
tagged CPU, kal-el, nvidia, processor, quad-core, tegra, transformer 2

Word about the Superman chip-set has been scarce in these parts lately, but thanks to our friends over at Android and Me, it’s been discovered that there’s going to be a slight delay in the launch of devices sporting the Kal-El quad-core CPU. Android and Me got a hold of Nvidia and this is what they had to say on the matter:

Project Kal-El-powered tablets are coming this Fall, and phones around the CES 2012 time frame.

Originally, Nvidia had plans to release devices this month sporting the monster processor but has now pushed the release date back until October along with handsets ranging near January. According to a tipster it looks like the Asus Eee Pad Transformer 2 will be the first tab to rock the quad-core processor. That hasn’t been confirmed by Nvidia just yet however, but both Forbes Mag and Slashgear also put their money on the Transformer 2. In addition, rumors of the second Transformer have just so happened to be slated for an October release date. So, it sounds like all of the pieces are slowing but surely coming together. Hit the break to check out the demo we previously covered back in early June. It’s quite impressive provided the battery doesn’t drain after a few hours. » Read the rest

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