It appears reports from late last week about a potential delay for devices using Qualcomm’s new S4 processor(s) is looking more concrete. Today, Slashgear is also reporting that the line in which Qualcomm manufacturers their 28nm S4 silicon was shut down in mid-February and isn’t scheduled to ramp back up until sometime within the next few weeks. In the near-term things should be “ok”, though a month or two out could signal delays for devices like...
The Qualcomm S4 processor is a modern day beast, handedly trouncing last year’s favorites. But even this latest edition of Qualcomm engineering has one minor “flaw” — the Adreno 225 GPU is really just a tweaked version of the outgoing Adreno 220. Thankfully, Qualcomm brought plenty of firepower to MWC as they company announced a new “Pro” version of the S4 MSM8960 processor that ships with a heavily upgraded Adren 320 GPU. The new GPU is...
The question is quick and to the point: Would you buy an Intel-powered smartphone manufactured by ZTE? Current rumors say that is such a pairing would be Intel’s first foray into the world of smartphones using the company’s popular Atom netbook processor. According to the same rumor, the resulting love child would be a Chinese-only device, so if you live elsewhere, don’t get too excited — yet. There’s always the possibility such a device could...
PC enthusiasts finally have some legitimate information to chew on this morning concerning their X58 upgrades as a new Intel roadmap has leaked. The roadmap highlights the upcoming 2011-pin X79 chipset and it’s assortment of features that go above and well beyond the current mainstream P67 platform. Namely, X79 will feature quad-channel memory, dual PCI-Express 2.0 x4 links totalling 8 GB/s of bandwidth, a 10-pot SATA 6 Gb/s RAID controller integrated directly onto...
The iPad 2 was long rumored to have a dual-core ARM processor humming along at 1GHz. But alas, the truth has come out and it’s not quite so true. The iPad 2′s dual-core ARM processor is actually clocked at 900MHz per core, this according to Anandtech. Is 100MHz going to make a huge difference? Hardly. Apple likely had battery life in mind when it reigned in speeds slightly. How are all the new iPad 2 owners enjoying their new tablet beauty tonight? Via: ...
