The Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 chipset is regularly among the top chipsets in benchmark results. Not only does it display impressive speed and pack integrated LTE connectivity but Qualcomm has put together a video to show that it’s also the coolest – literally. The harder the processor has to work, the hotter it gets. The more demanding these tasks, the harder […]
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Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 chipsets supply issues to continue until 2013
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 chipsets will remain in tight supply likely until the end of the year. Qualcomm’s supplier, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), is still unable to meet current demand. At the company’s last annual general meeting, TSMC Chairman and CEO Morris Chang said that supply would continue to lag behind demand in the third quarter but would start to […]
Motorola DROID RAZR HD specifications and pictures leaked?
A number of leaks over the past few days have begun to paint a fairly good picture of the next DROID RAZR device. From benchmark results to leaked pictures, quite a bit is now known about the upcoming DROID RAZR HD. Could the DROID Figher than DROID RAZR HD be one and the same device? A number of details seem […]
Computex 2012: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 headed to Windows Phone 8 devices
Given that Qualcomm’s processors are the only ones you will find in Windows Phone 7 and 7.5 devices, it should come as no surprise that they will also make their way into Windows Phone 8 devices. Confirmation came from Rob Chandhok, senior vice president at Qualcomm, during Computex. These Snapdragon S4 chips will come with integrated LTE. The news gives […]
Smartphone manufacturers facing LTE chipset shortage?
Higher than expected demand for LTE smartphones could lead to shortages until the latter part of the year. According to Digitimes, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and HTC have all expressed concerns about being able to meet demand. Global sales could reach as high as 70 million smartphones in 2012. Qualcomm is shortages of its 28nm chipsets due to of insufficient […]
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processors coming to 2012 Motorola devices?
A new Motorola device, codenamed Qinara, has surfaced on the GLBenchmark website. A number of specifications are revealed and among them a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm MSM8960 chipset (the same one expected in the HTC One X and other upcoming high-end smartphones). Motorola has typically used Texas Instruments OMAP processors (along with the odd NVDIA one). This change could be due […]
ARM-based smartbooks to return with Windows 8?
Do you remember all the talk about smartbooks a few year back? Similar to netbooks, they used components typically associated with mobile phones (such as ARM processors) rather than PC ones. Initial interest from a number of manufacturers (including ASUS and Lenovo) quickly waned though and the product category faded into obscurity. But it could make a comeback when Windows […]
Rumour: Nokia to launch Windows 8 tablet in Q4 2012
Nokia is working with Microsoft to launch a 10-inch Windows 8 tablet as early as the fourth quarter of 2012. Citing the usual “sources at upstream component suppliers,” Digitimes is reporting that Nokia will use an ARM-based dual-core Qualcomm ARM SoC. The report adds that production will be outsourced with Compal Electronics the likely manufacturer. The first shipment could reach […]