After the Galaxy S22 throttling disaster involving the Exynos 2200 chip earlier this year, we saw Samsung apologize to customers and investors. The company faced plenty of criticism and scrutiny, especially in its home market. Then, Samsung vowed to create a new set of flagship chips for its best phones. But the Galaxy S23 series …
The Galaxy S22 series has been a bittersweet success for Samsung. The phone brought back the Note series as the Galaxy S22 Ultra, and the entire S22 line saw great sales initially. But soon after launch, buyers discovered the Exynos 2200 versions of the phone came with performance throttling and benchmark cheating. The Galaxy S23 …
Apple might be demoing its sophisticated mixed reality glasses only to the board, but Qualcomm is ready to show the world its next-gen Smart Viewer AR glasses featuring the Snapdragon XR2 Platform. This is a reference design like the previous-generation model, so you can’t buy it in stores. Also, like the first-gen model, the new …
Qualcomm wants to play a larger role in the world of gaming. While Qualcomm chips have long powered a large portion of mobile gamers through smartphones, the company wants to power actual gaming devices too — and has announced the new Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 Gaming Platform. The new platform is built to create …
Qualcomm is expanding on its line of PC chips. The chipmaker announced not one, but two new platforms destined for Windows-based PCs. These include the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 computer platform, and the slightly lower-powered Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3 computer platform. This news follows the launch of the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 mobile …
The chipset that will power the next generation of Android phones is here, and it’s not a Snapdragon 895, 890, or 898. Qualcomm has completely flipped its naming scheme. The new flagship Qualcomm chip is the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 will likely power the next Samsung Galaxy phone, the next …
Samsung will unveil the Galaxy S22 series in mid-February, but several leaks have already revealed plenty of details about the new flagship. We saw a real-life photo of the Galaxy S22 Ultra, which is Samsung’s new Note replacement. We also saw renders of the Galaxy S22 Plus and Galaxy S22 models. On top of that, …
There’s still a lot we don’t know about the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S22. What we do know seems to grow every day, though. The latest reports come from TheElec and seem to confirm that some models of the S22 will include the Samsung AMD upgrade Android fans have been waiting for. The Exynos 2200 SoC …
Apple unveiled the M1 System-on-Chip (SoC) last year, announcing plans to reduce its reliance on Intel silicon. The M1 MacBook Air and Pro received excellent reviews that prompted Intel to launch a massive anti-Apple campaign. The chipmaker is terrified of what Apple’s custom processors can do. So, Intel has been running its anti-Apple ads for …
Over the past few years, premium phones have gotten increasingly expensive. The Snapdragon 888, Qualcomm’s highest-performance chip to date, is really only found in devices that approach $1,000. But the result of that is that there’s more demand for mid-range phones, and Qualcomm wants to power those phones too. The company has launched four new …
