by dbadmin | Jan 29, 2026 | News, smartphones, SoC
Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Global smartphone chipset shipments are expected to fall 7% in 2026, but industry revenue is still set to grow in double digits. AI-driven data center demand is pushing chipmakers toward high-margin HBM, driving up DRAM...
by dbadmin | Sep 10, 2025 | ARM, Authority Insights, Features, SoC
Arm has just unveiled its next-gen processor technologies for upcoming smartphones, which could potentially land in consumer hands as soon as the end of the year. As usual, we have new CPU and GPU parts to cover, but there are also a lot of subtle changes to the...
by dbadmin | Apr 9, 2025 | MIUI, News, SoC, Xiaomi
Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Strings found in MIUI firmware suggest Xiaomi is developing a ‘Chip performance dashboard’ feature. This dashboard would allow users to adjust CPU and GPU frequencies and voltages within safe parameters. Changes would require...
by dbadmin | Oct 23, 2024 | ARM, Authority Insights, News, Qualcomm, SoC
Credit: Ryan McLeod / Android Authority Arm issued a 60-day notice to Qualcomm regarding the cancelation of their architectural license, which allows Qualcomm to design chips based on Arm’s technology. The move could impact Qualcomm’s ability to design Snapdragon...
by dbadmin | Oct 21, 2024 | Apple, ARM, Features, Qualcomm, SoC
Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority If you’ve read any of Android Authority‘s CPU deep dives, you’re hopefully a bona fide expert on the ins and outs of how processors work. But don’t worry if not. These topics are dense and require a lot of background knowledge...
by dbadmin | Jun 15, 2024 | AI, Features, Guides, SoC
Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority If you’ve been weighing up a new laptop purchase, you’ll have no doubt spotted that they’re increasingly boasting NPU capabilities that sound an awful lot like the hardware we’ve seen in the very best smartphones for a number...
