Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 deep dive: Everything you need to know

by dbadmin | Nov 16, 2022 | Features, Qualcomm, Qualcomm Snapdragon, SoC

Credit: Qualcomm Today, in Hawaii, Qualcomm lifted the lid on its latest mobile platform — the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Building on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 in more than just name, Qualcomm’s latest entry in its flagship Snapdragon series packs a number of improvements and...

5 things you need to know about the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

by dbadmin | Nov 15, 2022 | Features, News, Qualcomm, Qualcomm Snapdragon, SoC

Qualcomm’s latest chipset has arrived. It announced the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 as the flagship successor to 2021’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 during its annual Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii. The new chipset sticks with last year’s naming convention and brings a host of new updates...

Google Tensor G2 is a 5nm chip, despite what the internet might say

by dbadmin | Oct 10, 2022 | Google, Google Pixel 7, News, SoC

Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority The Google Tensor G2 architecture “includes 5nm.” We saw rumors before the launch of the Pixel 7 series that the G2 would have a 4nm build, but that is not the case. Widespread claims of the Tensor G2 having a 4nm architecture...

Google Tensor G2 chip: Everything you need to know

by dbadmin | Oct 6, 2022 | Features, Google, Google Pixel 7, Google Tensor, SoC

Credit: Google With the arrival of the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro comes the successor to the Google Tensor chipset. Dubbed the Tensor G2, this is Google’s second foray into the world of semi-custom silicon development, built in conjunction with Samsung Semiconductor. The...

The 8 best Android smartphone processors in history

by dbadmin | Mar 19, 2022 | Features, Mediatek, Qualcomm, Qualcomm Snapdragon, Samsung Exynos, SoC

Android smartphone processors come in all shapes and sizes, with everyone from Qualcomm and Mediatek to Samsung and Huawei contributing SoCs over the past decade and a half. In that time, we’ve even seen major players like Texas Instruments, Nvidia, and ST-Ericsson...

Ranked: The worst phone processor fails of all time

by dbadmin | Jan 26, 2022 | Features, SoC

While the industry is eyeballing the upcoming Exynos 2200 SoC, which will power Samsung’s Galaxy S22 series, with a sense of uncertainty, this sense of foreboding is nothing new to mobile chipset aficionados. This is particularly so with Samsung’s Exynos versus...