Archos is bringing its first quad-core tablets to market this year with the Archos 80 Platinum and Archos 97 Platinum. But like most recent tablets from Archos, it looks like at least one of these may not have been designed in-house. The Archos 80 Platinum showed up at the FCC website this week, and on […]
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Hands-on with the first quad-core tablets from Archos (video)
Archos is going quad-core with two of the newest members of the Archos Elements tablet line. The Archos 80 Platinum is an 8 inch tablet with a 1024 x 768 pixel display, while the Archos 97 Platinum HD features a 9.7 inch, 2048 x 1536 pixel screen. Both will be available with Allwinner-A31 ARM Cortex-A7 […]
Giada is bringing its dual, quad-core tablets to the US
Giada has been offering tiny desktop computers in the US for the past few years, but now the company also wants in on the budget tablet space. Giada is showing off several new tablets at CES this week, which it hopes to bring to US retailers in the next few months. While pricing hasn’t yet […]
Allwinner introduces dual and quad-core tablet chips
Chinese chip maker Allwinner has introduced two new processors for tablets, TV sticks, and other low power devices. They’re dual and quad-core chips called the Allwinner A20 and Allwinner A31, respectively. The Allwinner A10 single-core chip has been a relatively popular chip with Chinese device makers due to its low price and decent performance. That’s […]
Onda V972 tablet features an Allwinner quad-core CPU, Retina-style display
Chinese tablet maker Onda has unveiled one of the first tablets featuring Allwinner’s new quad-core processor. The Onda V972 is powered by an Allwinner A31 chip which features 4 ARM Cortex-A7 cores. The tablet also features PowerVR SGX544MP2 graphics with support for HD video, 3D graphics, and high pixel displays. That’s a good thing — […]
Chip updates: New processors for tablets, phones on the way
It’s a busy period for chip makers. Qualcomm, Broadcom, Samsung, and Rockchip are all working on new processors designed for smartphones, tablets, and other low power devices. Here’s a quick roundup of some of the chip news that’s been making the rounds over the past 24 hours or so. Samsung Exynos 5440 quad-core ARM Cortex-A15 […]