Chinese chip designer Tianjin Phytium Technology introduced a 25-watt, 8-core ARMv8 processor designed for desktop computers late last year. And now you can buy a computer powered by the chip. Maybe. The DragonBox Shop is taking pre-orders for mini PC with a Phytium D2000 processor and AMD Radeon RX 550 graphics for €471 ($530) with […]
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Samsung launches Exynos 7 Octa: 8-core, 64-bit CPU
Samsung’s new octa-core processor is one of the company’s first chips based on ARMv8 architecture. The Samsung Exynos 7 Octa is a 64-bit chip that features 4 ARM Cortex-A57 CPU cores and 4 lower-power ARM Cortex-A53 cores. The company says the new chip is up to 57 percent faster than its older Exynos 5 Octa […]
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HTC Desire 820 smartphone has a Snapdragon 615 CPU, 8MP front camera
HTC is updating its mid-range line of smartphones with a model that helps show that today’s mid-range is yesterday’s top-of-the-line. The HTC Desire 820 may not have a metal case or a full HD display, but it’s got one of Qualcomm’s first 64-bit processors, a big screen, and a 13MP rear camera… as well as an […]
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Samsung’s first 64-bit chip could launch in September
Samsung is holding an event September 3rd where the company is expected to unveil the Galaxy Note 4 smartphone, among other things. If leaks and benchmark results posted online are anything to go by, Samsung’s next big-screen phone will have a high-resolution display, 3GB of RAM, and one of the company’s first 64-bit processors. It’s […]
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HTC to reveal its first 64-bit smartphone
Android phones with 64-bit ARM chips are coming. That’s not a big surprise, since mobile chip makers have been unveiling 64-bit processors left and right and Apple’s iPhone 5s already has a 64-bit processor. But apparently the time for Android phones with 64-bit chips based on ARMv8 architecture is almost upon us… HTC has confirmed […]
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Allwinner to launch its first 64-bit chips in 2014
Chinese chip maker Allwinner has announced plans to bring its first 64-bit processor based on ARMv8 architecture to market by the end of the year. The company will show off a demo of a new 64-bit development board at the Hong Kong Electronics Fair in mid-October. Allwinner isn’t sharing many details about the upcoming processor […]
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ARM introduces Juno board for 64-bit, ARMv8 development
Chips based on ARM’x next-generation architecture are set to begin shipping soon, which means we could see smartphones, tablets, TV boxes, and other devices with ARMv8, 64-bit chips in the not-too-distant future. But those devices will only be useful if they can run software designed to take advantage of the new architecture. So ARM, which normally […]
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Report: ZTE Apollo could be first 64-bit Android smartphone
Chip maker Qualcomm has promised to start delivering 64-bit smartphone processors based on ARMv8 architecture later this year. Now a report from CNMOÂ suggests that the upcoming ZTE “Apollo” could be one of the first Android smartphones to use a Qualcomm 64-bit processor. The ZTE Apollo wouldn’t be the first 64-bit phone: that honor goes to […]
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Qualcomm’s 64-bit Snapdragon 808, 810 chips coming in 2015
Chip maker Qualcomm has already promised to deliver its first 64-bit chips later this year. But the Snapdragon 410, 610, and 615 chips are chips for mid-range devices and they’ll likely be used in mid-range smartphones and tablets. Qualcomm plans to shake things up a bit in the first half of 2015 though, whn the […]
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Marvell introduces PXA1928 64-bit chip for mobile devices
Chip maker Marvell is getting ready to launch its first 64-bit mobile processor. The Marvell Armada Mobile PXA1928 is based on a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 design, and it’s expected to hit the streets this year. Marvell will begin offering customer samples in March. The PXA1928 features Vivante GC5000 graphics with support for 1080p displays as […]