Chinese device maker Huawei is ready to launch its first octa-core processor for smartphones, tablets, and other devices. Huawei chairman Richard Yu says the company’s new K3V3 chip is ready to go, as well as a new quad-core K3V2 Pro processor. That means we could start to see the new chips in Huawei devices this […]
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AMD shows off Nano PC powered by Mullins chip
Chip maker AMD isn’t quiet ready to launch its next-gen, low-power Mullins processor. But the company is showing off one of the things you can do with a quad-core Mullins chip using a Nano PC concept. The Nano PC is a little PC that’s small enough to hold in your hand, but which has 2GB […]
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NVIDIA Tegra K1 graphics demo (video)
NVIDIA describes its next-generation mobile processor as a 192-core chip. But only 2 to 4 cores in an NVIDIA Tegra K1 chip are actually ARM CPU cores. Most of the cores NVIDIA is talking about deal with graphics processing, borrowing technology from the Kepler graphics architecture NVIDIA had already developer for desktop and laptop computers. […]
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 802 chip for TVs, set-top-boxes
Qualcomm makes some of the most powerful chips for smartphones and tablets, and now the company is adapting its processors to work with smart TVs and set-top boxes. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 802 is a 1.8 GHz quad-core processor with Adreno 330 graphics that’s based on the same Krait technology as the chips in high-end phones […]
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Freescale introduces WaRP wearable computing reference platform
Wearable devices such as fitness trackers, smart watches, and funky glasses are hot stuff at the Consumer Electronics Show this year. Whether they’ll be as omnipresent as tablets in the future, or as unpopular as past CES darling like 3D TV remains to be seen. But plenty of companies are introducing and showcasing wearables. Chip […]
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NVIDIA introduces Tegra K1 mobile chips with 192 graphics cores
NVIDIA is getting ready to launch its first Tegra processor based on the same Kepler architecture as its PC gaming graphics hardware. Up until now we’ve been calling that next-gen chip the Tegra 5, but NVIDIA says it’s such an evolutionary leap from earlier Tegra chips that it deserves as new name. Enter the NVIDIA […]
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HP quietly launches 11.6 inch Pavilion x2 2-in-1 PC with Pentium N3510 CPU
The HP Pavilion x2 11t is a Windows tablet with an 11.6 inch display and a detachable keyboard dock that transforms the tablet into a notebook. Without much fanfare, HP started selling the Pavilion x2 11t in late November 2013 for about $600 and up. While there are plenty of 2-in-1 tablet/notebook hybrids on the […]
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Qualcomm working on 64-bit and octa-core chips
Chip maker Qualcomm is reportedly working on a a few new processors for smartphones and tablets, including models with 64-bit architecture and possibly a new octa-core chip. The upcoming Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 is a 64-bit chip with integrated support for 4G LTe networks. Meanwhile, Chinese news sources suggest we could see a new 8-core MSM8994/APQ8094 from […]
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Lilbits (12-04-2013): Reversible USB plugs
Since the dawn of time (or at least of USB ports), folks have been struggling to insert plugs the right way up. Odds are you’ve poked the wrong end of a plug into a phone or PC at one point or another while trying to charge your device, connect a flash drive, hook up a […]
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Intel Atom roadmap: 64-bit smartphone chips in 2014
Intel is outlining plans for its next-gen chips for smartphones and tablets… as well as the generation after that. Starting in the second half of 2014, Intel plans to start offering 64-bit mobile chips based on 14nm designs and featuring next-gen graphics. By 2015, Intel plans to move onto an entirely new versatile chip called […]