Chip maker MediaTek already offers a range of solutions for smartphones, tablets, and… other devices. There are also a handful of Chromebooks powered by MediaTek’s MT8173 quad-core processor. Now it looks like there’s a new MT8183 octa-core chip that could be used in upcoming Chromebooks, among other products. The folks at xda-developers noticed some code […]
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Rikomagic MK80 octa-core TV box mini-review
Rikomagic’s MK80 TV box is one of the most powerful, versatile Android boxes I’ve tested to date. It’s also one of the most expensive, priced at around $150 and up. But while there are plenty of devices that let you run Android apps on a TV, the MK80 stands apart thanks to its speedy octa-core processor, […]
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Zero Devices Z8C is a TV box with an Allwinner A80 octa-core CPU
Zero Devices plans to launch one of the first TV box/mini PC devices featuring Allwinner’s new 8-core processor. The Zero Devices Z8C sports an Allwinner A80 processor, support for USB 3.0, HDMI and SPDIF output, and more. The Allwinner A80 processor features 4 ARM Cortex-A15 CPU cores, 4 ARM Cortex-A7 cores, and PowerVR G6230 graphics […]
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Alcatel OneTouch Hero 2 is a 6 inch, 8-core smartphone
Alcatel OneTouch will begin selling a 6 inch smartphone with a full HD display and a MediaTek MT6592 octa-core processor this month. The Alcatel OneTouch Hero 2 is a big phone with a big 3100mAh battery, and it comes with a digital pen. In other words, like many big screen phones on the market, it seems […]
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Allwinner unveils A83T octa-core processor
Allwinner’s first 8-core processor is still hot off the presses, but the Chinese chip maker is moving ahead with a new model. The new Allwinner A83T processor features 8 ARM Cortex-A7 processor cores that can run at up to 2 GHz. It also features PowerVR graphics. Allwinner says the chip uses ARM’s big.LITTLE technology (which doesn’t […]
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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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Samsung launches Exynos 5430 octa-core, 20nm processor
Samsung is launching its first processor based on a 20nm manufacturing process. The Exynos 5430 is an 8-core processor which pairs 4 ARM Cortex-A15 CPU cores with 4 Cortex-A7 cores. It’s a lot like the company’s last few octa-core chips… but thanks to the move from 28nm to 20nm, among other things, the new chip […]
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MediaTek launches 64-bit, octa-core smartphone chip
As expected, Chinese chip maker MediaTek has unveiled its first 8-core, 64-bit processor for smartphones. But that’s not all. The company has also revealed that it’s new chips can support super slow motion video recording and high resolution displays with fast screen refresh rates. The MediaTek MT6795 processor is the company’s most powerful chip to […]
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Report: MediaTek MT6795 chip is a 64-bit, 8-core powerhouse
Chinese chip maker MediaTek is planning to launch several new smartphone and tablet processors by year’s end. If recently leaked specs are anything to go by, the MT6795 will be one to watch. The chip is expected to be a 64-bit, octa-core processor with clock speeds up to 2.2 GHz. Other features include Imagination PowerVR […]
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BLU introduces 2 new Octa-core smartphones
Budget phone maker BLU is adding two new smartphones to its lineup, and both feature octa-core processors. The BLU VIVO IV is positioned as a top premium phone with a full HD display, a high resolution camera, and other premium features, while the BLU Life 8 has less impressive specs and a lower price tag. Both phones […]