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Allwinner to help Qualcomm get Snapdragon chips into cheap tablets

Chip makers Allwinner and Qualcomm have announced a bizarre-sounding agreement designed to help Qualcomm get its chips into more low-cost tablets. Allwinner is a Chinese fabless semiconductor company that designs its own chips, which are often used in cheap tablets produced in China. But for the most part those tablets are WiFi-only. Qualcomm, meanwhile, is […]

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Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 210 chip for entry-level phones and tablets

Qualcomm is updating its chip family with a new quad-core processor aimed at entry-level smartphones and tablets. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 is an ARM Cortex-A7 processor with Adreno 304 graphics and support for 3G and 4G LTE networks. Other features include Bluetooth 4.1, 802.11n WiFI, and support for 1080p HD video playback with hardware acceleration for […]