Apple A13 has 8.5 billion transistors
2nd gen 7nm, new architecture
Apple’s new iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max come with A13 bionic, the second-generation 7nm process manufactured SoC.
Snapdragon 7th series integrates 5G
It is all about the 7nm and die-area
Wafers are very expensive, especially for the 7nm leading-edge process, and 10nm is not cheap either. If you need to use a device in a battery-operated environment, then power consumption plays a critical role. But Qualcomm thinks that 5G deployment is happening much faster than was the case with 4G and wants to expand the reach to the Snapdragon 700 and even 600 series.
Kirin 990 5G and 4G are two separate chips
Kirin 990 4G is significantly smaller
The Kirin 990 5G was finally announced by CEO Richard Yu today and it is a 10.3 billion transistor three CPU cluster SoC with an integrated 5G. Future phones, including the Mate 30 Pro 5G will use it. A Huawei executive confirmed to Fudzilla that the 4G version of the chip is not merely the same SoC with 5G bit disabled.
Qualcomm scales 5G to Snapdragon 8, 7 and 6 series
By 2020
Qualcomm’s President Cristiano Amon has announced that way beyong its Snapdragon 800 series with 5G support, Qualcomm will announce Snapdragon 7 and 6 generations with 5G support in 2020.
How AMD gained market share
Not Navi, with Polaris 570 and 580
We managed to get on top how AMD managed to gain market share in Q2 2019, and it was selling the old 570 and 580 with incredibly attractive and low pricing.
Mate 30 launches on September 19
Global launch in Munich
Huawei Mate 30 will come earlier than most expected. The company has sent out invitations for a global launch on September 19, just slightly more than two weeks from now.
Intel GM of desktop slams Ryzen 5Ghz claim
Core i9-9900K at 5GHz is Regular Nitrogen
John Bonini, a Vice President, General Manager Desktop, Workstations, Gaming at Intel came out with a great tweet.
Apple sends out iPhone 2019 invites
September 10, 10 AM PST / 7 PM CET / 6PM BST
Companies like launching new products on Tuesdays and Apple traditionally launches its new iPhone in the September timeframe.
Xilinx introduces world’s biggest FPGA
35 billion transistors in 16nm
The master of FPGAs has launched the world’s highest capacity FPGA ever designed. For those who didn’t pay attention in computer science class, FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) is the hardware programmable chip that is used for chip emulation, test, measurement, compute, networking, aerospace and defense and many other tasks including AI.
Tronsmart Element Mega SoundPulse Speaker reviewed
Review: Great Bluetooth 5 speaker for a reasonable price
Tronsmart is a company that made its name with power elements for smartphones, including external batteries and charges (Quick Charge), but the company has also made quite a few portable speakers.