A new report issued on Saturday says that Samsung has three new Exynos chipsets being prepped. The Exynos 8890 will be the new top-of-the-line SoC. Formerly codenamed Mongoose M1, this is the chip that reportedly will be powering the Samsung Galaxy S7 in some markets. In the U.S. and China,…
Rumored roadmap reveals that Exynos chipsets will feature Samsung’s own GPU in 2017 or 2018?
A rumored roadmap reportedly shows that Samsung will be using its own GPU on Exynos chipsets in 2017 or 2018. But before that happens, Samsung is supposed to employ Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) for its Exynos chipsets. With this architecture, the CPU and GPU are located on the same bus,…
Meizu Pro 5 benchmark results are out: beats Galaxy S6 with its own Exynos 7420 chip
The Meizu Pro 5 is the new top-tier phone from Meizu, a company that has grown immensely in popularity in China in the past couple of years. It’s a large phone: with a 5.7-inch Super AMOLED display, and it features a sturdy metal body that looks very stylish (and very…
Benchmark battle: MediaTek’s Helio X20 vs. Helio X10 vs. Exynos 7420 vs. Snapdragon 810 and more
The MediaTek Helio X20, with its deca-core CPU and Mali-T880 MP4 GPU, recently was spotted powering up the HTC One A9 on GeekBench. Not surprisingly, the chipset scored very high. With that performance in mind, today we have a series of comparisons showing the MediaTek Helio X20 taking on the…
A Samsung ‘Lucky-LTE’ device crops up with an Exynos 8890 and 4GB RAM, posts great score
Samsung’s decision to ditch Qualcomm in favor of its own Exynos chips, who had leapfrogged the San Diego-based silicon slinger’s offerings and moved to a superior, 14nm process, was met with complete surprise. Yes, it makes sense for a company that makes its own chips to use them in their…
Rumor: LG’s has a second Nuclun chip; it’s faster than the Exynos 7420 SoC, specs and benchmarks show
Aiming to get to the level of Samsung, Apple, and Huawei, LG has also been making its baby steps on the chipset scene, aiming to design its own smartphone chipset. Its NUCLUN chip barely made it outside South Korea as it was allegedly overheating; subsequently, rumors about another LG-made chipset…
Huawei’s rumored Kirin 950 SoC benchmarked, tops score tallied by the Exynos 7420
Huawei ‘s home grown Kirin 950 SoC is rumored to be the company’s latest top-shelf chipset. Back in July, a full specs sheet was leaked showing that the chip features four Cortex-A72 cores (with a maximum clock speed of 2.4GHz), and four Cortex-A57 cores. According to the specs sheet, the…
Meizu MX5 Pro Plus images and specs leak: Exynos 7420 SoC, 4GB RAM and 20.7MP camera
Earlier this month, we told you that Meizu would be skipping the Meizu MX5 Pro. That tip came from a Meizu executive, who said that the manufacturer would be replacing the phone with a handset from a new series. Whether or not this is that handset, images have leaked today…
Analyst: Meizu’s new high-end handset to be powered by the Exynos 7420
Back in June, we told you that the Meizu MX5 Pro could be powered by the Exynos 7420 SoC. That’s the same chip that powers the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Samsung Galaxy S6 edge. But it now appears as though the manufacturer has decided to skip over the MX5 Pro,…