Samsung
Samsung today has announced that they have developed an even faster generation of LPDDR5X memory that is set to top out at LPDDR5X-10700 speeds. The updated memory is slated to offer 25% better performance and 30% greater capacity compared to existing mobile DRAM devices from the company. The new chips also appear to be tangibly faster than Micron's LPDDR5X memory and SK hynix's LPDDR5T chips. Samsung's forthcoming LPDDR5X devices feature a data transfer rate of 10.7 GT/s as well as maximum capacity per stack of 32 GB. This allows Samsung's clients to equip their latest smartphones or laptops with 32 GB of low-power memory using just one DRAM package, which greatly simplifies their designs. Samsung says that 32 GB of memory will be particularly beneficial...
The Samsung Galaxy S III Preview
It's been a long day in London, and hot off the heels of our Galaxy S III performance preview is some discussion about the hardware itself. For any successful...
126 by Brian Klug on 5/3/2012Samsung Galaxy S III Performance Preview: It's Fast
Earlier today Samsung unveiled its Galaxy S III, at the heart of which is Samsung's new Exynos 4 Quad SoC. Fortunately we got a ton of hands on time...
94 by Brian Klug & Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/3/2012Samsung Galaxy S III Announced - 3G HSPA+ Version Available May 29, 4G LTE This Summer
We're at the Samsung Mobile Unpacked 2012 event in London, where Samsung just officially announced the Samsung Galaxy S 3. We're going to have hands on with the device...
19 by Brian Klug on 5/3/2012The Samsung Galaxy S III Revealed: 4.8" HD SuperAMOLED, Exynos 4 Quad, Available 5/29 in Europe
Apple is a bit infamous for its tight control over new products, particularly iPhones. Development mules are often updated internals stuffed into nondescript previous generation designs. And talk of...
57 by Jason Inofuentes on 5/3/2012Exynos 4 Quad 1.4 GHz 32nm HKMG Announced for Next Galaxy Smartphone
Just a week before its Samsung Mobile Unpacked 2012 event where it will announce "the next galaxy smartphone," Samsung has officially announced what SoC will be inside. The answer...
44 by Brian Klug on 4/25/2012Apple's iPad 2,4 also uses 32nm A5 S5L8942 SoC
Through Chipworks, we recently learned that Apple's revised A5 SoC (S5L8942) is built on a 32nm Samsung HKMG process. While its presence in the Apple TV (3rd generation) which...
28 by Brian Klug on 4/11/2012The 2012 iPad Followup: Galaxy Tab 10.1 LTE Comparison
As with all things in life, the job of reviewing a product spans a spectrum of options. At one end of the spectrum you have the quick hands on...
52 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/2/2012Samsung Announces SGS2 GT-I9100 ICS Update Hitting March 10th - Update: Not March 10th
Not to be outdone by Apple with its recent iOS 5.1 announcement, nor HTC with its rollout to Sensations in Nordic countries, Samsung has announced that it will make...
28 by Brian Klug on 3/8/2012Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Revealed at MWC
The Galaxy Note, in 5.3" guise, has just hit the States after decent sales in Europe and Asia; and now we have a new member of the Note line...
10 by Jason Inofuentes on 2/27/2012Samsung Fleshes Out Tab 2 Line and Unveils Galaxy Beam
We wondered what we could expect from the second iteration of the Galaxy Tab 10.1, both in specs and naming convention. To a certain degree, our fears were confirmed...
12 by Jason Inofuentes on 2/26/2012Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 and mini 2 Announced: Mystery SoC Within
In August of last year, Samsung laid out it's naming strategy for their Galaxy line of phones, with a grand total 5 device categories. Well, turns out they left...
7 by Jason Inofuentes on 2/22/2012LG's Optimus Vu Takes On Samsung's Galaxy Note: Are You Ready For A 5.x" Phone?
When Samsung introduced the Galaxy Note at IFA, we were excited, but a bit perplexed. The Galaxy Note's 1280x800 HD Super AMOLED display could be a big winner, but...
32 by Jason Inofuentes on 2/20/2012Samsung Refreshes Galaxy Tab Again: Dual-Core, No Plus
The original 7" Galaxy Tab was already long in the tooth when it was refreshed in the form of the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus. That iteration brought Samsung's mighty...
8 by Jason Inofuentes on 2/13/2012US Cellular Announces Initial 4G LTE Markets, Devices
Not to be left in the dust by their big national counterparts, regional carriers are also moving onward to 4G LTE, and US Cellular today announced its initial 4G...
4 by Brian Klug on 2/1/2012Samsung Announces Galaxy S Advance
Reports about a new Samsung Galaxy series smart phone have been floating around for a few days now, and today Samsung has finally made it official by announcing the...
14 by Kristian Vättö on 1/30/2012Samsung Exynos 5250 Begins Sampling – Mass Production in Q2 2012
Back in November, Samsung announced its next generation Exynos 5250 SoC based on ARM’s Cortex-A15 architecture. Samsung confirmed today during its earnings call that the Exynos 5250 has begun...
32 by Saumitra Bhagwat on 1/27/2012Samsung Updates the Firmware of SSD 830 Series, Fixes BSOD Issue
This seems to be a month of SSD firmware updates. Less than two weeks ago, Crucial released a firmware update to fix the issue that caused BSODs after 5184...
24 by Kristian Vättö on 1/23/2012Samsung Launches Series 9 All-in-One PC
Samsung has released Series 9 All-in-One (or simply AIO), and more specifically the model that was released today carries a model number 900A7A. It adopts a similar design as...
15 by Kristian Vättö on 1/22/2012Samsung Galaxy Nexus & Ice Cream Sandwich Review
The evolution of Google’s Nexus line is an interesting one. Each year, Google chooses both a silicon partner and an OEM to make a unique hardware archetype which it...
187 by Brian Klug & Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/18/2012Hands on with Samsung's Line of New Notebooks
Samsung showed off a completely new line of notebooks at CES, and we've gotten to go hands on with all of them. In addition to the refreshed Series 9...
18 by Vivek Gowri on 1/14/2012