Mobile Processors

MediaTek Announces The Helio P22, A New Premium Mid-Range SoC

Matt LarsonMobile ProcessorsMay 25, 2018 Tagged 12nm, ARM, ARMv8, Helio, Helio P, MediaTek

MediaTek has unveiled the Helio P22, the company’s latest premium mid-range smartphone SoC

Qualcomm Launches The Snapdragon 710, A New Premium Mid-Range SoC

David SchorMobile ProcessorsMay 25, 2018 Tagged 10LPE, 10nm, ARM, ARMv8, Kyro, Kyro 360, Qualcomm, Snapdragon, Snapdragon 700

Qualcomm has launched the first premium mid-range SoC from the new Snapdragon 700 series.

Intel Silently Launches Cannon Lake

David SchorMobile ProcessorsMay 15, 2018 Tagged 10nm, Cannon Lake, Intel, x86

Intel has silently launched the first 10nm-based Cannon Lake SKU.

Intel unleashes 8th Gen Core Coffee Lake lineup

David SchorDesktop Processors, Mobile ProcessorsApril 3, 2018 Tagged 14nm, Coffee Lake, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, Intel, x86, Xeon E

Intel unveils the full 8th Generation Core desktop and mobile microprocessors lineup based on their latest Coffee Lake microarchitecture.

Zhaoxin launches their highest-performance Chinese x86 chips

David SchorDesktop Processors, Mobile Processors, Server ProcessorsJanuary 21, 2018 Tagged 28nm, China, HLMC, KaisHeng, KaiXian, TSMC, VIA Technologies, x86, Zhaoxin

Zhaoxin has launched the highest-performance domestic Chinese x86 chips based on the WuDaoKou microarchitecture. Zhaoxin new chips are a brand new SoC design featuring higher performance cores, a new DDR4 memory controller and integrated graphics.

Intel launches 8th Gen Core with Radeon RX Vega Graphics

David SchorCES 2018, Mobile ProcessorsJanuary 7, 2018 Tagged 14nm, AMD, EMIB, GPU, HBM, Intel, Kaby Lake, Radeon, x86

At CES 2018 Intel announced the first series of the much anticipated Core i5 and i7 chips with Radeon graphics. Those parts incorporate a Kaby Lake microprocessor, a Vega M GPU, and 4 GiB of HBM2 cache.

Intel launches Gemini Lake

David SchorDesktop Processors, Mobile ProcessorsDecember 11, 2017 Tagged 14nm, Celeron, Gemini Lake, Goldmont Plus, Intel, Pentium, Pentium Silver, x86

Intel introduced their much anticipated low-power budget microprocessors codename Gemini Lake for budget embedded, mobile, and desktop devices based on the Goldmont Plus microarchitecture.

8th Gen Coffee Lake and 9th Gen Lineup

David SchorDesktop Processors, Mobile ProcessorsNovember 24, 2017 Tagged Coffee Lake, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, Ice Lake, Intel, x86, Xeon E

The rest of the Coffee Lake lineup as well as what appears to be Ice Lake lineup has been revealed by the AIDA64 changelog. The list includes a flagship mobile Core i9 processor and 9th generation Ice Lake SKUs.

Samsung quietly unveils their latest flagship processor: Exynos 9 Series 9810

David SchorMobile ProcessorsNovember 10, 2017 Tagged 10LPP, 10nm, ARM, Exynos, Samsung

Samsung has quietly unveiled its latest flagship processor, the Exynos 9 Series 9810, which will succeed the Exynos 9 Series 8895 found in the Galaxy S8, S8+, and the Note 8.

Intel to leverage EMIBs to create mobile processors with discrete AMD graphics

David SchorMobile ProcessorsNovember 7, 2017 Tagged 3D packaging, AMD, CPU, EMIB, GPU, HBM, Intel, TSV, x86

Intel has announced they will be introducing an 8th generation processor featuring a discrete AMD Radeon GPU along with HBM2. Using Intel’s new EMIB packaging interconnect technology, the single-chip solution provides higher performance while delivering a smaller form factor than comparable solutions.