Posts Tagged ‘CPU’

Apple ‘Launched’ iPad 2.4

May 6th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

While The New iPad launched, it seems Apple also launched a totaly new iPad 2 16GB. During the presentation, Apple said it would remain selling the iPad 2 16GB model next to the New iPad. It didn’t say it had actually improved the iPad 2 hardware in the new 2.4 model.

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iPad 3 to run on an A6 CPU

February 1st, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | 1 Comment »

BGR has got its hands on a photo showing iBoot running on a prototype of an iPad 3. The feedback that iBoot is providing is pretty interesting. It displays that the iPad 3 is (as expected) running on Apple’s new A6 CPU. The new CPU should be a quad-core model giving Apple the power to improve the screen (probably go retina) and combat Asus’ newest Transformer.

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Cheap Dual-Core CPU’s from Qualcomm

December 12th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Qualcomm has introduced two new CPU’s for the production of cheap smartphones. The MSM8225 and MSM8625 both run on 1Ghz processors but have an Adreno 203-GPU which is less powerfull compared to the Adreno 205-GPU that is found in smartphones like the new Nokia Lumia 800 and the HTC Desire HD.

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MWC: Nvidia Joins the Quad Core Race

February 16th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Following yesterday’s announcements from Qualcomm, Nvidia has also announced it will be shipping quad core mobile CPU’s to vendors world-wide.

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Texas Instruments Announces the OMAP 5 CPU

February 9th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Texas Instruments has shown off a new mobile CPU called the OMAP 5. One of the key features of the OMAP 5 CPU is that it consumes 60% less energy compared to its predecessors.

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HTC and Nokia to Support Dualcore CPU’s

December 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

As phones become more advances, they become more like PC’s in our pockets. It is a rather old way of looking at things, but both Nokia and HTC prove it is still right as both start supporting dualcore CPU’s in their phones in 2011.

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RIM Announces Dualcore Support for BlackBerry

December 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

Research in Motion has announced that it will be releasing BlackBerry devices based on dualcore processors. Current models have single core CPU’s from Marvell.