Exynos
Majority of Galaxy S4s from initial batch will be powered by Snapdragon 600 CPU
Samsung during the Galaxy S4 announcement confirmed that the phone will be released in two variants – one powered by its own Exynos 5410 octa-core processor and another with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 600. Now according to Korean site ETNews, up to 70 percent of the Galaxy S4’s 10m production batch will be powered by Qualcomm’s chip [...]
Samsung Exynos 5 Octa to go into Mass Production in Q2 2013
This shouldn’t be a surprise since Samsung’s Galaxy S4 will be fitted with this chip but if you needed any official confirmation, Samsung has announced that its Exynos 5 Octa SoC will go into mass production from Q2, which could be as early as next month. Announced at CES earlier this year, Exynos 5 Octa [...]
Samsung announces Exynos 5 Octa for mobile devices
Samsung’s Dr. Stephen Woo took the centre stage today and unveiled the next-generation processor for mobile devices. It’s the Exynos 5 Octa, an 8-core processor targeted at high-end mobile phones and tablets. The processor is equipped with four Cortex-A7 cores and four Cortex-A15 cores and takes advantage of ARM’s big.LITTLE technology that uses the Cortex-A15 [...]
Samsung working on Exynos vulnerability fix
Samsung has confirmed that they’re working to fix the hardware flaw found on some Exynos-powered devices. In a statement given to Android Central, the company says they’re aware of the issue and are working to provide a fix “as quickly as possible.” Samsung also says the issue does not affect most users who install [...]
Kernel exploit puts Galaxy S III and other Exynos devices to risk
A new security hole on Exynos-powered devices has been discovered that can expose the phone to malicious apps. The exploit found by an XDA Developers forum member gives read and write access to physical memory, which can also be used to root the device without having to flash a kernel via Odin. Devices that [...]
Samsung Developing Cortex-A15-based Exynos 5440 Quad-core SoC
Samsung’s dual-core Exynos 5250 is the only SoC that is based on ARM’s Cortex-A15. Now some new information has surfaced on Samsung’s Kernel Git page that reveals a quad-core processor based on ARM Cortex-A15. Samsung has added a patch to support the new processor dubbed as Exynos 5440. The reference board is identified as [...]
Samsung To Detail big.LITTLE Processor In February
It’s no secret that Samsung was working on a chip utilizing ARM’s big.LITTLE technology but the first details regarding the chip is expected in February at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC). The only details confirmed till now are that the 28nm processor will be an 8-core one with the first quad Cortex-A15 cores [...]
Samsung Investigating Exynos Documentation Issue
Samsung devices enjoy a good developer support but the lack of documentation for Exynos chips have affected development efforts. Thankfully, Samsung is taking heed and recently confirmed on Twitter that they’re looking into the issue of documentation & source code for Exynos-based devices. Samsung hasn’t divulged as to what exactly they’ll be doing to [...]
Samsung details Exynos 5 Dual: 1.7GHz Cortex-A15 dual-core, WQXGA resolution, Mali-T604 GPU
Samsung announced the Exynos 5 Dual aka Exynos 5250 in November last year and now they’ve published a whitepaper detailing the upcoming SoC. It is the world’s first SoC to sport Cortex-A15 and have made some changes from the last time. For instance, the 32nm Exynos 5 Dual will now have two cores running [...]
Samsung announces Exynos 4 Quad
After months and months of rumors, Samsung has officially announced their first quad-core Exynos processor. The Exynos 4 Quad is built on 32nm HKMG process and is based on four Cortex A9 clocked at 1.4GHz. Compared to a 45nm dual-core Exynos, Samsung says the chip boasts double the processing power and consumes 20 percent [...]