Samsung is yet to commercially launch a device running on Tizen OS but going by co-CEO, BK Yoon’s statement, we might see Tizen in other appliances like TVs as well. BK Yoon confirmed to a German site that Tizen will be used “on some of our smartphones just like on our TVs and on home […]
Archives for 2013
Samsung confirms 64-bit processor for future smartphones
Earlier this week, Apple announced their iPhone 5s smartphone with a 64-bit processor. Not to be outdone, Samsung’s co-CEO JK Shin also confirmed that 64-bit processor for its Galaxy line of smartphones is also underway. While Shin didn’t have an exact timeline, he promised that “next smartphones will have 64-bit processing functionality”. We assume 64-bit […]
Exynos 5 Octa-powered Meizu MX3 will get HMP support
Samsung maybe playing coy by not revealing which Exynos 5 Octa SoC will get the heterogeneous multi-processing (HMP) but Chinese smartphone manufacturer, Meizu has confirmed that its MX3 device will support HMP in the future. Meizu uses Samsung’s Exynos 5 Octa (5410) processor for its MX3 and in a forum post confirmed that the device […]
Dyson sues Samsung for its Vacuum Cleaner design
UK-based Dyson has filed a complaint against Samsung for its newly announced Motion Sync vacuum cleaner. Dyson claims Samsung’s latest cleaning product uses steering mechanism similar to the one Dyson patented in 2009. Announced at IFA, Samsung says the Motion Sync vacuum cleaner’s canister body swivels separately from the wheels that allows faster and better […]
New videos show off all eight-core use on Exynos 5 Octa (5420)
Samsung yesterday announced the support for Heterogeneous Multi-Processing (HMP) in the Exynos 5 Octa and ARM is quick enough to showcase big.LITTLE’s HMP support in the videos below. The three videos uploaded by ARM shows big.LITTLE’s true capability by running QuickOffice application, Angry Birds Rio game and GPU compute from ARM Mali with big.LITTLE. HMP […]