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 […]
Samsung Galaxy Note sales surpass 38 million units
Samsung introduced the first Galaxy Note in 2011 amidst some criticism due to its size. Fast forward to 2013, Samsung has sold over 38 million units, according to co-CEO JK Shin. Shin at a press conference at IFA confirmed that the cumulative sales of Galaxy Note and Galaxy Note II have surpassed 38 million units […]