Samsung unveiled the Exynos 5 Octa at the CES in January but has been playing coy on revealing intrinsic details. Today, Imagination Technologies confirmed that their PowerVR SGX IP will power Samsung octa-core SoC’s GPU. The Exynos 5410 will incorporate PowerVR SGX544MP core and according to AnandTech Samsung is using three cores running at 533MHz. […]
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Qualcomm CEO calls Exynos 5 Octa a publicity stunt
Samsung’s announcement of the eight-core Exynos 5 Octa SoC might have impressed many but Qualcomm’s CEO Paul Jacobs is certainly unexcited. At an event in China, the CEO claimed Exynos 5 Octa’s use of eight cores is nothing more than a publicity stunt and though it is good from a marketing standpoint, many cores make […]
Samsung shows the display future with YOUM Flexible Displays
Samsung has been showing flexible display prototypes for few years now but none of them comes close to today’s showcase during Dr. Stephen Woo’s keynote. Under its YOUM brand, Samsung showed off flexible displays running a game, Windows Phone 8 OS and few use cases that could be possible with flexible displays. Samsung was rumoured […]
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 brings SE-218CB External Disc Drive for Ultrabooks and Android Tablets
Samsung has announced an upgraded version of its previously available external optical disc drive. In comparison with Samsung’s entry-level DVD writer range, the SE-218CB is 18 percent thinner, 8 percent lighter and is equipped with features like Smart Power Technology that makes the drive consume low-power and even connect the drive to a tablet. Furthermore, […]