Samsung’s subsidiary, Samsung Display will showcase two flexible displays at the CES next month. The first display panel will cater to smartphones that will have a display size of 5.5-inches and 1280×720 HD resolution whereas the second one will be a 55-incher for televisions. Samsung says the screens can be bent but they cannot […]
Hardware
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 To Bundle Assassin’s Creed III With 840 Pro SSD
Samsung’s known for promoting its latest range of SSD with a game. They did it with their 830 Series SSDs by giving away Batman and Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon games and the Korean manufacturer has announced to give away Assassin’s Creed III with purchase of select 840 Pro Series SSDs. Users purchasing the 128GB, […]