Samsung announced the industry’s first 65nm-based SoC with channel decoder RF. The chip is specifically targeted at the Chinese market that will enable Chinese users to watch live TV, sports and weather forecasts right in their mobile devices. The S3C4F71 SoC features a zero-IF CMOS RF tuner, UHF, S-Band frequency range and China’s multimedia […]
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5MP SoC Image Sensor to evolve mobile photography
Samsung also announced a 5 megapixel System-on-Chip (SoC) image sensor at the Samsung Mobile Solutions Forum in Taiwan. The S5K4EA SoC has been created to bring the digital camera equivalent performance to high-end mobile phones. The SoC packs a CMOS Image Sensor and an image signal processor in a 1.4-micron (um) size. Its rich […]
Samsung shows 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 based Application Processor
Samsung showed off number of technologies at the 6th Samsung Mobile Solutions Forum in Taiwan and one of the interesting tech was the development of a 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 based Application Processor (AP). The S5PC110 AP targeted at small form-factor devices and S5PV210 AP targeted at portable devices like netbooks are based on 45nm […]
Samsung develops its first LTE modem for phones
Samsung announced that they have developed their first commercial Long Term Evolution (LTE) modem meant for mobile devices. The modem complies with the 8th release of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standard. Dubbed as Kalmia, the modem enables download speeds of up to 100Mbps and upload speed of 50Mbps, which is equivalent to […]
Samsung develops Hummingbird 1GHz CPU
Samsung and Intrinsity have jointly developed a fast CPU based on ARM’s Cortex A8 architecture meant for mobile products. Code-named as Hummingbird, the processor is based on Samsung’s 45nm, Low Power (LP) process that helps it to achieve a clock speed of 1GHz while consuming less power. Hummingbird’s high performance, low power consumption is […]