Samsung has hired Simon Beresford-Wylie as a Global Executive Advisor for its network business. For the uninitiated, Simon was the former president and CEO of Nokia Solutions and Networks (previously known as Nokia Siemens Networks) and is the CEO a non-profit organisation – Digital Mobile Spectrum Limited. Simon’s role will include “planning and executing the […]
Hardware
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 […]
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 […]
Exynos 5 Octa now supports heterogeneous multi-processing (HMP)? [Update: Confirmed]
UPDATE 2: We received the following statement from Samsung regarding implementation of HMP in individual Exynos 5 Octa chips. The optimization of the HMP solution for Exynos products is expected in 4Q of this year. The information regarding set product development is cannot disclosed at the moment. UPDATE: Samsung has confirmed that its Exynos 5 […]
Samsung hints at another Exynos ‘evolution’
UPDATE: Samsung has sent out another tweet with a new image. Check it out below. Couple of months back, Samsung took to Exynos’ official twitter account to confirm about an upcoming Exynos processor. Now they’re using the same medium to tease some new feature on the Exynos processor range. According to a tweet, Samsung’s Exynos […]