Intel has recently published a new set of updates for the Spectre vulnerability, but for the time being, only Skylake processors are getting them,
with the other chipsets to be patched shortly.
Those with other chipsets should be protected by macOS and OS X updates that were rolled out back in January.
Not exact matches
Aside from the tidal wave of leaks, reports from Blass, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, and
others have pointed to two phones
with curved OLED displays, the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
chipsets (in the US), a new voice assistant named Bixby, and 3.5 mm headphone jacks, among
other features.
Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf compared the dispute
with Apple over potentially billions of dollars in royalties on mobile
chipsets to earlier fights Qualcomm has had over the years
with other tech companies that were settled out of court.
Sure Sailfish 2.0 is more streamlined, and continues to support Android apps (though not using the Google Play store)... but the real news is the added support for Intel's Atom x3
chipset (giving a new push into licensing
with other OEM hardware).
Besides the Galaxy S and Galaxy S I9000B, we have tons of
other Galaxy models getting the new CM 11 M12 Snapshot builds like the Galaxy S I9100G
with TI - OMAP
chipset, for the LTE versions of Galaxy S4, Galaxy S3 US and Note 3, as well as for the Samsung Epic 4G, Galaxy S2 Epic Touch 4G, and the Captivate model.
A short review of the Galaxy Tab 8.9 will show that it is equipped
with an 8.9 - inch screen, a dual - core 1 GHz ARM Cortex - A9 processor
with an NVIDIA Tegra 2
chipset, a 6000mAh battery and a few
others.
Apart from the color, all
other features of the Samsung Galaxy S4 remain the same — the device sports 5 inch full HD 1080p AMOLED touchscreen
with Gorilla Glass 3 for added resistance to cracks and scratches; quad - core 1.9 GHz Krait CPU on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
chipset or a quad - core Cortex - A15 / Cortex - A7 on Samsung's Exynos
chipset.
However,
other rumors tipped a more fundamental redesign of the Slider,
with the possibility of a switch from the NVIDIA Tegra 2
chipset originally shown to Intel's new Oak Trail Atom Z670.
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With the displays already costing US$ 300, if the machine has an Intel Core i7 series processor and chipset, another US$ 230 will be added to the cost, and with other component costs — motherboard about US$ 50 - 60; 6 - cell battery about US$ 40; solid state drive (SSD) about US$ 110; chassis and internal parts about US$ 80; and Windows 8 about US$ 90, the total BOM is estimated to reach about US$ 900 excluding e shipments, retail channel distribution and marketing,» revealed sources to Digiti
With the displays already costing US$ 300, if the machine has an Intel Core i7 series processor and
chipset, another US$ 230 will be added to the cost, and
with other component costs — motherboard about US$ 50 - 60; 6 - cell battery about US$ 40; solid state drive (SSD) about US$ 110; chassis and internal parts about US$ 80; and Windows 8 about US$ 90, the total BOM is estimated to reach about US$ 900 excluding e shipments, retail channel distribution and marketing,» revealed sources to Digiti
with other component costs — motherboard about US$ 50 - 60; 6 - cell battery about US$ 40; solid state drive (SSD) about US$ 110; chassis and internal parts about US$ 80; and Windows 8 about US$ 90, the total BOM is estimated to reach about US$ 900 excluding e shipments, retail channel distribution and marketing,» revealed sources to Digitimes.
The 3.6 - inch multi-touch display mobile builds on from their
other Google mobile OS driven Liquid phones, only
with a higher - powered Qualcomm 7230 800 MHz
chipset than seen in previous models.
The BlackBerry DTEK60, on the
other hand, is more powerful though, running the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
chipset,
with 4 GB of RAM and a slightly better 21 - megapixel camera.
It's a 4 - inch device that runs the Microsoft Windows Phone operating system on a Qualcomm
chipset, competing head to head
with other low priced Windows devices such as the Nokia Lumia 530.
It's a 4 - inch device that runs the Microsoft Windows Phone operating system on a Qualcomm
chipset, competing head to head
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Other rumours hint at the new Nexus 10 having a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor instead of the Samsung Exynos
chipset, as it will be from a different manufacturer, and that it could even come
with Android 4.4 KitKat from the box, rather than the expected 4.3 Jelly Bean.
The next three models are 7 - inch and larger 8.9 inch Kindle HD versions
with a redesigned bodyshell and improved specifications such as 16GB / 32 GB of storage and the latest generation of TI OMAP processors which are claimed to be faster than equivalent Tegra 3
chipsets as well as improved Wi - Fi radio hardware that is claimed to be faster compared to
other tablets such as the Nexus 7 and iPad due to customized antenna hardware and
chipsets for maximum throughput.
While most
other flagship smartphones announced this year have featured dual - core processors to cope
with the ever - growing demands of large screens, HD video playback and power - guzzling graphics, RIM is sticking to a relatively modest
chipset for the Bold 9900.
Huawei's Nexus smartphone, on the
other hand, is expected to be a more expensive variant
with features like 5.7 - inch WQHD AMOLED display, Snapdragon 820
chipset, a 21 - megapixel rear camera, USB Type - C port, fingerprint scanner and a battery
with wireless charging capabilities.
The Apple iPad mini on the
other hand, comes
with Apple's latest 64 - bit A7
chipset and M7 motion coprocessor so again, there should be no lag when playing games, watching movies or whatever you decide to do on the tablet.
As for the
other features on the phone, let me begin by saying that the device packs in the dual core Snapdragon S4 Pro
chipset with the CPU running at 1.7 Ghz — a slight step up from the 1.5 Ghz CPU on the Z10.
Other specifications of the Smart A50s include a 3.5 - inch TFT LCD HVGA (320x480 pixels) display; 1.2 GHz dual - core MediaTek processor (unspecified
chipset); 256 MB of RAM; 2 - megapixel rear camera
with LED flash; a 0.3 - megapixel front - facing camera; 2 GB inbuilt storage (expandable up to 32 GB via microSD card), and a 1100mAh battery.
The Galaxy Tab S2, on the
other hand, comes
with either a Snapdragon 625 processor or an Exynos 5433
chipset, depending on the region the tablet is being bought from.
Concrete specifications for the device are scant, though we have been told in the past by a tipster that a variety of new
chipsets are being tested: «Snapdragon 83X chips,
others with Intel chips.»
It is also said that the device will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 830
chipset in the U.S. and Samsung's proprietary Exynos
chipset in
other markets, along
with an optical fingerprint scanner embedded in its display.
The camera software could do
with some polishing, the screen doesn't fill up the entire front of the device and you may be getting faster LTE on
other devices
with the same
chipset, but man.
Like most
other flagships we've seen this year, the Pixels use the high - end Snapdragon 835
chipset, paired
with 4 GB of RAM and the Adreno 540 GPU.
The new
chipset inside has six cores,
with four efficient ones doing the basic stuff and the
other two doing the heavy lifting, whether that's photo - editing, intensive multi-tasking or providing real - time camera effects.
And you can't trigger Amazon's AI
with a specific command; HTC told us the nature of the
chipset in the phone prevents anything
other than one wake phrase, which, in this case, remains «OK, Google.»
Conversely, phones built
with Qualcomm's latest
chipset aren't showing many advantages over the 835 in real - world use,
other than the 4K HDR video recording feature put to use in some 845 - equipped phones like the Sony Xperia XZ2.
Other items mentioned include a 12 - megapixel rear camera, a power - efficient Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
chipset paired
with a large 4,000 mAh battery and what looks to be 64 GB of total storage, minus OS and some light use.
We fixed an issue resulting in some Insiders using PCs
with certain older
chipsets seeing colored boxes in the place of text and various
other UI in UWPs apps.
Other than the display, everything else about the device appears to be quite average: 3.6 GB of RAM, which HTC will advertise as 4 GB; 52 GB of storage, which represents 64 GB minus the space taken up by the operating system and HTC's software; an octa - core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
chipset with an Adreno 540 GPU; 11 - megapixel rear facing camera and 7 - megapixel front - facing camera.
The Zenfone 2 ZE550KL, on the
other hand, has a 5.5 - inch HD IPS display and is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad - core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410
chipset along
with Adreno 306 GPU and 2 GB of RAM.
Its camera has no image stabilisation, and it's powered by a mid-range Kirin 659
chipset with 3 GB of RAM if you're in the UK, though a 4 GB variant is available in India and
other regions.
Add to that a next - generation Apple A series
chipset that will undoubtedly offer levels of performance that have never been seen before on any mobile device, and you've got a next - generation iPhone lineup
with power that is going to absolutely pummel the Note 9 and
other 2018 Android phones.
The Note 7 is packed
with an Exynos octo - core
chipset and 4 GB of RAM in the UK, making it every bit as capable as
other flagship phones out there.
The Sony Xperia XZ Premium sits at the top of the huge portfolio of Sony smartphones, pulling together advanced camera and display technology from
other aspects of Sony's business and pairing it all
with the top - of - the - line Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
chipset.
Instead of CPU handing complex AI tasks, the NPU is designed to accomplish these tasks much faster and
with less power than
other mobile
chipsets.
Coming on to the specifics, the MediaTek
chipset comes
with eight cores, while four of the A53 Cortex cores clocks at 1.8 GHz, the
other four clocks at 1.0 GHz.
Amazon has designed the kit to be «compatible
with leading
chipset solutions,» which basically means it's intended to be used products powered by a range of different CPUs and silicon (it lists ARM Cortex, Intel x86 and Raspberry Pi as selection options in the application form, along
with «
Other»).
A developer named B - S - G has been generous enough to work on modding the stock camera app of the pixel phones, enabling
other devices
with a Snapdragon 820,821 and 835
chipsets that house the Hexagon 680 ISP, to use the app.
With a proprietary
chipset, Leica - branded camera, and decidedly unique spin on Nougat, the phone absolutely plays by its own rules, and proves that Huawei can hold its own against
other premium phone makers.
While all the
others specs like a 5.15» display
with Full HD resolution, Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
chipset and dual 13 MP cameras have remained the same, the 4 GB RAM has been a shocking update.
The dual SIM Huawei Honor 3X pro on the
other hand houses 1.7 GHz MediaTek's MT6592
chipset with Mali 450 MP4 GPU.
Between its TrueDepth camera for enabling industry - first 3D facial recognition, its wicked - fast A11 Bionic
chipset that puts all
other handsets to shame and its versatile dual cameras that produce stunning shots, there's almost nothing to find fault
with in Apple's top - of - the - line flagship.
While on the
other hand, our experience
with Exynos 8890
chipset is pretty fine, no heating while using 4 - 5 apps on the background, while we expected some heat during the gameplay of 15 minutes duration.
Other sources suggest it'll come
with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 845 system - on - chip in some countries and the company's Exynos
chipset in
others, and that it'll have 4GB / 6 GB of RAM
with at least 64 GB of internal storage.
Other features of the phone include a mid-range Snapdragon 660 chipset, a dual - lens rear camera with 12MP and 5MP lenses, and a big 3,905 mAh battery, so other than its fingerprint tech it doesn't sound like a match for the latest flags
Other features of the phone include a mid-range Snapdragon 660
chipset, a dual - lens rear camera
with 12MP and 5MP lenses, and a big 3,905 mAh battery, so
other than its fingerprint tech it doesn't sound like a match for the latest flags
other than its fingerprint tech it doesn't sound like a match for the latest flagships.
Other predictions out include the split of
chipset supply between geographies
with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 appearing in Chinese, Japanese and US units and the house - built Exynos 8895 in Eurasian units.
Moving on to the
other hardware specs, the U Play continues that mid-range story, opting for a MediaTek Helio P10
chipset and 3 GB RAM,
with 32 GB storage.