So 8-core mobile processors?

Samsung announced a monster, an 8-core mobile processor based on BIG.Little ARM. This set up runs two quad-core processors. The power house quad will be a 1.8GHz A15 and for smaller task there is the 1.2GHz A7 quad plus the die will be on a 28nm process.

Keep posted here for more information! 

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Qualcomm takes it to the next level!

Qualcomm announced four lines of mobile CPUs, the Snapdragon 800, 600, 400 and 200. The Snapdragon 400 and 200 are geared towards the low end of the market. The 600 and 800 are the real beast of the offering.

First lets take a look at the Snapdragon 600, the S4 pro of last year was touted as one of the most powerful processors of 2012, this gives you an idea of how to compare this year's generation. The Snapdragon takes all that power and increases it by 40%! 

Above the Snapdragon 600 is the 800. Let me pause to say, wow this takes mobile computing into a new generation of power at your mobile finger tips. This takes the performance to a 75% increase from last year! It can manage up to 2560 * 2048 resolution screens! Faster LTE! Up to 2.3 GHz processing speed! Come mid-year things are going to get so much better for the mobile space. 

Stay tuned! Color me EXCITED!

Nvidia Tegra 4!

Nvidia looks to set the pace for the processor performance wars with their introduction of Tegra 4. In years past handset makers have favored Nvidia offering because of it constant trend setting introductions. Tegra 3 dominated in the processor space during the first half of 2012, with the introduction of Tegra 4 there is no doubt in my mind this processor will be the one handset makers choose at least in the first half of the year. 

Diving into the processor! Four major components of Tegra 4: 5 core CPU, 72 core GPU, improved HDR photo production and a new adoption of 28nm size processing die. Tegra 4 maintains the same four core + 1 set up, having four high performance cores and one companion core for low power processing. One of the eye opening features of the Tegra 4 processor is the 72-core graphics unit. Side note: Games launching this year should just be absolutely STUNNING! The architecture has also now been shrunk down to 28nm with this shrinkage Tegra 4 should be much more power efficient than that of last year's Tegra 3. 

Drawback! Tegra 4 does not include integrated LTE, the world is marching forward, 4G/LTE is the future of cellular data. Having no integrated LTE leaves wide room for Nvidia's competitors to one up them on their current offering. This also presents the problem of less efficiency in the battery department. Hopefully Nvidia update this before the year is out.