News & Reviews:   mobile chipset

The hike in RAM costs caused a widespread increase in prices of many consumer electronics. This trend was expected to stay constant or even increase. However, DDR5 RAM prices dipped for the first time in months earlier this week, possibly due to the release of Google TurboQuant. The sudden shift in prices could be why chipmakers may slash chip shipments.

Qualcomm's latest chipset for mobile devices was announced earlier today, offering smartphone manufacturers a new option for the mid-range category. The Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 is a direct successor to last year's Snapdragon 7s Gen 3. Let's take a look at what's new or upgraded.

There was a time when Samsung would launch a new Galaxy S series, and fans would groan on hearing 'Exynos'. Despite Exynos lagging behind its competition for years, Samsung doesn't want to give up on it. In fact, Exynos chipsets might make a comeback next year.

Flagships phones are great, but not everyone can afford them. Mid-range devices could be better, as they can be powerful enough while being cheaper. In that sense, the upcoming mid-range Qualcomm chipset could just be what many people want.

Many of the things we do daily are at our fingertips. Catching up on the news, binging your favourite shows, mobile photography, gaming and more. If you are very serious about gaming and photography with your phone, the very first thing you need to keep an eye out for would be the chipset. For these reasons, here is why you should get a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2-powered smartphone.

MediaTek has unveiled its latest mid-tier mobile chipset, the Dimensity 1080 which offers better performance, efficiency and imaging capabilities compared to its predecessor the Dimensity 920. The chipset supports 5G connectivity too and will be powering devices as early as the end of 2022.

In the span of a few weeks, major chip companies all released their latest mobile chipsets. There's the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, MediaTek Dimensity 9000, and the most recent Exynos 2200. It's hard to say which chipset is the best, but new benchmarks could answer this question.

In the last week or so, we've seen some news about new MediaTek chipsets. The company already launched its flagship Dimensity 9000 last month, before confirming that a Dimensity 8000 would also come soon. Now, we also have sources suggesting which devices would be the first to feature the Dimensity 8000.

Back in July 2020, it was reported that Samsung would skip the 4nm chip manufacturing node. Sources suggest that Samsung's competitor, TSMC, would launch its first 3nm chip by 2H 2022, so Samsung decided to go straight to 3nm to get ahead of its competition. And it looks like the rumour is true!

Back in June, sources claimed that the Samsung Exynos 2200 outperformed the Apple A14 Bionic in GPU performance. The source provided no evidence to prove it, but now there's another benchmark to compare the two chipsets. But this time around, we have more details on the chipset.