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Samsung today has announced that they have developed an even faster generation of LPDDR5X memory that is set to top out at LPDDR5X-10700 speeds. The updated memory is slated to offer 25% better performance and 30% greater capacity compared to existing mobile DRAM devices from the company. The new chips also appear to be tangibly faster than Micron's LPDDR5X memory and SK hynix's LPDDR5T chips. Samsung's forthcoming LPDDR5X devices feature a data transfer rate of 10.7 GT/s as well as maximum capacity per stack of 32 GB. This allows Samsung's clients to equip their latest smartphones or laptops with 32 GB of low-power memory using just one DRAM package, which greatly simplifies their designs. Samsung says that 32 GB of memory will be particularly beneficial...
The Apple iPad - Anand's Analysis
For not actually shipping a product, there's a lot to take in based on today's iPad announcement. We wrestle with available information to figure out where this thing...
155 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/27/2010
NVIDIA Introduces dual Cortex A9 based Tegra 2
NVIDIA's new SoC has a pair of ARM Cortex A9s on a single die. If you thought the A8 was fast, this is going to blow your mind.
55 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/7/2010
XBMC & Broadcom Bring 1080p Decode Upgrade to ill-equipped netbooks, nettops, Apple TVs
Have $30? Thanks to the XBMC team and Broadcom you now have a way of upgrading your anemic netbook, nettop, AppleTV or Mac Mini to a HTPC capable...
54 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/29/2009
Epic Demonstrates Unreal Engine 3 for the iPod Touch/iPhone 3GS
Preparing for the ultra mobile future, Epic Games showed us an exclusive demo of Unreal Engine 3 running on a 3rd generation iPod touch.
54 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/22/2009
Anand's Thoughts on the Kindle 2 and Marvell Making Affordable eBook Readers
A couple of weeks ago Marvell announced its ARMADA line of custom ARM based SoCs. We have a little more detail on one of its members: the 166E...
52 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/3/2009
Understanding the iPhone 3GS
The iPhone 3GS improves performance by leaps and bounds over its predecessor. Today, we go through its architecture and understand how.
60 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/7/2009
Lab Update: The Pre, Nokia and Intel, SSDs and More
I provide some brief looks into what's going on in my lab this week and next.
37 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/24/2009
The Palm Pre Review
When I first met Apple's iPhone, I was very impressed. Meet the first smartphone to impress me since.
94 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/19/2009
iPhone 3GS Performance: A Significant Performance Bump
What's the first thing I did with my new iPhone 3GS? Benchmarked it.
75 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/19/2009
Gigabyte GM-M8000 Mouse - A GHOST Story
We take a look at the top gaming mouse from Gigabyte and realize it might indeed be a real GHOST when it comes to gameplay.
44 by Gary Key on 6/15/2009
The iPhone 3GS Hardware Exposed & Analyzed
Two days ago Apple announced the iPhone 3GS. Today we talk about the hardware that makes it the fastest iPhone (and possibly smartphone) ever.
67 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/10/2009
Jasper Is Here: A Look at the New Xbox 360
We've finally got a Jasper in house, meaning we've also got die measurements, power consumption and more hardware details than we should have to provide about a closed box...
84 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/10/2008
Jasper Found in the Wild: 65nm Xbox 360s are Appearing
After entirely too long, Jasper has finally been discovered in the wild.
22 by Michael Andrawes on 11/28/2008
The Jasper Hunt Continues: Still Looking for the 65nm Xbox 360
So far, there has yet to be a confirmed Jasper sighting, despite a lot of false information. I don't have a lot of new info myself, but I did...
17 by Michael Andrawes on 10/24/2008
Jasper Hunting 101: Waiting for the 65nm Xbox 360
On the verge of buying a new Xbox 360? The first models to include a 65nm GPU and CPU are on their way. Their arrival is imminent...
43 by Michael Andrawes on 10/6/2008
Apple's iPhone 3G Firmware 2.1 Update: More Battery Life?
I ran some quick tests on the latest iPhone firmware which claims to improve battery life. While talk times didn't improve, battery life while using data did go up.
23 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/30/2008
Anand Reviews the Apple iPhone 3G
It's time for round two of the iPhone. Apple managed to create and steal its own hype with the iPhone 3G. On the one hand we got...
57 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/16/2008
iPhone 3G Preview - Buying Today? Find out if you Should
We're hard at work on a full iPhone 3G review, but here are some of our initial impressions for those of you buying today. The big features are...
18 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/11/2008
iPhone 3G - First Battery Life Results
We just got the first battery life test results back, and as expected, they aren't good. The iPhone 3G lasts a bit over 3 hours in 3G mode...
34 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/11/2008
Anand's Home Theater PC - Part I: The First Builds
I've been building a theater now for several months, but more recently I've been focusing on building a HTPC to drive the whole thing. Follow me on my...
52 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/1/2008
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