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Microsoft Reportedly Moving Its Servers to Custom Chips

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) With the Apple M1 in the hands of consumers and Amazon currently working to shift its Azure servers from Nvidia’s processors to its own in-house chips, it’s clear that major tech industry players are keen to bring more and more of their production lines as close to home as possible…. Read more

Microsoft reportedly designing its own ARM-based chips for servers and Surface PCs

Microsoft is designing its own ARM-based processors for servers and possibly a future Surface device, according to Bloomberg News. The processors will be used in servers for Microsoft’s Azure cloud services and be based around ARM designs, according to the report. Microsoft is also reportedly “exploring” using another chip for some of its Surface devices,… Read more

Qualcomm shares official Snapdragon 888 benchmark results

After announcing its Snapdragon 888 on December 1 and fully detailing its specs a day later, Qualcomm has now revealed official benchmarking results for its latest flagship chipset. The tests were performed on a special Qualcomm reference device powered by the Snapdragon 888 alongside 12GB LPDDR5 RAM, 512GB UFS 3.0 storage and a 6.65-inch FHD… Read more

Samsung to announce Exynos 2100 on January 12

Samsung’s in-house chipset to power its Galaxy S21 flagships is the Exynos 2100 and we now learn it will launch on January 12 – two days ahead of the global announcement of the S21 phones. Samsung is using the Exynos is back hashtag to market its latest flagship in-house chipset. Based on the latest rumors… Read more

Qualcomm, released the first Snapdragon 888 5G benchmarks: performance at the top of the category

With 5-nm and Snapdragon 800 5G, Qualcomm can compete in arms equal with its direct competitors, unleashing very high results with the main test suites for Android. Here are the results of the first benchmarks by Nino Grasso published 18 December 2020 , at 15: 31 in the Telephony channel Qualcomm Snapdragon Qualcomm usually invites… Read more

Samsung Galaxy A72 5G – Everything you know about one of the most anticipated mid-range smartphones in 2021

There is new information on the network about the upcoming medium from the Samsung stable. I’m talking about the Galaxy A model 72 5G, the direct successor to Samsung Galaxy A 71 5G. We had the opportunity to test the predecessor in the variant without a 5G modem, which differed in several respects from the… Read more

Google and Qualcomm are working together to achieve four-version upgrade support for phones

Google has updated Project Treble, launched three years ago in partnership with Qualcomm Google and Qualcomm have embarked on a collaborative project aimed at extending software update support for phones to four major Android version updates and four years of security updates on selected Snapdragon system chips. The first new, longer upgrade support circuit is… Read more

Google and Qualcomm are working together for faster Android updates

Qualcomm and Google have announced they’ll be working to expand Project Treble, Google’s ambitious multiyear project that aims to simplify OS updates so it’s easier for device manufacturers to upgrade phones and tablets to new Android versions without worrying about Qualcomm’s chipset-specific software. The goal is to make it even easier for users to get… Read more

Xiaomi Redmi 9 Power – the premiere of an attractive budget smartphone with a capacious 6000 mAh battery

We all know that Xiaomi has been offering good smartphones with a nice specification at a very affordable price for quite a few years . Not only that, most of the models of this Chinese manufacturer are also distinguished by good working time on a single charge, and as an example let’s use the latest… Read more

Sony Xperia 5 II

Our Verdict A talented phone for music and movies, and well worth considering if you want a smaller or cheaper alternative to the Award-winning Xperia 1 II For Impressive Full HD video Impressive sound Smart design Against 4K video lacks detail Sony’s smartphone output seems somewhat erratic. The Xperia 5 II is the second Sony… Read more

Cooperation between Google and Qualcomm should enable updates for Android devices for a longer period of time

Google is currently working with chip manufacturer Qualcomm in order to be able to provide updates to Android smartphones for a longer period of time. Up to now, chip manufacturers often had to adapt their SoCs to be compatible with new Android versions or security updates. Changes in Google’s Project Treble should now bring a… Read more

One more year of updates – Qualcomm promises to support socs for longer

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Snapdragon 888 phones will be eligible for up to 3 Android OS updates

Google’s Project Treble has been around since 2017 with the aim of speeding up Android updates by modularizing the core Android OS framework from the OEM skin customization. Now, Google and Qualcomm are teaming up to help Snapdragon-powered phones get support for up to 4 Android OS versions (launch release + 3 OS updates) and… Read more

Android: Future Qualcomm SoCs could allow updates for longer

Google and chip manufacturer Qualcomm are working on improvements to the update process for Android devices. Thanks to changes to Project Treble, future Snapdragon SoCs should enable longer updates without adapting the chipset software. Google explains the new features in a blog Entry. Accordingly, chip manufacturers no longer have to constantly adapt their future SoCs… Read more

Android, updates up to four years after launch: the promise of Qualcomm and Google

Project Treble news will simplify the process update of various Android devices to the latest software versions. by Nino Grasso published 17 December 2020 , at 10: 21 in the Telephony channel Qualcomm Snapdragon Announced in 2017, Project Treble kicked off a modular redesign of Android’s low-level code that reduced the time it takes for… Read more