What is RISC-V?
A while back, the internet suddenly went agog with news of RISC-V. If you don't know what that is, you're in the right place. So let's tackle this question, what…
ARM have announced new CPUs and GPUs (Cortex X3, A715, immortalis)
ARM have announced new CPUs and GPUs. These new CPUs and GPUs are an update to the existing ARMv9 lineup. ARM holdings are a semiconductor company that makes CPU designs…
What are System Resources?
What are system resources? In very simple terms, a system resource is any component of the phone/computer that is needed to carry out tasks. These components may include both hardware…
Why RAM Clockspeed and core counts can be misleading
In today's article, we're going to look at why RAM Clockspeed and core counts can be misleading. Konami listed RAM size, Clockspeed, and core counts as needed things for playing…
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 – A new midrange era begins
Qualcomm has announced a new refresh to its Snapdragon 700 series and the name of the new SoC is Snapdragon 7 Gen 1. This naming scheme draws from the new…
Apple Silicon custom cores
Apple's Silicon custom cores are a group of custom CPUs made by Apple. A custom CPU is usually a CPU that is made using in-house company designs as opposed to…
SoC Optimization
So what I want to look at is a teeny tiny thing called SoC optimization. Yes, SoC optimization. It's something that a lot of people tend to overlook. What is…
Exynos Mongoose Custom Cores
Samsung have been making SoCs for a long time now. 12 years to be exact. For most of that time, they have used ARM's IP cores, but for a brief…
What are Qualcomm’s Kryo CPU cores?
Every phone has an SoC. At the center of these SoCs are CPU cores. Today we are going to be tackling the question, what are Qualcomm's Kryo CPU cores? Generally…
Introduction to Smartphone SoCs 2 (CPU cores)
Hi, welcome to the second part of our series, Introduction to Smartphone SoCs 2 (CPU cores). So in our last talk, I listed all the major parts of an SoC…