Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
News of the specs of the upcoming Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has been all over the internet. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is Qualcomm's latest flagship SoCs for…
Thermal throttling and Thermal runaway
Hi there, let's look at thermal throttling and thermal runaway. These are terms that are thrown around quite frequently. Now, let's start with the basics. Key terms Thermal is derived…
JLQ JR510 – A new budget SoC
In a market dominated by the sheer volume of both MediaTek and Qualcomm, it is always nice to see a new face. Enter the JLQ JR510. The JLQ JR510 is…
JLQ – New kid’s on the block
It was only a few months ago that the news broke out on tech media that the new Xiaomi Poco C40 was using an SoC called JLQ JR510. My instant…
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…
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…
Snapdragon 695 5G – A curious case
Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 695 5G late last year and it has mostly flown under the radar. At least till now. The Snapdragon 695 5G is a midrange SoC. Now…