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 and software. Anything that a system needs to function that is not infinite is considered a system resource. System resources include: CPUs and GPU RAM […]

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 naming scheme used on the 800 series flagships like the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+. The Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 […]

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 and I shed light on them. This time, we’re going to look at a major part of the SoC. This is the part that we […]

Our Smartphones are wonderful devices that are capable of a lot of things. Now whilst this thought does not generally occur to a lot of people, some of you may have wondered, what are the parts of a smartphone? The truth is many of us normal users, have never seen our phones beyond it’s exterior […]

The Snapdragon 732G vs MediaTek Helio G95 argument has been raging around for a while now. This is obvious because they are both upper midrange SoCs targeted at the same markets. Qualcomm and their Snapdragon SoCs have always been giants in the midrange market. Mediatek are gradually coming back in after the disaster that was […]

UNISOC formerly known as Spreadtrum Communication Inc. is a Chinese semi-conductor company that is headquartered in Shanghai, China. They produce SoCs and modems for smartphones and other electronics. Spreadtrum was bought by Tsinghua Uni group in July 2013 for $1.78 billion. The Tsinghua Uni group then acquired another company known as RDA microelectronics for $907 […]

The much-awaited Redmi Note 10 series has finally been launched by the Chinese smartphone company, Xiaomi. The launch date was March 4th, 2021. The Redmi Note series is one of the most popular smartphone brands in the world. It is also one of the most anticipated by fans yearly. This is because, in line with […]

For a while now, the terms Screen on time and battery performance have been used together in the same sentence. This is usually when smartphone users talk about how long their phones can last on a single charge or how well their batteries perform. Manufacturers use it in adverts too to describe how long a […]

Screen On Time (SoT) has been around for a while now, but it has only just become really popular. It is amongst some of the several tech buzzwords you must have heard a lot recently. People use it as a bragging tool e.g. “I had an SoT of 10 hours”. It is also a point […]

In today’s post, we’re going to look at why Qualcomm opposes Nvidia’s takeover of ARM. As we all should know by now, ARM or Advanced RISC Machine is the company that has a monopoly on all Smartphone chipset design. All Smartphone SoC designs and instruction sets belongs to them. All inclusive, even Apple’s Bionic too. […]