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Qualcomm to create 5G chips for mid-range devices

Chipmaker Qualcomm will expand use of its 5G chips into mid-priced phones, marking a shift from their being placed almost exclusively in top-end phones. The transition is expected to happen in 2020. The current 5G chips, which are expected to be faster than current 4G and LTE chips, have typically been outfitted from Qualcomm’s Snapdragon […]

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Microsoft teases ARM-based notebook battery life, operating functionality

microsoft has chosen to tease Apple with the prospect of running its notebooks for literally days at a time on a single battery charge thanks to ARM processors. Over at the Qualcomm 5G Summit in Hong Kong, Pete Bernard, Principal Group Program Manager for Connectivity Partners at Microsoft, stated that the battery life while using […]

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iFixit posts full iPhone 8 teardown

If you’re curious about the internal components of the iPhone 8, the cool humans at iFixit have already performed a full teardown and posted their findings to the Internet. The teardown revealed a True Tone Retina display, Qi wireless charging support, Touch ID Home button, and improved camera sensors. Other components include an A11 Bionic […]

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Intel, partners looking to manufacture 64-bit mobile processors

Never doubt the power of the mobile processor business. According to Forbes, at the ARM developers conference today, Intel partner Altera announced that the world’s largest semiconductor company will fabricate its ARM 64-bit chips starting next year. The announcement sent shockwaves through the technology industry as Intel is desperately trying to break ARM’s supremacy in […]