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  Broadcom to bring Ultra HD content into homes with its new ARM-based video decoder

  By Justin Rubio on January 10, 2013 06:48 pm + 7 comments

  At CES, Broadcom announced its new ARM-based Ultra HD video decoder, which will be able to handle 4K Continue reading…

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  Samsung announces 8-core Exynos 5 Octa mobile processor

  By Jeff Blagdon on January 9, 2013 12:31 pm + 220 comments

  For 2013, Samsung is announcing a new 8-core processor, but it's not quite what you'd think. It's Continue reading…

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  Qualcomm gets some competition as Broadcom enters mobile processor market

  By Dan Seifert on January 8, 2013 05:15 pm + 10 comments

  Broadcom, a manufacturer of baseband modules (the chips that let devices communicate with mobile Continue reading…

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  Intel unveils new 'Lexington' Z2420 mobile Atom for smartphones in developing nations

  By Ben Kersey on January 7, 2013 04:13 pm + 13 comments

  Intel has just announced its latest Atom chip, the Z2420. The company is looking to target Continue reading…

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  Nvidia unveils Tegra 4, 'world's fastest mobile processor'

  By Aaron Souppouris on January 6, 2013 11:56 pm + 261 comments

  Nvidia has just announced its next-generation Tegra 4 processor for smartphones, tablets, and Continue reading…

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  Nvidia's Tegra 4 leaks with 72-core graphics for your smartphone

  By Aaron Souppouris on December 18, 2012 08:23 am + 135 comments

  Chiphell has leaked specs of Nvidia's next-generation Tegra processor for smartphones and tablets. Continue reading…

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  Intel plans 10-watt Ivy Bridge processors for 2013, signaling longer battery life or thinner PCs

  By Sean Hollister on December 3, 2012 11:01 pm + 95 comments

  If you want to build or buy an ultrathin laptop with Intel inside, you've got a difficult choice. Continue reading…

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  Samsung reportedly raising iPhone and iPad processor prices by a fifth

  By Vlad Savov on November 12, 2012 05:07 am + 272 comments

  Samsung has made no secret of the fact that it provides a number of the key components inside Continue reading…

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  Apple reportedly mulling move away from Intel as the PC and tablet markets converge

  By Nathan Ingraham on November 5, 2012 05:15 pm + 376 comments

  Apple's last major desktop computing hardware shift came in 2005 when it announced it would start Continue reading…

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  ARM's 2014 processors will blow today's smartphone chips away, with 3x the performance or 1/4 the battery drain

  By Sean Hollister on October 30, 2012 12:54 pm + 100 comments

  We're just barely seeing the first powerful ARM Cortex-A15 processors in bleeding edge devices like Continue reading…