Texas Instruments announces 1.8GHz multi-core processor for Windows 8

Microsoft made a lot of friends, didn't they? Well, another silicon manufacturer in the block that is also collaborating with the next version of Windows is Texas Instruments. If Qualcomm and nVidia are in the game, so does TI. Well, its natural. This would definitely mean more choices for the consumers which is all good, right? 

Windows 8 prototypes shown at Computex

When Windows 8 was first unveiled at the D9 Conference, a few devices were on stage when Microsoft's Windows and Windows Live Vice President Steven Sinofsky demoed the new OS. A few hours after that, across the globe in Taiwan, prototypes of different form factors that the OS would be running on where displayed and shown off to the crowd. These are all ARM-based prototypes with Microsoft's first hardware partners like Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, and nVidia all showed off their own devices (well chips inside the device, I believe).

LG Optimus 3D benchmarked against other dual-cores - leaves competition eating dust

Of all the announced dual-core smartphones today which do you think is ahead of the bunch? You know, the handset with the better performance. Someone was able to benchmark the LG Optimus 3D and the result? Well the title said it all.

Texas Instruments announced OMAP 5: multi-core chips up to 2GHz clockspeed

At MWC 2011 TI (Texas Instruments) showcased their next generation mobile processor, OMAP 5. The new chip will be sporting two ARM Cortex-A15 cores each capable of clocking to 2 GHz. The new chips offer 50%  more performance as to the Cortex-A9 architecture.  Aside from that TI's OMAP 5 will feature two Cortex-M4 for much better performance, better device responsiveness, and lower power consumption. 

"The platform can support up to four cameras operating at the same time, offer 3D playback, recording, and 2D upsampling to 3D at 1080p resolution, and control up to 8GB of RAM." - Endgadget

Source: Endgadget





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LG officially unveils the LG Optimus 3D at MWC 2011

At the Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona, Spain, LG have finally unveiled and is currently showcasing their latest smartphone offering that will truly blow the current smartphones available, even upcoming (Galaxy S II) handsets, today. The LG Optimus 3D is officially official as the world's first glasses-free 3D smartphone.