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Of the several major changes coming with HBM4 memory, one of the most immediate is the sheer width of the memory interface. With the fourth-generation memory standard moving from an already wide 1024-bit interface to a ultra-wide 2048-bit interface, HBM4 memory stacks won't be business as usual; chip manufacturers are going to need to adopt more advanced packaging methods than are used today to accommodate the wider memory. As part of its European Technology Symposium 2024 presentation, TSMC offered some fresh details into the base dies it will be manufacturing for HBM4, which will be built using logic processes. With TSMC planning to employ variations of their N12 and N5 processes for this task, the company is expecting to occupy a favorable place in the...
Samsung Announces Galaxy S5: Initial Thoughts
Every year Samsung launches a new Galaxy S flagship smartphone, and as always, Samsung puts the best platform that can be bought in their devices. The Galaxy S5 is...
127 by Joshua Ho on 2/24/2014
Samsung Announces Tizen-based Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo Smartwatches
This morning Samsung dropped some news ahead of its Unpacked 5 event with the announcement of a refresh of its smart watch lineup, the Gear 2 and Gear 2...
9 by Brian Klug on 2/23/2014
Samsung SSD 840 EVO mSATA (120GB, 250GB, 500GB & 1TB) Review
Samsung is in a unique position in the SSD market. It’s the only company in the consumer SSD business with a fully vertically integrated business model and zero reliance...
65 by Kristian Vättö on 1/9/2014
Samsung SSD News: 1TB 840 EVO mSATA, RAPID for 840 Pro & eDrive for 840 EVO
Today has been a busy day for Samsung's SSD department with three releases/announcements. With three different topics, I've separated this article into three, so let's begin with the hardware. Samsung...
35 by Kristian Vättö on 12/9/2013
Samsung S27B971D Monitor Review
At the 2013 CES Samsung made a point to demonstrate the excellent accuracy of their monitors. They had an example of the automated calibration routine they go through at...
52 by Chris Heinonen on 10/31/2013
Samsung Galaxy Round, a Curved Note 3
Just recently, news broke that the Galaxy Round is being released for sale in Korea. While Samsung can claim that they are the first to create a commercially sold...
25 by Joshua Ho on 10/9/2013
Some Thoughts on Smartphone Region Locking
Recently, reports of Samsung region locking the Note 3 came out via Clove UK, which posted on its blog that the Note 3 would be completely unable to use...
60 by Joshua Ho on 10/7/2013
They're (Almost) All Dirty: The State of Cheating in Android Benchmarks
Thanks to AndreiF7's excellent work on discovering it, we kicked off our investigations into Samsung’s CPU/GPU optimizations around the international Galaxy S 4 in July and came away...
375 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug on 10/2/2013
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Review
I still remember the first time I held the original Galaxy Note. At that point in time it wasn’t really obvious just how critical larger-display smartphones were going to...
305 by Brian Klug on 10/1/2013
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Review
Ever since the arrival of the Nexus 10, it’s been hard recommending other, lower resolution 10-inch Android tablets. Although not the knock out success that the Nexus 7 became...
100 by Brian Klug & Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/1/2013
Samsung's S9110 Watchphone: What Came Before the Galaxy Gear
Last night I got a reminder from my friend Vlad that my Galaxy Gear headline wasn't technically accurate - the Gear wasn't Samsung's first wearable. I responded saying that...
12 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/5/2013
Samsung Introduces Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) with 2560x1600 Display
Alongside the Galaxy Note 3, Samsung also updated its 10.1-inch Galaxy Note with a 2014 Edition of the tablet. The changes to the 10.1-inch Galaxy Note mirror those of...
31 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/4/2013
Samsung's Galaxy Note 3: Snapdragon 800 in a Slimmer Galaxy Note
Samsung was among the first to discover the demand for very large smartphones and quickly addressed that market with its Galaxy Note lineup. The smartphone Notes combine a large...
60 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/4/2013
The Galaxy Gear Preview: Samsung's First Wearable
As the smartphone and tablet markets shift from high growth to the early stages of maturity, forward looking companies are looking at other adjacent markets for continued growth. Wearable...
80 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/4/2013
Samsung’s V-NAND: Hitting the Reset Button on NAND Scaling
SSD pricing has come down tremendously since Intel’s X25-M hit the scene in 2008. Back then we were talking about 80GB for around $600, while today Micron and Samsung...
44 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/21/2013
Samsung’s 3D Vertical NAND Set to Improve NAND Densities
Ars Technica has posted information on Samsung’s new 3D Vertical NAND technology, and it promises to boost densities for SSDs and other similar devices dramatically. Samsung announced last night...
33 by Jarred Walton on 8/6/2013
Update on GPU Optimizations in Galaxy S 4
Yesterday we posted our analysis of the Exynos 5 Octa's behavior in international versions of the Galaxy S 4 in certain benchmarks first discovered by Beyond3D user @Andreif7. Samsung...
38 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug on 7/31/2013
Looking at CPU/GPU Benchmark Optimizations in Galaxy S 4
Somehow both Anand and I ended up with international versions of Samsung’s Galaxy S 4, equipped with the first generation Exynos 5 Octa (5410) SoC. Anand bought an international...
112 by Brian Klug & Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/30/2013
Samsung SSD 840 EVO Review: 120GB, 250GB, 500GB, 750GB & 1TB Models Tested
I'm continually amazed by Samsung's rise to power in the SSD space. If you compare their market dominating products today to what we were reviewing from Samsung just a...
137 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/25/2013
Samsung Galaxy S 4 ZeroLemon 7500 mAh Extended Battery Review
One of the chief differentiators with the Samsung Galaxy S 4 versus other current flagship Android devices is the continued support for user-replaceable batteries. Although removable batteries are becoming...
75 by Brian Klug on 7/23/2013
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