Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. Samsung CEO ...

Chip maker MediaTek already offers a range of solutions for smartphones, tablets, and… other devices. There are also a handful of Chromebooks powered by MediaTek’s MT8173 quad-core processor. Now it ...

When dual core processors were announced we knew it was only a matter of time before they'd be upstaged by quad-core chips. What we didn't expect was how soon after we started seeing devices with four ...

Samsung’s new octa-core processor is one of the company’s first chips based on ARMv8 architecture. The Samsung Exynos 7 Octa is a 64-bit chip that features 4 ARM Cortex-A57 CPU cores and 4 lower-power ...

Teclast announces the upcoming M50 Mini, an 8-inch mini tablet with an 8.7-inch IPS screen. This compact metal-bodied device weighs only 345g (125mm wide) and is powered by the UNISOC T606 octa-core ...

A few weeks ago I did some research about how Android apps take advantage of multi-core processors. Specifically, I looked to debunk the myth that Android apps only use one CPU core. My findings ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Up until now, Samsung's 'octa-core' Exynos 5 Octa system-on-a-chip (SoC) hasn't really contained an ...

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The company's technology, dubbed the Octa-Core 6592, will be the first true eight-core mobile processor to hit the market. CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a technology columnist who has covered ...

We have had multi-core processors in our PCs for over a decade, and today they are considered the norm. At first it was dual-core, then quad-core, and today companies like Intel and AMD offer high end ...