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Samsung is announcing today that it has begun mass production of 12 GB and 16 GB LPDDR5X modules in the industry's thinnest package. Samsung's shrunken memory packages measure approximately 0.65 mm in thickness, making them 0.06 mm (~9%) thinner than standard LPDDR5X packages. The company expects the new DRAM devices to be used to make for thinner smartphones, or improve their performance by enabling better airflow inside. According to the company's press release, Samsung achieved this ultra-thin design by employing new packaging methods, such as optimized printed circuit boards (PCBs) and epoxy molding compound (EMC). Additionally, an optimized back-lapping process was used to further reduce the height of the packages. The newly developed DRAM packages are not only thinner by 9% compared to previous models...
LTE Broadcast (EMBMS) Shown Running on Verizon's Band 4 LTE on Qualcomm Hardware
Another demo I was impressed by at the Qualcomm booth was LTE Broadcast (EMBMS - Evolved Multimedia Broadcast / Multicast Service) demonstrated on a live test network showing an...
1 by Brian Klug on 1/11/2013
Qualcomm Demos Category 4 LTE (150 Mbps) running on Snapdragon 800 / MSM8974
At Qualcomm's booth among a number of other Snapdragon 800 (the newly-announced SoC formerly or also known as MSM8974) demos was one that caught my attention. Qualcomm setup a...
5 by Brian Klug on 1/11/2013
Verizon shows off Alcatel Lucent LightRadio-based LTE Small Cells - Deploying in 2H 2013
I dropped by Verizon's booth at CES 2013 and among all the consumer electronics and devices that we've pretty much already seen before saw one new thing — Alcatel...
4 by Brian Klug on 1/11/2013
Hands On with Samsung Galaxy S 2 Plus - Contains BCM28155 SoC
Earlier in the week Samsung announced the Galaxy S 2 Plus, a rather strange late-cycle update to the SGS2. The device is pretty much what you'd expect, and contains...
10 by Brian Klug on 1/11/2013
Broadcom Teases its first LTE-enabled Baseband with VoLTE Demo
I dropped by Broadcom during CES, and while we've already covered most of what they had to show off, one of the things which immediately caught my eye was...
2 by Brian Klug on 1/11/2013
Samsung Announces Exynos 5 Octa SoC - 4 Cortex A7s, 4 Cortex A15s
Earlier this morning Samsung announced a new eight core SoC and the spiritual successor to the Exynos 5250 "Exynos 5 Dual" called the Exynos 5 Octa (Exynos 5410?). This...
19 by Brian Klug on 1/9/2013
Hands On with the Huawei Ascend W1, Ascend D2, and Ascend Mate
There hasn't been much in the way of mobile handset news out of CES 2013 this year, save some announcements by Huawei this morning. I didn't get a chance...
5 by Brian Klug on 1/8/2013
LG bringing UltraHD, OLED and more Google TVs to your living room
LG President and CEO Wayne Park kicked off their CES press conference by reminding us that the brand’s presence in North America was launched a decade ago at CES...
5 by Jason Inofuentes on 1/7/2013
AT&T 2013 Developer Summit Keynote: Live Blog
While 2013 CES is going full tilt, AT&T also holds its developer event and keynote at the Palms, in almost the same place where we were last night for...
5 by Brian Klug on 1/7/2013
Audience Announces 3rd Generation Sound Processor - eS515
About a month ago, Audience flew me out to their office in California to talk about a number of things. First, they offered the chance to check out anecohic...
3 by Brian Klug on 1/7/2013
CES Gear - What's in Vivek's Bag
After seeing Brian’s post on the gear he brought to CES, I decided to write my own. Forewarning: his kit is far more intense than mine. After two years...
5 by Vivek Gowri on 1/7/2013
More NVIDIA Icera i500 Details - 28nm HP, Category 3 LTE At Launch, 4 Later
We've confirmed some more details about NVIDIA's newly-announced Icera i500 Soft Modem. First, the Icera i500 is built on TSMC's 28nm HP (High Performance) High-K Metal Gate process. NVIDIA's...
5 by Brian Klug on 1/7/2013
CES Gear - What's in Brian's Bag
A reader queried me on Twitter about what I brought to CES this year, specifically what bag I use to cart tons of mobile devices, cameras, and a notebook...
17 by Brian Klug on 1/6/2013
The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 13
We're back! In our first podcast of 2013 we go over some of the best products of 2012 and Haswell/ValleyView launch schedules. Brian talks about Field Test being removed...
16 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/6/2013
The State of Qualcomm's Modems - WTR1605 and MDM9x25
A little over a month ago, Qualcomm flew me out to San Diego to talk all about cellular modem, specifically their baseband lineup, testing, and later their RF and...
20 by Brian Klug on 1/4/2013
The ARM vs x86 Wars Have Begun: In-Depth Power Analysis of Atom, Krait & Cortex A15
Late last month, Intel dropped by my office with a power engineer for a rare demonstration of its competitive position versus NVIDIA's Tegra 3 when it came to power...
140 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/4/2013
Hands on with the Analogix SlimPort microUSB to HDMI and VGA adapters
In my Nexus 4 review, I noted that the device was the first shipping handset to include support for SlimPort via an Analogix ANX7808 SlimPort transmitter. When I wrote...
33 by Brian Klug on 12/5/2012
The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 12
Today's podcast covers two major topics: the rumored BGA-only version of Intel's Broadwell (2014/2015) CPU and Qualcomm's disclosures at its recent analyst day. The Broadwell BGA topic spawned a...
25 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/3/2012
The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 11
We're back! Brian and I recorded this one just after the holidays last week. Despite there not being a lot going on release wise, we had a bunch to...
27 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/29/2012
Nexus 4 Includes Support for LTE on Band 4 (AWS)
I noted in my review of the LG/Google Nexus 4 that the device included hardware necessary for LTE on at least some of its bands, namely bands 1 (2100...
50 by Brian Klug on 11/23/2012
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