Huawei’s next mobile chipset is ready for our AI-powered future

A big part of Huawei’s multi-year push to improve its image has been improving the hardware it builds to go inside them, and its latest processor is more than up to the challenge. Unveiled today at IFA 2017, the Kirin 970 chipset goes beyond the initial machine learning implementation of previous designs and is ready […]

Qualcomm covers all the bases with a cellular “vehicle-to-everything” chipset

Enlarge (credit: Qualcomm) A few weeks ago, I wondered whether connected cars might end up using LTE modems for Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) communications rather than the 5.9GHz Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) protocol. Although the DSRC bandwidth was allocated in 1999 and the 802.11p spec outlined in 2002, the National Highway […]

Nokia unveils first chipset promising multi-terabit routing

Nokia today debuted its FP4 silicon, a new chipset six times faster than currently available processors. With the ability to move 2.4 terabits per second, the company says FP4 is the world’s first multi-terabit network processor silicon capable of delivering terabit IP flows. FP4 will be used to power the Nokia 7750 Service Router (SR)-s […]

Xiaomi introduces the Surge S1, its first in-house chipset

Days after it was reported Xiaomi would launch its own chipset, the China-based technology company introduced the Surge S1 chip that will go towards powering its Mi 5c smartphone. In doing so, it becomes one of the few manufacturers in the world to have its own smartphone chip, joining Apple, Samsung, and Huawei. “The ability to […]