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It seems that the makers of Orange Pi SBCs want a slice of the gaming handheld market. Reputedly launching in the autumn, the Orange Pi gaming handheld will feature a 7-inch display, a familiar design and a choice of AMD Ryzen or Rockchip chipsets.

A new leak says the Exynos 2500/Dream Team chip will feature a 10-core CPU with 4 Cortex-X5, 2 Cortex-A730 and 4 Cortex-A520 cores in a 1+3+2+4 configuration.

A leak from Weibo says the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 scores 2,723 and 7,525 in Geekbench 6's single and multi-core tests. In AnTuTu V9, the AP allegedly scores 1,712,271 points.

More power and a colorful display make the Lenovo Tab P11 2022 (Gen 2) a good midrange tablet. Here we offer a summary of the advantages and problems we found in our test.

A new leak has shed light on the Google Tensor G3's alleged specifications. It feature nine CPU cores (1x Cortex-X3, 4x Cortex-A715, 4x Cortex-A510) and an Arm Mali G715-MP8 GPU. It will be manufactured on Samsung's 4LPP node and launch alongside the Pixel 8 series later this year.

The ASUS Tinker Board R2.0 is a budget single-board computer powered by ageing ARM Cortex-A17 CPU cores. The Tinker Board R2.0 is available with and without eMMC flash storage, but only 2 GB of RAM.

The Exynos 2400's Xclipse 920 scored 13,858 and 26,828 points in Geekbench's Vulkan and OpenCL benchmarks, respectively. It is based on AMD's RDNA2 architecture and can boost as high as 1.7 GHz.

The overhauled licensing business followed by the latest plans to produce proprietary reference chips are all part of Arm's efforts to increase profits and valuation for the upcoming IPO, not without raising serious concerns for the entire semiconductor industry.

Word on the grapevine currently seems to indicate the Galaxy S24 series will arrive next year with the Exynos 2400 in tow. Not much is known about the next-gen Samsung flagship SoC, but a leak now purports to throw light on the chipset's CPU performance.

Robo & Kala touted its eponymous tablet PC as the thinnest and lightest machine in its category on its launch via Kickstarter. That event has gone so well that the start-up is now able to sell the 2-in-1 via its own online shop. It also now sells accessories such as the device's magnetic keyboard and Smart Pen.

According to a new report, Microsoft is set to target the iPad Pro 11 and iPad Pro 12.9 with its 10th-generation Surface Pro tablets. Allegedly, Microsoft will offer 11-inch and 13-inch variants, which should match each other with 120 Hz displays and powerful processors. A Surface Go 4 with ARM and Intel processors is also planned.

A new leak says the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 could feature two Cortex-X4, four Cortex-A720 and two Cortex-A520 cores. This alternate configuration could be reserved for tablets/laptops that could use the extra performance.

The MediaTek Dimensity 9200+ has shown up on AnTuTu with a score of 1,338,597 points overall, putting it on par with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. A well-known leaker says MediaTek will launch the SoC sometime in May 2023.

Apple's new M3 chip may not debut at WWDC 2023 alongside a 13-inch MacBook Air. It hasn't entered mass production and is expected to do so some time by Q3 2023.

CrossCheck Samsung's Galaxy A54 launched in March 2023 as Samsung's main assault on the midrange, offering incredible all-round performance and bang for the buck. Google's upcoming Pixel 7a is expected to land in June of 2023 and bring Google's impressive software prowess to the Pixel 7 family.

Samsung will finally let users configure the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24+ with up to 12 GB RAM. Both phones will use a modified version of Samsung's M11 AMOLED panel. Domestic (South Korean) variants could even ship with an Exynos 2400 SoC.

The Dimensity 9200 looks to not be as much of a success as last year's Dimensity 9000 series. According to a new report. MediaTek already has its sights set on its next-gen flagship chipset, the Dimensity 9300, which is being built in collaboration with Vivo and is expected to rival the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.

The Indiedroid Nova is a new single-board computer, albeit one that is heavily based on the Pico Pi V2.0. The Indiedroid Nova features a Rockchip RK3588S SoC, up to 16 GB of RAM and upgradeable eMMC 5.1 flash storage, among other features.

Cool Pi has launched the Cool Pi CM5, a Rockchip RK3588 powered system-on-module. To be available with numerous memory options, the Cool Pi CM5 also supports an evaluation board with plenty of I/O.

Intel has announced it will team up with Arm to develop a plethora of chips for mobile SoCs, IoT, data centres, and government/aerospace applications.

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will make its grand debut in the last quarter of the year. Its predecessor, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, outperforms Apple's A16 Bionic in GPU tests, and it appears that could continue with the next-gen chipset, thanks to a reported 50% boost in GPU performance.

The M2 Mac Mini, the latest version of Apple's miniature desktop, is on sale at Amazon for up to US$110 off. With this discount, the base model falls to just under $500.

Ahead of its expected August debut at Unpacked, Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Tab S9 series has now made its first trip to Geekbench, with single-core and multi-core test results that edge out the Galaxy S23 Ultra.

New information about Oppo's first-ever smartphone AP has emerged online. It will feature an 8-core CPU, a 10-core GPU and a new NPU. The chip is expected to debut sometime in 2024.

A South Korean media report says Samsung plans to bring back Exynos chips in 2024. The ten-core Exynos 2400 will power some Galaxy S24 variants in South Korea.

Pine64's latest tablets, the PineTab2 and PineTab-V, will officially launch on April 11 starting at US$159. The PineTab2 is a fully-fledged Linux tablet running on a Rockchip RK3566 SoC, while the PineTab-V is a highly experimental early product that uses a RISC-V chip.

If you are looking a relatively affordable tablet in the €200 (US$217) range, it would be nice to have a product with some outstanding features, right? Well, this is not really the case with the Lenovo Tab M10 2022, as you'll see in this summary of our review.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 has surfaced again, this time courtesy of a Geekbench listing. Not only does the leaked listing confirm the chipset's codename, but also its CPU core arrangement, among other things.

Qualcomm's upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC might be the first to feature a 1 GHz Adreno 750 GPU according to rumors. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will also see a Cortex-X4 "Hunter" core with speeds up to 3.72 GHz and will use a 1+3+2+2 ARM CPU cluster. It remains to be seen if the higher clocked Adreno 750 would be exclusive to certain partners or be available for all.

A new leak says the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will sport 2 Nuvia Phoenix I cores and 6 Phoenix M cores, resulting in single and multi-core Geekbench scores of 2,070 and 9,100, respectively. The AP will be launched sometime in 2024.

TSMC made 587.6 billion new Taiwanese dollars (NTD, or ~US$19 billion) in revenue from the manufacture of its most cutting-edge consumer-grade 5 to 4 nanometer (nm) chips in 2022. Now, it is backed to make about 19% more from the same in 2023. Then again, older processes are still pulling their weight in helping the Taiwanese giant's business.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will feature four unique CPU clusters. There will be one high-performance Cortex-X core, two efficiency Cortex-A5xx cores, two performance Cortex-A7xx cores and an additional three Cortex-A7xx cores. Its Adreno GPU will supposedly be clocked at 750 MHz.

The Financial Times quotes industry insiders that report game changing moves from Arm scheduled for early 2024. With the IPO happening this year, Arm plans to increase profits by ditching the royalties charged per each SoC sold by chipmakers and instead charge the smartphone makers based on the value of each device.

Orange Pi has started selling an updated version of the Orange Pi 5 with Bluetooth 5.0 and WiFi 6 connectivity. The Orange Pi 5B also has a Rockchip RK3588S chipset, up to 16 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage, among other features.

The ThunderBERRY5 is a single-board computer that should serve as a powerful alternative to the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B. Equipped with a Qualcomm QCS610 chipset, the ThunderBERRY5 also has an RP2040 microcontroller, 4 GB of LPDDR4 RAM and a 40-pin header, among other features.

Issues with TSMC's 3 nm node may have forced Apple to adjust the A17 Bionic's performance targets. Initial rumours suggested the figure might be around 20%, but it is likely to be lower now.

Honor is bringing its foldable smartphone to Europe - and at a fair price. Nevertheless, it turns out that foldable smartphones still have to contend with certain limitations. Read on for a summary of our review findings.

MNT Research has brought its Pocket Reform compact laptop to the crowdfunding website Crowd Supply. Available from US$899, the MNT Pocket Reform has a 7-inch display, a 5-row keyboard, dedicated mouse buttons and a micro-optical trackball, among other features.

Banana Pi has presented yet another single-board computer (SBC), having recently announced the BPI-P2 Pro. This time, the company has showcased the BPI-R3 Mini, which has 5G antennas, a Nano SIM card slot and twin 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet ports for use as a router.