NPU as Standard After GPU: How Phones and PCs Support AI Models?

NPU as Standard After GPU: How Phones and PCs Support AI Models?

2024 is destined to be an extraordinary year for the AI industry. Although we have just entered March, AI news has already repeatedly occupied the headlines. Last month, OpenAI released the text-generating video model Sora, whose realistic effects have directly cleared the market for entrepreneurs struggling in this niche. A few days later, Nvidia’s market … Read more

Qualcomm’s Wireless Triad: Snapdragon X70, Wi-Fi 7, M.2 5G Module

Qualcomm's Wireless Triad: Snapdragon X70, Wi-Fi 7, M.2 5G Module

Click on the top Computer Enthusiasts to follow us At MWC 2022, Qualcomm unveiled the new generation of “Wireless Triad”, consisting of the world’s only full-band, first AI-integrated 5G modem Snapdragon X70 with speeds up to 10Gbps; the world’s first Wi-Fi 7 FastConnect 7800 mobile connectivity system; and the Snapdragon M.2 5G module with internet … Read more

OPPO Reno Review: A Hidden Camera Experience

OPPO Reno Review: A Hidden Camera Experience

Click above to follow Computer Enthusiasts Following the Find, R, A, and K series, OPPO’s smartphone family welcomed a new member on April 10, 2019 – the Reno. This series features a brand new panoramic screen and a seamless body design. The Reno 10x Zoom version is equipped with 10x hybrid optical zoom technology, making … Read more

Three Major AI PC Disassemblies: Unveiling Core Technologies of 2024 Edge AI Era

Three Major AI PC Disassemblies: Unveiling Core Technologies of 2024 Edge AI Era

Artificial Intelligence (AI) functionality has become essential in various mobile devices. Especially in 2024, AI PCs are being launched into the market, which can even be referred to as the “Edge Device AI Era.” This time, we will review the main AI PCs and processors released in the second half of 2024. The semiconductor industry … Read more

The Black Technology Behind Connecting Two Wi-Fi Networks Simultaneously on Phones

The Black Technology Behind Connecting Two Wi-Fi Networks Simultaneously on Phones

When a phone fails to load a webpage or a game responds slowly, we often complain: “Why is it so laggy?” In general, the reasons for a phone lagging can be boiled down to two: either the phone’s performance is not high enough to handle the software or games currently running; or, the network quality … Read more

The Impact of AMRv9 on the Next Decade: A History of ARM Instruction Set Development

The Impact of AMRv9 on the Next Decade: A History of ARM Instruction Set Development

Click the above Computer Enthusiasts to follow us When it comes to ARM, everyone should be very familiar with it. It does not produce chips; it only provides an idea for chip design, including native core IP and the ARMv instruction set. Among them, the core IP includes the well-known Cortex-A78 and Cortex-X1. Chip manufacturers … Read more

Differences Between Mobile and Automotive SOC Chips

Differences Between Mobile and Automotive SOC Chips

01 Typical Classification of Chips Chips can typically be classified into four levels based on application scenarios: consumer grade, industrial grade, automotive grade, and military grade, with requirements in the order of military > automotive > industrial > consumer. Mobile chips belong to the consumer grade, while automotive chips belong to the automotive grade. The … Read more

Does Arm Architecture Cause Overheating in Android Phones?

Does Arm Architecture Cause Overheating in Android Phones?

Although every Android phone manufacturer has shouted “to surpass Apple” at their press conferences, compared to the iPhone, Android flagship models in the past two years have not only fallen behind in performance but also faced overheating issues. In 2021, how to suppress the heat and power consumption of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 chip became … Read more

Reviewing Snapdragon 820: Why Qualcomm Abandoned Self-Developed Mobile CPUs?

Reviewing Snapdragon 820: Why Qualcomm Abandoned Self-Developed Mobile CPUs?

The EE History Class series has not been opened for a long time. Recently, Chips and Cheese updated their tests on the Snapdragon 820: we had also planned to trace back the topic of Snapdragon 820 mobile chip articles two years ago, but we had to shelve it due to the lack of satisfactory materials. … Read more

An Overview of Smartphone Processors

An Overview of Smartphone Processors

It is said that there are only two types of smartphones in this world: iPhones and “other smartphones.” Among the “other smartphones,” there are the majority of Android devices, as well as the forgotten Windows Phones, Blackberries, and Symbian phones. As of September this year, statistics show that Android holds an 85% market share in … Read more