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    Que pequeno monstrinho, 64 bits power.
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    Xiaomi wil be allowed to sell Qualcomm-based smartphones until Jan. 8

    The Delhi High Court has given Xiaomi a bit of a reprieve, allowing the Chinese mobile manufacturer the chance to sell its Qualcomm-based devices until Jan. 8. Xiaomi will have to turn over $1.60 for all devices sold, but will be able to allow consumers to purchase products until the deadline in three weeks. Qualcomm received patent licenses from Ericsson to use its patented technologies, an argument Xiaomi plans for 2015.



    Earlier, a single judge passed an order that stopped Xiaomi from importing and selling its smartphones to India - its biggest target market outside of China - and a legal fight seemed imminent.

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    Qualcomm testing new LTE on Snapdragon 810

    LTE Category 9 Carrier Aggregation testing on EE The Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 will end up in most of high-end phones next year and along with its eight 64-bit cores it has a quite powerful modem too. The new modem supports Category 9 Carrier Aggregation and peaks speeds of 410 Mbits over three 20MHz LTE carriers.
    Modems are quite unique devices and so far Qualcomm is the king of the market, especially when it comes to integration of top notch modems on powerful SoCs. It turns out that Huawei has the infrastructure to support the new LTE-A '4G+' network, which is a fancy name for LTE Category 9 Carrier Aggregation implemented in Snapdragon 810 modem.
    Category 9 Carrier Aggregation allows EE to aggregate 20MHz of 1800MHz spectrum with another 20MHz of 2.6GHz, and a third carrier of 15MHz of 2.6GHz.
    "Transitioning from Category 6 to Category 9 LTE-A connectivity will mean 1.5x faster peak download speeds, swift application response times, reliable connectivity and connections to the fastest networks." said Enrico Salvatori, senior vice president and president of Qualcomm Europe.
    We expect to see many phones based on the 20nm Snapdragon 810 SoC, including the latest phones from Samsung, HTC and LG as well as the other players. Many of these announcements will take place at the Mobile World Congress in early March 2015 and we expect to see the phones in retail later that month or in early April.
    Luckily there is some competition in the LTE space, especially thanks to MediaTek that has a nice eight core 64-bit processor with LTE Cat 4 support and we are sure that in 2015 MediaTek will introduce additional designs to put some pressure on Qualcomm, at least in the mainstream market. Mediatek already took huge chunks of the Chinese market and is expanding to other markets as we speak.
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    Settlement Approaches For China’s Antitrust Case Against Qualcomm

    The Chinese government announced on Friday that its antitrust investigation of Qualcomm Inc. will soon be settled. This news comes courtesy of an online statement from the country’s anti-monopoly regulator, The National Development and Reform Commission, which said that the investigation would be settled lawfully.

    The NDRC launched a probe of the US mobile chipmaker 13 months ago when the regulator said that Qualcomm was suspected of abusing and overcharging its market in wireless communication standards. In August, the NDRC said that Qualcomm expressed its willingness to correct the pricing issues. Then, in December, the regulator claimed that it possessed evidence of “substantial” price fixing.


    Image Credit: Qualcomm

    If found guilty by the regulator, the case could cost Qualcomm fines that might exceed $1 billion and also require concessions that would cut into its business of charging license fees on phone chipsets that use the company’s patent. Unfortunately, things might not be going too well for the company as Qualcomm executive chairman Paul Jacobs said that the company was having “difficult discussions” in order to find a “win-win” solution with the NDRC.

    Qualcomm is one of at least 30 foreign firms that are being scrutinized under China’s 2008 anti-monopoly law.

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    Snapdragon throttled to prevent firebreathing

    Where are my dragons? Mobile chipmaker Qualcomm is facing overheating and other technological problems with its latest mobile processor.

    The Snapdragon 810 was first seen in April 2014 and was designed as a 20-nanometer flagship mobile processor for high-performance smartphones. Its first outing was under the bonnet of its new flexible smartphone, the G Flex 2 at CES.
    On paper it appears brilliant. It has an octa-core processor with four ARM Cortex-A57 high-performance central processing units (CPUs) and four ARM Cortex-A53 low power-consumption units that support 64-bit commands for data processing.
    Its Adreno 430 graphic processing unit, which has a 30 percent increase in performance and consumes 20 percent less power than its Adreno 420 predecessor. It also supports the 4K displays.
    The only problem is that it overheats at certain voltages and performance degradation caused by memory controller problems have been reported, and its clock rate, an index representing a processor's performance, was estimated to be lower than its predecessor, the Snapdragon 805.
    According to the Korean Times to prevent the chip catching fire, the designers have throttled the bejeesus out of it to a point where it limits the graphic processing performance when it overheats.
    The Snapdragon 810's Adreno 430 graphic processing unit and the 64-bit command support also needs more optimisation as currently they are known to be incompatible with the G Flex 2.
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    Começa a ser difícil aumentar a performance com o limite de TDP e em tão pouco espaço

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    Potential Snapdragon 810 Delays Means New Opportunities For Qualcomm's Competitors (Updated)


    According to South Korean sources, Qualcomm is facing overheating and technical issues with its Snapdragon 810 processor that cause it to throttle its GPU performance. The issue seems to appear when the chip goes from using the low-power Cortex A53 cluster to using the "high-performance" Cortex A57 cluster.
    This happens despite the Cortex A57 having a lower clock speed than Qualcomm's current high-end chips such as the Snapdragon 805 have. However, ARM's own CPU cores are usually higher performance at the same clock speed as Qualcomm's Krait chips, so this shouldn't be an issue, unless Qualcomm is trying to reach a clock speed that's higher than what's recommended for a Cortex A57 CPU built on TSMC's 20 nm process.
    This overheating and throttling issue could lead to a delay by a whole quarter for the chip, compared to the initial timeline for shipping. However, Qualcomm maintains that the chip will be available in the first part of the year.
    "Qualcomm doesn't comment on rumors or speculation. We expect Snapdragon 810 devices to be commercially available in 1H 2015," a Qualcomm representative told Tom's Hardware.
    Qualcomm has said before that the Snapdragon 810 will ship in the first half of this year, but even if that remains technically true, we may not see the Snapdragon 810 chip shipping in massive volume until at least mid-2015.
    If the rumor is indeed true, then it could affect at least some of the device makers that intended to use the Snapdragon 810. For example, if HTC intended to release its HTC "Hima" with the Snapdragon 810 a couple of months before Samsung releases its Galaxy S6 to take advantage of that window, as was rumored earlier, then that whole plan could now fail.
    HTC will be forced to launch the Hima at the same time as the Galaxy S6. The problem is that because the company planned to launch the device earlier, it's possible other components are less technologically advanced than the ones in the Galaxy S6. This could negatively affect the device from a marketing point of view.
    It could also choose to go with a Snapdragon 805, but that won't offer the Hima a major advantage over what's already on the market. Once the Snapdragon 810-powered devices start hitting the market, the Hima might not find itself in a very competitive position, leaving HTC open until it releases another major flagship.
    The delay could also be a problem for Qualcomm itself, if instead of waiting or going for the Snapdragon 805, its customers start switching to Tegra X1 or Samsung's Exynos 7 Octa. Samsung hasn't made any mentions about whether it intends to sell its flagship ARMv8 chip to other companies, but it could at the very least use it much more for its own products, instead of relying on Qualcomm as it has done so much before.
    Samsung's move could also hurt TSMC's 20 nm supply this year and help its own foundry business. J.P. Morgan analysts believe Samsung could sell as many as 90 percent of its Galaxy S6 models with Exynos 7 Octa inside.
    “We believe SEC is highly likely to adopt its in-house AP (Exynos) and modem for >90% of its Galaxy S6 model (launching in February), a big departure from previous years, when it used Snapdragon for >70% of the volume (see our recent report on the Samsung supply chain). This would be negative for TSMC in 2Q15 and would hurt 20nm utilization somewhat in 2Q15, in our view."
    The delay could be an opportunity for MediaTek to rise as a supplier for high-end flagships, as well. MediaTek has been mostly a supplier of low-end and mid-range chips so far, mainly because it was a relatively new chip company, and big companies like Samsung tended to trust a company like Qualcomm more for its highest-end devices.
    KTB Investment and Securities Analyst Jin Sung-hye said, "Qualcomm's clients, China's Xiaomi, for instance, may look for other options from companies like MediaTek if the Snapdragon 810 processor actually turns out to have problems that are unfixed. This may cause certain changes in the global market structure."
    After a three-year generation of custom Krait cores, Qualcomm has opted to move its next-gen ARMv8 SoCs to ARM's own stock core designs such as Cortex A57 and A53, much like the rest of the industry. Samsung, Nvidia and MediaTek all have very similar chips now, at least in terms of CPUs. This also makes it easier for device makers to transition to a competitor, which is not necessarily a bad thing for consumers.

    Qualcomm hasn't announced whether it has plans for a custom CPU micro-architecture, but if it's already working on one, we won't be seeing it for at least another year, or possibly two. The company will likely try to stick with ARM's cores for this whole first generation of ARMv8 processors.

    Update [23:15 1/7/2015]: We had an opportunity to speak with Tim Leland, Qualcomm VP of product management, about these rumors regarding Snapdragon 810's performance. According to him, while there are always engineering challenges to overcome when bringing new technology to market, there aren't any significant technical issues that will cause a delay. With the G Flex 2 slated to ship at the end of January, we'll find out very soon if there is indeed any basis to these rumors.
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    Over $3.3 trillion was generated by the mobile industry in 2014

    We constantly hear of the mountains of money that mobile giants like Apple, Samsung, Qualcomm and more make, but what about the industry itself? According to a new report commissioned by Qualcomm from The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), we are getting a handle on just how much money the industry is generating.


    In 2014 alone, the mobile industry generated a gigantic $3.3 trillion, with six of the 25 most valuable companies in the world - Alibaba, Apple, China Mobile, Facebook, Google and Verizon - earn revenue directly from mobile technology. But it's not just the big tech giants that are enjoying these returns, as mobile technology has created 11 million jobs in six countries that BCG studied. These countries are Brazil, China, Germany, India, South Korea and the United States.

    The report also found that investments into infrastructure and technology hit $1.8 trillion between 2009 and 2013, and those who are involved in the mobile industry will continue to spend heavily into research and development, especially in areas like the titanic shift between 4G and 5G that is coming in the next few years. It's expected that companies will spend around $4 billion in R&D over the next five years alone.

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    14nm On Smartphones This Year? Qualcomm’s Roadmap For 2015 Leaks With SIX New Chips


    As we get into 2015, one of the world’s leading SoC manufacturers, Qualcomm seems to be in troubled waters as it may. The company’s top of the line Snapdragon 810 has been facing numerous, reported delays that are also reported to be behind the delayed launches of several flagship Android smartphones this year. But these delays haven’t stopped the manufacturer from thinking into the future it seems. Today, courtesy of @leaksfly, Qualcomm’s entire SoC roadmap for 2015 seems to have been leaked, and it looks to have some very impressive products under the hood. Looks like the SoC giant has 6 new chips for us this year, and they’re more impressive then what we’d thought of previously.

    Qualcomm’s 2015 SoC Roadmap Leaks – 14nm T82 Octa-Core Snapdragon 820 Under The Works


    The jewel in today’s leak’s crown is undoubtedly the Snapdragon 820 with eight , which will be the successor of the delay wrought Snapdragon 810. The defining feature of the Snapdragon 820 is Qualcomm’s seeming transition to 14nm FinFet for its upcoming top chip. If true, this introduction would once again solidify Qualcomm’s lead in the mobile SoC world, given that no other manufacturer is currently manufacturing their components on Samsung’s and Global Foundries’ FinFet process.
    For comparison sake, Apple’s A8 and Samsung’s Exynos 7 Octa both use 20nm for their processes. 14nm will also see the Snapdragon 820 feature massive power efficiency and much improved application performance. The Snapdragon 820 will also come featuring an all new Adreno 530 GPU, support for LPDDR4 and LTE-A Cat 10 Modem.


    However the Snapdragon 820 won’t be the only SoC the company is expected to introduce this year. Alongside the 820 is also the Snapdragon 815, that comes with four TS1 and four TS1i cores, in big.LITTLE configuration, similar to the one found on the Snapdragon 810. The GPU on the Snapdragon 815 will be the Adreno 450 and support for both LPDDR4 and Cat.10 LTE A will also be included.
    In addition, it also looks like 2015 is the year of the octa core for Qualcomm, with three more octa-core chips under the works. These, as can be seen above are the Snadragon 616, 625 and 629. These, coupled with the Snapdragon 620 will most likely be mid-ranger chipsets and will be coming with the less powerful Adreno 408 and 418 GPUs.
    An interesting development when it comes to the Snapdragon 620 however is the presence of Qualcomm’s own Taipan architecture with clock speeds ranging between 2.0 – 2.5 GHz. Other specification for the SoCs include MDM9X45 LTE. A Cat. 10 modems for the Snapdragon 620, 625 and the 629.
    Surprised? Given the state of things in the mobile SoC world, with Apple’s introduction of the A8 and the A8X last year and Nvidia’s followup with the Tegra X1 this January, it should come as know surprise that Qualcomm is hard at work to keep its position in the mobile chipset market. Nevertheless, while the leak does provide some very interesting and impressive products, it should be taken as a leak until more details surface. For now, we’ll just hope that Qualcomm gets over the production hurdles its facing with the Snapdragon 810 and we finally get to see it in this year’s flagships. Cheers.
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    Se começarem com os 14nm para dispositivos moveis perto do final deste ano, significa que só vamos ter GPUs a 14nm em 2016....
    Hummm....mais um ano presos aos 28nm?
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    Muito provavelmente sim, se pensarmos em tudo o que tem vindo a publico sobre os processos de fabrico e os problemas inerentes, deveremos ter mais um ano pela frente a 28nm ou na melhor das hipoteses 20nm, a não ser que a GF surpreenda com os seus 14nm ainda este ano.
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    Samsung Galaxy S6 won't use Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 as it 'overheats'

    After years upon years and millions upon millions of devices sold with Qualcomm processors inside, Samsung is rumored to be dropping the Snapdragon 810 processor from its upcoming Galaxy S6. The reason? Bloomberg is reporting that the South Korean giant isn't happy with overheating issues in its new Galaxy S6 handset.


    The new report from Bloomberg says that Samsung would be "dropping its use of a Qualcomm Inc. chip that overheated during the Korean company's testing". The chip that Bloomberg is referring to is the Snapdragon 810, which has been used in many devices so far, and even upcoming devices like the new LG G Flex 2 smartphone, and it should be baked into the upcoming HTC One M9 smartphone.

    Bloomberg says that the "new Galaxy S will be equipped with Samsung's most advanced chips" which would mean we could expect Samsung to provide its own Exynos range of processors inside of the Galaxy S6. We normally see Samsung use its Exynos range in some of its smartphones, usually splitting the load with Qualcomm processors depending on the market. But a full head first dive into only using Exynos processors for its upcoming flagship smartphone would be a big shift for the company.

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    Qualcomm's 14nm "Taipan" Core: What We Can Expect From The Krait Successor

    Qualcomm's 2015 roadmap has apparently leaked, and it includes information we've never seen before, such as the existence of a "TS2" core that could be Qualcomm's next-generation custom core and the successor to the "Krait" architecture. The leak also points out that Qualcomm will be using Samsung/GF's 14nm FinFET process this year, although only for its high-end Snapdragon 820 SoC.Qualcomm launched the Krait custom core back in the spring of 2012, so the new TS2 core, likely based on the "Taipan" architecture, would arrive three and a half years later. That is almost twice as much as one of ARM's, or even Apple's, two-year long generations. Being in a dominant position in the mobile chip market has allowed Qualcomm to squeeze as much time out of the Krait core as possible before it becomes obsolete.
    In late 2013, Apple launched the "first mobile 64-bit core," surprising almost everyone -- including Qualcomm, which didn't expect chips based on ARM's new ARMv8 instruction set to come out until at least late 2014, if not later.
    There have been hints that Qualcomm was not prepared for Apple to launch a 64-bit chip. This could have forced Qualcomm to make two decisions: 1) to come out with a "64-bit chip" as soon as humanly possible (how we got the Cortex A57-based Snapdragon 810) and 2) to finish, and possibly overhaul its Krait successor, based on what the company then knew about Apple's 64-bit core.
    The fact that Qualcomm's Snapdragon 410 would be based on Cortex A53 didn't surprise many when it was announced. Qualcomm has already been using Cortex A7 (the predecessor to Cortex A53) in the Snapdragon 400 as a way to cut costs and compete against the likes of Mediatek and other Chinese SoC makers.
    Cost is a bigger factor at the lower levels of the mobile market than differentiation (although that matters as well). However, at the high-end, differentiation is critical, as consumers there tend to be more tech-savvy about comparing the chips being put into their smartphones.
    The lack of differentiation (at least on the CPU side) in the Snapdragon 810 did surprise many. Qualcomm hasn't used an ARM stock core since the whole touchscreen smartphone market started taking off. Even in the early days it had the custom Scorpion core, predating Krait.
    This information, coupled with the new leak that shows Qualcomm is going to replace Cortex A57 at the high-end not even half a year later, seems to prove that Qualcomm did indeed try to get a 64-bit chip out of the door as soon as possible.
    As for Qualcomm's second decision, to overhaul its Krait successor, things are not as clear. If the company didn't overhaul it, then Qualcomm has a rather long (three and a half year) mobile architecture design cycle, compared to its competition.
    If Qualcomm overhauled the Taipan design after the company saw Apple's Cyclone core, then it probably didn't change all that much. Instead of going with wide two-core CPUs as Apple did, Qualcomm has chosen to go with an eight-core design, much like with the big.LITTLE-based Snapdragon 810. In Snapdragon 810's case, four of those cores are low-end and four are high-end. The Snapdragon 820 seems to have eight equally high-end cores.
    However, those cores are likely not as wide as Apple's Cyclone or Nvidia's Denver cores. The "Taipan" core may very well be mostly a natural evolution of the Krait core that's both higher-performance and more efficient.
    ARM has said that big.LITTLE is a better CPU design because it puts some low-power cores in charge of low-end tasks, and some high-performance cores in charge of complex tasks. It will be interesting to see what kind of case Qualcomm will make for having eight very similar cores, being in charge of all tasks, from the simplest to the most complex.

    Are they actually being utilized by the Android operating system most of the time, or just very rarely? If only rarely, then what are those types of applications or situations that need the full eight cores? Are they important enough to require the extra cost of four or six more cores? How much better is having eight cores than two or four wider cores, even for those special applications?
    These are all questions Qualcomm should be answering when it launches the new "Taipan" core.
    Not unexpected, but still good to see, is the fact that the Snapdragon 820, Qualcomm's flagship chip for fall 2015, will be built on 14nm FinFET, similarly to Samsung's own Exynos chips and Apple's A9 chip. Qualcomm has been late to the 20nm party. The 20nm Snapdragon 810 is still not out yet, while Samsung's Exynos 5430, Exynos 5433, Exynos 7 Octa and Apple's A8 have been on 20nm since the second half of last year.
    One of Qualcomm's key success factors in 2012, when it launched Krait, was the adoption of the cutting edge (at the time) 28nm process node. Even if it's more expensive than using a slightly older node, adopting the most cutting edge process seems to almost always pay off. Both the OEM customers and the end-users of the devices want the absolute best at the high-end and are willing to pay extra to get it.
    Nvidia, on the other hand, has almost always gotten this strategy wrong. It usually prefers to go with cheaper but older process nodes, making Qualcomm's Snapdragon an easy choice for most OEMs and consumers.
    Qualcomm will also have a few more SoCs ready by the end of the year, including the Snapdragon 616, a higher-clocked Cortex A53-based successor to the Snapdragon 615; the Snapdragon 620, a Taipan-based successor to the Snapdragon 610; and two more octa-core chips built on 20nm, the Snapdragon 625 and 629. Qualcomm will also release a more direct successor to the Snapdragon 810 called the Snapdragon 815, which will be based on the same big.LITTLE design as the 810.
    Although this is supposedly Qualcomm's roadmap for 2015, it's possible that some of these chips won't make it to market this year. The one with the highest chance for that happening is actually the hero SoC here, the Snapdragon 820. Its launch will likely depend on how soon or late the Snapdragon 810 arrives on the market.
    At the same time, Qualcomm will probably want to avoid missing out on the Galaxy Note 5 after presumably already being left out of 90 percent of Galaxy S6 devices. In that case, the company will probably want to show its customers the best chip it can make at the time.
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    LG says Snapdragon 810 doesn’t overheat



    Unless you give it to Samsung

    LG has dismissed reports claiming that Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 810 flagship SoC is suffering from overheating issues.


    The rumours started a while ago and yesterday Bloomberg reported Samsung decided to ditch the 810 and use its own SoCs in the Galaxy S6.
    However, LG vice president for mobile product planning Woo Ram-chan told reporters at a G Flex 2 press event that the chip is not a lemon.
    "I am very much aware of the various concerns in the market about the (Snapdragon) 810, but the chip's performance is quite satisfactory," said Ram-chan.
    According to Reuters, Ram-chan said internal tests for the new Flex 2 handset showed that the chip actually emitted less heat than chips used in existing devices.
    He added that the does not understand why there “is an issue over heat.”
    Something is very wrong with the world when Bloomberg starts spreading more FUD than Fudzilla.
    Noticia:
    http://www.fudzilla.com/news/process...esn-t-overheat
    http://www.portugal-tech.pt/image.php?type=sigpic&userid=566&dateline=1384876765

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    LG Says Snapdragon 810 Doesn't Overheat In The G Flex 2

    After many rumors that the Snapdragon 810 chip overheats, along with a recent report from Bloomberg saying that Samsung is dropping the Snapdragon 810 in the Galaxy S6, LG reacted and said the Snapdragon 810 inside of its G Flex 2 works well:
    "I am very much aware of the various concerns in the market about the (Snapdragon) 810, but the chip's performance is quite satisfactory," Woo Ram-chan, LG vice president for mobile product planning, told reporters at a press event for the G Flex 2 smartphone.
    LG's Woo further said that the new G Flex 2 device even emits less heat than other similar devices:
    "I don't understand why there is a issue over heat," he said.
    In a previous article, we discussed that even if there was only a small issue with the Snapdragon 810, the Galaxy S6 launch is too important for Samsung to risk negative reactions from its customers in case something goes wrong. It's also a big opportunity for Samsung to show that it can fully rely on its own Exynos chips, at least at the high end of the market.
    Because Qualcomm chose to go with a Cortex A53/Cortex A57 big.LITTLE CPU, just like Samsung's Exynos 7 Octa, there should be a much smaller difference between the performance profiles of the two chips. This makes it easier for Samsung to replace the Snapdragon 810 with its own chip.
    Although Samsung may have its own reasons to make the Snapdragon 810 issue bigger than it really is, LG also has its own reasons to downplay the issue. The G Flex 2's shipping is imminent, coming in just a week, and LG has to pitch it to potential customers as a flawless device.
    It's also possible we're talking about two different clock speeds of the Snapdragon 810. Two years ago, Samsung launched the Galaxy S4 with a clock speed of 1.9 GHz for its Snapdragon 600 chip, while HTC had the Snapdragon 600 clocked at only 1.7 GHz (a more optimal frequency for the Snapdragon 600).
    It's possible Samsung was planning to launch the Galaxy S6 at a clock speed that would have been higher than what's optimal for the Snapdragon 810, and higher than the frequency the G Flex 2 will be using. If this is the case, then both companies could be telling the truth about their experiences with the Snapdragon 810.
    In other words, the Snapdragon 810 may work just fine if kept at a more conservative clock speed, although it remains to be seen what that means for the performance competition with the Exynos 7 Octa and other chips.
    Noticia:
    http://www.tomshardware.com/news/lg-...ing,28440.html
    http://www.portugal-tech.pt/image.php?type=sigpic&userid=566&dateline=1384876765

 

 
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