Australia, the US and the UK all got the quad-core S4, but is the difference between it and the octa-core really that big? Nic Healey is a Senior Editor with CNET, based in the Australia office. His ...

The chip maker MediaTek pioneered the concept of with the launch of the Helio X20 processor. Lately, the company added another deca-core chipset to the lineup with the introduction of the Helio X30.

The earlier mobile phones were basically cousins of the traditional landline phones but the smartphones that are in use nowadays are very close in functionality to cameras and computers. These add-ons ...

Much about the Galaxy S 4, Samsung’s new flagship smartphone, is the company remixing its Galaxy S III formula — with no big changes to the design or UI look and feel, and new software features such ...

We have had multi-core processors in our PCs for over a decade, and today they are considered the norm. At first it was dual-core, then quad-core, and today companies like Intel and AMD offer high end ...

MediaTek’s weird A7 octa-core is set to launch next month, along with another cheap quad-core part. The final specs are now out, and since the new chips already appear to be getting plenty of love ...

When dual core processors were announced we knew it was only a matter of time before they'd be upstaged by quad-core chips. What we didn't expect was how soon after we started seeing devices with four ...

A few weeks ago I did some research about how Android apps take advantage of multi-core processors. Specifically, I looked to debunk the myth that Android apps only use one CPU core. My findings ...

Huawei’s been an up and coming mobile CPU manufacturer for a while now, and it seems their latest try at the mobile game is making some serious marks in the pavement. While Qualcomm just started ...