STE unveils NovaThor L8580 chipset with quad-core A9 CPU

If you're the benchmark-obsessed geek than CES 2013 might be turning out quite exciting for you.

After Samsung unveiled its latest and greatest Exynos 5 Octa chipset, NVIDIA announced Tegra 4 and Qualcomm lifted the curtain of its newest Krait-powered Snapdragon 600 and 800 series SoCs, it's now ST-Ericsson's turn to stand in the spotlight. The company just announced its latest NovaThor chipset - the L8580.

It comes with a low-power eQuad processor with four Cortext-A9 cores, clocked at up to 2.5 GHz, the PowerVR SGS544 GPU and the ability to go low-power and run at 0.6V.

The NovaThor L8580 can deal with 1080p video and support display resolutions of up to 1920 x 1200 pixels. 20MP primary cameras and 5 MP secondary ones are allowed too and there's built-in LTE HSPA+, TD-SCDMA and EDGE radios. 3D reproduction and capture is also on board if that's your thing.

The ST-Ericsson L8580 chipset should allow the creation of affordable mid-range devices with excellent processing power and good battery life. The top shelf smartphones and tablets will move on to Cortex-A15 architecture this year, but there's plenty of ground below them for the NovaThor L8580 to cover.

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Sony C660X 'Yuga' leaks, might pack a quad-core Krait CPU

About a week ago a Sony C650X ?Odin? leaked through its User-Agent profile with speculations that it will be the next Xperia flagship. Not much info was available on it, but a new Sony smartphone has leaked now, and this one has a higher model number.

The Sony C6603 ?Yuga? (the final digit of the model number indicates region, so we?ll call it C660X) made an appearance in AnTuTu?s database. The benchmark lists the OS as Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean and the CPU clock speed as 1.5GHz (but no GPU info).

The total score the Yuga managed is 11,321. For comparison, an Xperia T (Snapdragon S4 Plus, dual-core Krait @ 1.5GHz, Adreno 225) does 8,270 and an LG Optimus G (Snapdragon S4 Pro, quad-core Krait @ 1.5GHz, Adreno 320) scored 13,643.

The Sony C660X ?Yuga? is certainly closer to the S4 Pro chipset than the S4 Plus, particularly in the CPU and RAM scores. The GPU scores of the Yuga and the Optimus G are virtually identical, though the Xperia T scores the same too, despite its older GPU.

Still, it seems very likely that the C660X is packing a Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset (the APQ8064 is the one used most commonly). Here?s hoping we get scores from other benchmarks, NenaMark for example lists the GPU model - if it?s Adreno 320, then the chipset will certainly be of the S4 pro variety.

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LG to debut in-house quad-core L9 chipset in a phone this September

LG is about to debut its own L9 chipset this September. The L9 will be feature a quad-core ARM processor and a powerful GPU, but the architecture is yet to be announced.

As the number 9 in the name suggests, the L9 might be based on the older ARM Cortex-A9 cores instead of the newer Cortex-A15 architecture. Though as you probably know LG licensed both A9 and A15 ARM architectures, so you never know.

Anyway, the new L9 platform will power a new high-end LG phone set to launch in September. It will pack a True HD-IPS screen (the one we saw on the Optimus 4X HD) and will bring a camera with a resolution of 10 or more megapixels.

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LG codenamed F180 to pack quad-core Krait and Adreno 320

Yesterday we told you about LG's in-house quad-core chipset called L9. It is supposed to power a new Optimus smartphone with a true HD screen and 10 or more megapixels worth of camera.

Today we get more details on the phone?s specs. Its codename is F180 and should pack a quad-core 1.5GHz Krait processor, Adreno 320 GPU, 2GB RAM, LTE support and a 13MP camera. Sounds impressive, right?

The rest of the rumored specs include a 5-inch HD IPS screen, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, NFC connectivity and a 2100 mAh battery. The expected availability is September, as we reported yesterday.

The LG F180 sounds like one of the hottest devices of the year on paper and we really hope the real thing turns out close to those rumors.

Thank you, Brian, for the tip!

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Korean Galaxy S III to be the first quad-core LTE phone

Until now, if you wanted LTE support to go with your Galaxy S III, you'd have to sacrifice some processing power, namely the quad-core Exynos chipset, which does not support LTE. Evidence of this can be found in both the US and Japanese versions of the S III with LTE support, both of which are set to have dual-core processors.

It seems that Samsung has confirmed earlier rumors that there will be a version that will bring the best of both worlds, by being able to stuff in a separate LTE modem chip alongside the quad-core Exynos. This will allegedly bump the thickness up to 9mm, but that's not a major increase considering the device currently comes in at around 8.6 mm. Word has it that it will also retain its 2100mAh battery.

Samsung has announced that the quad-core LTE model should hit the Korean market sometime next month. There's no word whether it will come to other markets as of yet.

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Rumor: HTC One XXL to be like One XL, but with quad-core Krait

Android users have become power-hungry - dual-core processors no longer cut it. If you're among that crowd, this next rumor should give you a twitch of excitement - an HTC One XXL with two extra cores than the XL, better graphics and more RAM.

A couple of leaked screenshots show some of the specs of this purported beast - a 4.7" 720p screen, 8MP main and 1.8MP secondary cameras and a codename, "Closurexxl".

The chipset specs of the One XXL are more interesting though - a quad-core processor (reportedly a Snapdragon S4 with Krait cores), 2GB of RAM and an Adreno 320 GPU plus LTE connectivity.

One chipset matches the description - the Qualcomm APQ8064. There's an old rumor of the HTC Zeta with that chipset and roughly similar specs, but that's from before the HTC One series came to be.

Thanks for the tip, Chris!

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A quad-core LTE-enabled Galaxy S III with 2GB RAM to hit Korea

After the Galaxy S III was announced, a lot of people were displeased that it fails to provide a RAM upgrade over the S II. You see 1GB of RAM is more than enough for just about every use case, but more is always better when talking memory.

Later Samsung announced the US Samsung Galaxy S III version, which does pack 2 gigs of RAM, but drops the quad-core CPU. Now though, we learn of a new S III edition, which combines the best of both world.

The model number of the new Samsung Galaxy S III units will be SHV-E210S, but sadly it's only going to be available in Korea. We suspect that this version is an insurance against the LG Optimus LTE2. LG was keen to brag about its new smartphone the day after the Galaxy S III announcement, focusing marketing attention on its 2GB of RAM. The Optimus LTE2 is also a Korea-only device.

The rest of the specs of the SHV-E210S Galaxy S III are identical to the international model ? a quad-core Exynos 4412 chipset (with additional third-party LTE chip), a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED HD screen, an 8MP snapper and 32GB of internal storage (there is no 16GB version this time). The phone is 0.4mm thicker than the 3G-only version.

The Galaxy S III LTE will launch in Korea this July, but its price tag is yet unconfirmed. We guess it won?t go global though.

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