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I love the table in the hardware section.
by Klathmon 11y ago
I love the table in the hardware section.
- alexvoica 11y agoThanks!
- alexvoica 11y agoWhen I wrote my first article, a lot of people said "Why are they using old technology in a space probe?" By creating that chart, I wanted to show that a space probe is not a phone or PC. You can't just throw octa-core SoCs inside, pack it up and send it flying into the night sky.
- ajross 11y agoA digression, but it's amusing how far afield they had to go to find a modern SoC with a IMG GPU (vs. the rest of the world that is to first approximation all Qualcomm, with a few Mali's running around from Samsung). Obviously the real IMG flagship is the Apple A9, but that's not co-branded appropriately.
- alexvoica 11y agoI wouldn't call Meizu, Xiaomi or other similar brands "far afield". They ship tens of millions of devices (and soon maybe even hundreds) every year.
- ajross 11y agoBut not on this particular SoC. Qualcomm (with Apple and Samsung not terribly close behind) remains the volume king even in China, last I checked. This other small-vendor SoC's are gaining momentum, but they're not there yet.
- alexvoica 11y agoThe reality today is that MediaTek is number two in mobile after Qualcomm. Meizu MX5 uses a MediaTek SoC as does the new Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 and many others. Trust me, it's my job to know.