Steady improvements in performance are a given in the computing industry, but sometimes there’s a big leap forward. One occurred in the world of mobile computing last week, when the first smart phones ...

Quad-core mobile chipsets are coming but they're heading for tablets first, rather than smartphones. Quad-core and dual-core chips allow for parallel processing - so certain tasks such as multitasking ...

Vicki Hodder is a freelance technology writer based in Columbia, Mo. Tablet computers grow more popular by the day. New quad-core models promise to accelerate that trend, offering enhanced video ...

Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets, smartphones: how they define the computing experience and the hardware that makes them tick. He has served as an ...

Tablets with low power dual-core chips have just started reaching the market, but some chip makers expect the devices to be further supercharged later this year with quad-core chips which were in the ...

Vicki Hodder is a freelance technology writer based in Columbia, Mo. Tablet computers grow more popular by the day. New quad-core models promise to accelerate that trend, offering enhanced video ...

MediaTek told us to only expect its tablet-focused SoC in the summer, but it's clearly something of a keener: we're already looking at the part today. The new MT8125 builds on the familiar formula of ...

Ready or not, quad-core processors are coming to smartphones and tablets. In fact, the next mobile gadget you buy -- particularly if it's running Google's Android operating system -- will likely pack ...

Amazon plans to release two new Android tablets before the end of 2011, including one with NVIDIA’s forthcoming mobile quad-core chip, according to online rumors. Amazon is purportedly planning an ...

Tablets with low power dual-core chips have started reaching the market, but some chip makers expect the devices to be further supercharged later this year with quad-core chips which were in the ...

Quad-core chips will reach tablets starting in September, but adoption may not be widespread Tablets with low power dual-core chips have just started reaching the market, but some chip makers expect ...