System-on-a-chip

In June 2020, Apple revealed that its computing products were about to follow iPhones and iPads and use its own bespoke system-on-chip. Now the company has revealed the M1's successor, and the first models to benefit from a marked performance boost.

Every year Qualcomm launches a premium mobile processor that usually finds its way into the top Android phones of the next 12 months, and it's just unveiled the Snapdragon 855 system-on-a-chip (SoC) for 2019. Its headline features are 5G connectivity and yet more AI performance boosts.

​Back in 2012, Bruno Zamborlin revealed a tiny device that could transform any surface into a musical instrument. Now he's unveiled HyperSurfaces, which taps into the power of AI and machine learning to turn "any object of any material, shape and size" into a user interface.​

As it has in the past, Samsung just given us a sneak preview of the Exynos processor chip that's going to be powering its flagship phones over the next 12 months. The Exynos 9820 brings with it a dedicated AI engine, faster connectivity, and a 15-20 percent performance boost over its predecessor.

With different IoT devices having different hardware setups that achieve similar ends, Intel is aiming to streamline things for manufacturers with the Compute Card, a self-contained, customizable computer the size of a credit card, that can power various IoT devices.

Intel hopes its new Atom chip design called Silvermont will help change the mobile silicon landscape.

Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a medical vital signs system-on-a-chip monitor that could be embedded in bandage.

Samsung has announced its latest system-on-chip platform, the dual-core 2GHz Samsung Exynos 5250

ARM has announced its most energy efficient CPU for portable electronics, the Cortex A7, along with its big.LITTLE Processing solution for high-end devices

NVIDIA has outlined the secret behind Kal-El's energy efficiency - Variable Symmetric Multiprocessing (vSMP) technology, based on an extra fifth "companion core."

ARM has unveiled the latest addition to its Cortex A family of processors, the A15 MPCore, which offers up to 2.5GHz performance with a low energy profile.

Samsung has announced the forthcoming release of a 1GHz ARM-based Dual Core mobile processor capable of full HD and 3D, compatible with a number of storage and memory solutions and embedded with a GPS receiver