Google was among the first hyperscalers build custom silicon for its services, starting first with tensor processing units (TPUs) for its AI initiatives, and then video transcoding units (VCUs) for the YouTube service. But unlike its industry peers, the company has been slower to adopt custom CPU designs, prefering to stick to off-the-shelf chips from the major CPUs. This is finally changing at Google, with the announcement that the company has developed its own in-house datacenter CPU, the Axion. Google's Axion processor is based on the Arm Neoverse V2 (Arm v9) platform, which is Arm's current-generation design for high-performance server CPUs, and is already employed in other chips such as NVIDIA's Grace and Amazon's Graviton4. Within Google, Axion is aimed at a wide variety of...
Hands On With the Samsung Galaxy Note7
The Galaxy Note line is a staple at this point, a segment that Samsung truly owns as the first mover and has been wildly successful in ways that Samsung...
74 by Joshua Ho on 8/2/2016
Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 821: 2.4 GHz Kryo
If you’ve been paying attention to the right places in the past few months it was probably obvious this was coming, but Qualcomm is announcing a higher tier to...
78 by Joshua Ho on 7/11/2016
Asus Announces Zenfone Pegasus 3
As a part of the Zenfone 3 family, Asus has released an entry-level model which vaguely resembles the Zenfone 3 but really has very little to do with the...
19 by Joshua Ho on 6/15/2016
NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV Console Adds Support for Vudu, HDR and 4Kp60 Content
The NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV set-top-box continues to be the most advanced device featuring Google’s TV platform even a year after it was introduced into the market. The credit...
39 by Anton Shilov on 5/18/2016
Acer Unveils New Chromebook 14 with Up to 14-Hour Battery Life
Acer this week introduced its new family of Chromebooks that wed performance with portability. The new laptops feature multi-core x86 microprocessors, 14” displays as well as aluminum chassis. Even...
42 by Anton Shilov on 3/30/2016
Google Updates Youtube For iOS To Support Slide Over And Split Screen
Today Google shipped an update for the Youtube application on iOS. The update brings the app to version 11.10, and it's one of the more significant updates the app...
11 by Brandon Chester on 3/22/2016
Hands-On With the Android N Developer Beta: Multi-Window & More
Yesterday Google surprised a number of people by launching the developer beta of the next release of Android, which is codenamed Android N. Normally the beta version of Android...
124 by Brandon Chester on 3/10/2016
Sony Unveils New Xperia X Smartphones
This week at Mobile World Congress 2016, Sony has introduced their new high-end Xperia X series smartphones. The new smartphones feature similar designs across the entire series and all...
32 by Anton Shilov on 2/23/2016
Revisiting The Google Pixel C - Better, But Not There Yet
Last month I published my review of the Pixel C. While I thought it was a very interesting tablet, in the end I was unable to give it any...
67 by Brandon Chester on 2/17/2016
Google Adds New Hands-Free Features to Android Wear
Google has announced this week that they have added several new functions to the Android Wear operating system in an update that is now being rolled out. The latest...
19 by Anton Shilov on 2/5/2016
The Google Pixel C Review
In early 2010, Google and HTC launched the Nexus One. While it was designed in a partnership between Google and HTC, it represented Google's first step into the arena...
122 by Brandon Chester & Joshua Ho on 1/25/2016
Intel and Google Equip Smartphones with 3D Cameras and Computer Vision
Computer vision and sensing are crucial for cars, robots, drones and many other applications. However, existing devices such as personal computers or mobile gadgets can also take advantage of...
9 by Anton Shilov on 1/12/2016
Gold Nexus 6P Comes To The US
One of the smaller announcements from Huawei at CES was the arrival of the gold colored Nexus 6P in the United States. The gold Nexus 6P, also known as...
3 by Brandon Chester on 1/5/2016
The Google Nexus 6P Review
As we have come to know, Google has opted to simultaneously release two Nexus smartphone devices this year. Alongside the smaller form-factor LG Nexus 5X which we’ve reviewed a...
219 by Andrei Frumusanu on 12/16/2015
The Google Pixel C Goes On Sale
Today Google has made their Pixel C tablet available on their online store. Google announced the Pixel C at an event in September, and at the time the only...
60 by Brandon Chester on 12/8/2015
Google Begins Offline Maps Rollout on Android
Earlier this year at Google I/O it was announced that Google Maps for Android and iOS would be receiving an update that would add the ability to save maps...
32 by Brandon Chester on 11/10/2015
The Google Nexus 5X Review
Google's first hardware collaboration with LG brought us the Nexus 4. Like the Nexus 7, the Nexus 4 followed a philosophy of bringing as much power and quality as...
197 by Brandon Chester on 11/9/2015
Google’s Chromecast 2 is Powered By Marvell’s ARMADA 1500 Mini Plus - Dual-Core Cortex-A7
When Google originally announced the second-generation Chromecast last week, in typical Google fashion they focused on features and uses over specifications. Given the capabilities of the new product we...
18 by Ryan Smith on 10/5/2015
Google Announces Chromecast (2) & Chromecast Audio
Alongside today’s suite of Nexus phone announcements, Google also spent some time addressing the big screen with an update to the company’s family of Chromecast digital media player/receivers. First off...
23 by Ryan Smith on 9/29/2015
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