… According to Kuo, Amazon has chosen Taiwanese chip design company Alchip as its exclusive partner for the back-end design and testing of these custom processors. While Amazon will oversee the chip strategy, Alchip is expected to play a key role in turning those designs into production-ready silicon. …
… Qualcomm has teased the arrival of two Snapdragon 8 Elite series chips at its Snapdragon Summit next month. …
… Whether this strategy meaningfully reduces costs or simply offsets Samsung’s own chip development expenses is unclear. …
… Affordability vs specs Joe Maring / Android Authority You have to wonder whether Google’s decision to stick with last year’s Tensor G4 chip in the Pixel 10a and to leave its RAM unchanged at 8GB was driven less by product strategy and more by the need to preserve that crucial $499 price point. …
… While we can’t blame Google for the current state of the global RAM supply chain, its decision to switch to yet another mid-range graphics chip is harder to defend. …
… However, Android manufacturers are often at the mercy of third-party chipmakers like Qualcomm and MediaTek. While those chips are better than ever, they do not allow for the same level of vertical integration that Ternus has at his disposal. …
… It’s clear Moto’s ads strategy isn’t helping to fund long-term support for the Moto G Stylus, either. …