Thursday, April 7, 2011

The Galaxy II S goes to 1.2 GHz

Samsung just went quietly frequency S Galaxy II, its next smartphone "flagship" of 1 GHz to 1.2 GHz. According to several sources, only the version Exynos "the phone will reach this frequency, the version Tegra 2" should work to stay at 1 GHz. Recall that the S Galaxy II is planned in two versions, while keeping the same name.

This method, already used on the Nexus S, allows Samsung to avoid supply problems if a chip has become complicated to obtain. The company typically uses for its geographic segmentation devices: the Nexus S exists for example with a screen SuperLCD in Europe and AMOLED United States. In the case of the Galaxy II S, the processor will change: some have a Tegra 2 and other Exynos a Samsung.

The core CPU is the same in both cases, a dual core based on the ARM Cortex A9 in, but the graphics are different. NVIDIA, a GPU is "GeForce ULP" Samsung is an ARM Mali 400, a priori less efficient. For cons, the Exynos Neon SIMD instructions available while the Tegra 2 is not benefiting.

Meanwhile, Samsung has confirmed a release for the month of April.

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