Google Goes All-In with TSMC

Google tensor G4 chip manufactured by Samsung Foundry on its 4nm process. However, it was a minor upgrade over the Tensor G3 in the pixel 8 series as reflected by benchmarks & even the G4 itself is codenamed 'Zuma Pro' while G3 is 'Zuma'. G4 still utilizes Samsung's older FO-PLP packaging instead of the newer FO-WLP, which played a key role in resolving heating issues in the Exynos 2400—unlike its predecessors.

Now with Tensor G5, Google is not only switching to TSMC, but it will made it on the latest 3nm node & will also utilize TSMC's InFO-POP advanced packaging.
Tensor G6 to power Pixel 11 series, likely codenamed 'malibu', will also be manufactured by TSMC only on its latest 2nm process

FunFact: Apple's Foundational Models, both on device and server, for Apple Intelligence were fully trained on Google TPU clusters instead of NVIDIA.
Google's Axion, its first custom Arm-cores based TPU v5p for datacenters, is also made on TSMC 3nm N3E node

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OnePlus Denies Motherboard Issues with OnePlus 10 Pro and 9 Pro Flagships

Recently, many OnePlus 10 Pro, 9 Pro and 9RT users reported a critical issue with the motherboard, causing it to crash suddenly and then RIP. It started happening after August or July updates were pushed to their smartphones.The phone would either kept beeping & froze or would show battery error. For some, the device would lag & then heat up before shutting down completely.

OnePlus in their investigation claimed that they found NO design or quality flaws with the motherboards while their service center themselves claimed that motherboard needs to be changed with the affected units. OnePlus also says that there isn’t sufficient amount of reported cases & thus provided NO resolution of FREE motherboard replacement.

OnePlus's money-making strategy:
> Release a flagship product
> Wait for warranty to get over
> Release a wrong incremental update
> Motherboard gets RIP
> Asks user to purchase latest OnePlus phone

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Xiaomi's in-house SoC Rumours
DigiTimes

Xiaomi will release its own customized mobile SoC in the first half of 2025 made in partnership with UNISOC lol and manufactured by TSMC on its N4P 4nm process. The performance of this chip will range in b/w Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and 8 Gen 2

CPU:
• 1x Cortex-X3
• 3x Cortex-A715
• 4x Cortex-A510

GPU: IMG CXT 48-1536
5G Modem by UNISOC

You can call that it's an attempt by Xiaomi to get similar privileges or huge subsidies which Huawei gets from the government for their everything made-in-China and self-developed goal.

Xiaomi has already begun the tapeout process for its chip, designed by its subsidiary 'Xuanjie'. Xuanjie was established in 2021, headed by Xiaomi's Senior Vice President and former UNISOC CEO Adam Zeng. In 2023, Xiaomi began to double down on its chip development efforts by increasing capital investment in Shanghai Xuanjie and establishing a separate Beijing Xuanjie subsidiary, headed by Zeng.

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Been a while huh...

Today Lawnchair 14 got approved by @GooglePlay!

Enjoy Lawnchair 14 on the Play Store by joining the beta, download Lawnchair here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.lawnchair.play

Alongside that, you are now able to download Lawnicons (based on 2.11.0, ~5000 icons) at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.lawnchair.lawnicons.play

For those oldschool people still enjoying Lawnchair 2, it will stick around for a while, it will now be known as Lawnchair Legacy!

Lawnchair Legacy will probaply not stay forever, as Google keeps increasing the minimum sdk version. Lawnchair Legacy already is already being blocked to download on some devices.

Samsung Exynos 2500 GPU Benchmarked
Source

The Exynos 2500 is set to get some major GPU upgrades, just like the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, keeping both chipsets on par when it comes to high-performance capabilities.

This is a TEST device and not an actual production unit because the model name says "ERD" instead of SM-S93xx. This ERD device runs on Android 15 and has 16GB of RAM with the CPU having 10-cores configuration

The GPU is Samsung Xclipse 950 and it is rumoured to be based on AMD's RDNA 3.5 architecture with 16CU (compute units), making it 30% faster than the Xclipse 940 used in Exynos 2400. It will also support ANGLE on Vulkan only unlike Snapdragon still preferring OpenGL.

The Expedition Vulkan 1.0
Exynos 2400 = 5103
Exynos 2500 = 5917

Sacred Path Vulkan 1.3
Exynos 2400 = 1895
Exynos 2500 = 2496

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AMD announces unified UDNA GPU architecture — bringing RDNA and CDNA together to take on Nvidia's CUDA ecosystem

AMD at IFA 2024 announced that the company will unify its consumer-focused RDNA and data center-focused CDNA architectures into one microarchitecture, named UDNA, that will set the stage for the company to tackle Nvidia's entrenched CUDA ecosystem more effectively.

"We forked it because then you get the sub-optimizations and the micro-optimizations, but then it's very difficult for these developers, especially as we're growing our data center business, so now we need to unify it."

"So, going forward, we’re thinking about not just RDNA 5, RDNA 6, RDNA 7, but UDNA 6 and UDNA 7. We plan the next three generations because once we get the optimizations, I don't want to have to change the memory hierarchy, and then we lose a lot of optimizations. So, we're kind of forcing that issue about full forward and backward compatibility."

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Millions tricked into watching fake Apple livestream on YouTube promoting crypto

Millions were tricked into watching a livestream on YouTube masquerading as Apple's official iPhone 16 launch event. A YouTube channel pretending to be Apple's YouTube channel live-streamed AI-generated video of Apple CEO Tim Cook promoting cryptocurrency and asking for Bitcoin. The fake livestream garnered millions of viewers as it went live during the same time as Apple's actual launch event.
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Back in July I shared I shared about Google bringing a Google One Lite plan -

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-one-lite-plan-apk-teardown-3463930/

The Google One Lite plan is now available for some users in india. It's costs only ₹59/month (0.70$)

Benefits -
• 30GB storage
• Nothing else

Aimed at users who want some extra storage at a very low price. It is free for the first month.

Source

@GappsLeaks

Huawei introduces World's First commercially available Trifold -- The Huawei Mate XT | Ultimate Design

This trifold already received 3.5 Million pre-orders before today's launch. Expect Samsung's first trifold in 2025 or late 2024

Specs:
- Kirin 9010 with 5G
- 16GB of RAM with 256/512GB/1TB YMTC UFS 3.1 storage
- 50MP (f1.4-f4, OIS, 1/1.56") + 12MP (Ultrawide, with macro) + 12MP (5.5x periscope telephoto, OIS)
- HarmonyOS 4.2 with future update to 5 (NEXT)
- 3.6mm thickness
- 6.4" one part, 7.9" two parts and 10.2" triple part display sizes
- 5600mAh dual-cell battery with 66W wired and 50W wireless charging

Pricing starts from 2800$ onwards in China.

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Apple Watch Ultra 2 announced again but in a new black color

Apple introduced the Apple Watch Ultra 2 in a single Natural Titanium colour last year, 2023. Now, the company has introduced a new Satin black finish.

The new black titanium finish for Apple Watch Ultra 2 is achieved with a custom blasting process, and the diamond-like carbon physical vapor deposition coating over the grade 5 titanium makes it scratch-resistant and durable. The back crystal is made from a matching, dark zirconia.

The watch features sleep apnea notifications, and is now offered alongside a new Titanium Milanese Loop band, inspired by mesh historically used by divers. Woven from the same aerospace-grade titanium as the case, the band is lightweight and corrosion-resistant.
Priced at Rs. 89,900 or 800$

Apple is also introducing Hermes Edition. This edition includes a new En Mer band made from high-density textured knit, a titanium buckle and a specially designed Hermès Maritime watch face.

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