A4 uses a Cortex A8 processor. A4 is the marketing term for their SoC, (Cortex A8 @ 1ghz(800ish mhz on iPhone 4) + PowerVR 430). The next version will probably have a Cortex A9 based chip.
I find it funny that the article mentions Galaxy S, and the browser from the recent JPU/X/Y firmware. I've used the JPU/Y browser on a day to day basis, and it's horrible. Pinch-to-zoom is very smooth, and the tiling isn't really an issue, but the page sometimes gets very distorted when panning. I haven't noticed any improvements when scrolling, it's choppy as it ever was. The JPU/Y browser has made me even consider changing to Opera/Firefox/Miren or something else as my day to day browser.
Sent from my Galaxy S i9000 running XXJPY and voodoo.
That said, based on some other benchmarks and their respective specs, tegra2 has roughly 2.5x more CPU power compared to the hummingbird SOC. (1ghz A9 runs 25% faster than 1ghz A8, and tegra 2 is a dual core A9) Anadtech's Linpack scores seem to show that too. (Ignore the bloated snapdragon class scores, it has floating point performance optimisations) Article here
GPU performance is where it gets interesting. It seems like the PowerVR 540 GPU on the hummingbird SoC is better than the GPU used in the Tegra 2 SoC. Odd considering nVidia make the tegra2. Instances where Tegra 2 outperforms the hummingbird in GPU benchmarks are as far as i can tell down to the extra CPU power (roughly 250% faster)
Samsung's
upcoming Orion chip also looks promising, and is a closer match to the Tegra 2.
It's a hummingbird. And it's been overclocked to 1.6ghz on Galaxy S phones. Besides, 1.2ghz OC is pretty standard. I've got my Galaxy S i9000 overclocked to 1.2ghz, and it's using the same voltage as 1ghz would. I've undervolted the other frequencies, and the battery life is great - better than stock 1ghz.
Nexus One/Nexus S are, and the Galaxy S series of phones also are (for now, see the Galaxy Tab post) because they have fastbook oem unlock (nexus one / nexus S) or can be flashed via ODIN/Hiemdall (Galaxy S series)
z4root uses the rageagainstthecage method, which is uses an adb exploit to gain root access. That vulnerability has been fixed in android 2.2.1, so an i9000 running on JPU/JPX/JPY can't be rooted via z4root/visionary etc.
However, the Galaxy S is still easily rootable, because you can build a kernel that is pre-rooted like Chainfire's CF-root, or like voodoo (you have to install the SU and busybox box binaries yourself from the market in voodoo) and flash it in download mode (hold the vol down, middle button and power button on i9000 when booting) using Odin/Hiemdall or just through the OS itself using the redbend_ua method with apps like SGS kernel flasher by neldar. Using SGS kernel flasher is just like rooting via update.zip, and uses the same (redbend_ua) method to write the kernel to stl4
It uses 50MB RAM on boot, that's alot, but the app has worked pretty well for me so far. It's not bad, and the potential shines through. Sync works nicely, but there are some bugs with form data (saved data doesn't show up some times). Doesn't seem to like swype much, and forgets to bring up the software keyboard half the time. Page load times are a few seconds slower than stock android 2.2
Tested on my Samsung Galaxy S GT-i9000 running froyo XXJPK
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A4 uses a Cortex A8 processor. A4 is the marketing term for their SoC, (Cortex A8 @ 1ghz(800ish mhz on iPhone 4) + PowerVR 430). The next version will probably have a Cortex A9 based chip.
but would the neighbour down the street even know froyo is? My experience is that Joe Nobody doesn't care if it's on froyo/gingerbread/ice cream.
Dunno, it seems okay to me.
Eh, the latest i9000 (European Galaxy S) ROM has OTA updates, and it'll most likely be in the Captivate release.
If you want to update on your mac, I suggest using Heimdall , 512.pit file, and this ROM . It's most likely the 2.2 update that's been "blocked"
ars and Engadget both say there is a wifi hotspot feature.
Their prediction is for the whole world.
America != The whole word.
Motorola Xoom, and LG G-slate are both slated (no pun intended) for a Q1-ish release.
And they are better than the other tablets that have slower processors, are running a hackjob of android, Galaxy Tab included.
http://twitter.com/#!/morrildl/status/22845294886518785
Tablet optimised != tablet specific.
So Google are going to leave their shiny new baby on gingerbread? Yeah... no.
I find it funny that the article mentions Galaxy S, and the browser from the recent JPU/X/Y firmware. I've used the JPU/Y browser on a day to day basis, and it's horrible. Pinch-to-zoom is very smooth, and the tiling isn't really an issue, but the page sometimes gets very distorted when panning. I haven't noticed any improvements when scrolling, it's choppy as it ever was. The JPU/Y browser has made me even consider changing to Opera/Firefox/Miren or something else as my day to day browser.
Sent from my Galaxy S i9000 running XXJPY and voodoo.
dunno why that came up as anon, but I posted that. ~teh31337one
Quadrant is a pretty flawed test.
That said, based on some other benchmarks and their respective specs, tegra2 has roughly 2.5x more CPU power compared to the hummingbird SOC. (1ghz A9 runs 25% faster than 1ghz A8, and tegra 2 is a dual core A9) Anadtech's Linpack scores seem to show that too. (Ignore the bloated snapdragon class scores, it has floating point performance optimisations) Article here
GPU performance is where it gets interesting. It seems like the PowerVR 540 GPU on the hummingbird SoC is better than the GPU used in the Tegra 2 SoC. Odd considering nVidia make the tegra2. Instances where Tegra 2 outperforms the hummingbird in GPU benchmarks are as far as i can tell down to the extra CPU power (roughly 250% faster)
Samsung's upcoming Orion chip also looks promising, and is a closer match to the Tegra 2.
It's a hummingbird. And it's been overclocked to 1.6ghz on Galaxy S phones. Besides, 1.2ghz OC is pretty standard. I've got my Galaxy S i9000 overclocked to 1.2ghz, and it's using the same voltage as 1ghz would. I've undervolted the other frequencies, and the battery life is great - better than stock 1ghz.
Eh, blame the carriers. The international Galaxy S, and the Canadian etc all have official 2.2
Nexus One/Nexus S are, and the Galaxy S series of phones also are (for now, see the Galaxy Tab post) because they have fastbook oem unlock (nexus one / nexus S) or can be flashed via ODIN/Hiemdall (Galaxy S series)
z4root uses the rageagainstthecage method, which is uses an adb exploit to gain root access. That vulnerability has been fixed in android 2.2.1, so an i9000 running on JPU/JPX/JPY can't be rooted via z4root/visionary etc.
However, the Galaxy S is still easily rootable, because you can build a kernel that is pre-rooted like Chainfire's CF-root, or like voodoo (you have to install the SU and busybox box binaries yourself from the market in voodoo) and flash it in download mode (hold the vol down, middle button and power button on i9000 when booting) using Odin/Hiemdall or just through the OS itself using the redbend_ua method with apps like SGS kernel flasher by neldar. Using SGS kernel flasher is just like rooting via update.zip, and uses the same (redbend_ua) method to write the kernel to stl4
It's actually on android 1.6, cupcake. And the community have a 2.2 ROM out, and are working on a 2.3 ROM.
Nexus S hardware is made by Samsung, but the software is made by Google.
Just scored 3190 by setting the screen timeout to 10 minutes, and not touching it while it ran the tests. Same setup.
My Galaxy S i9000 running on a half baked Nexus S (android 2.3) ROM scores 3018
Alpha, Beta and Ice Cream
It uses 50MB RAM on boot, that's alot, but the app has worked pretty well for me so far. It's not bad, and the potential shines through. Sync works nicely, but there are some bugs with form data (saved data doesn't show up some times). Doesn't seem to like swype much, and forgets to bring up the software keyboard half the time. Page load times are a few seconds slower than stock android 2.2
Tested on my Samsung Galaxy S GT-i9000 running froyo XXJPK
I was thinking the same thing. NTP are suing everybody under the sun apart from Nokia (who licensed from them) and RIM (who they've already sued).
And they also aren't suing Samsung for some reason. (yet)
It sounds so.. childish. I also hate that people think it's cool to adapt the name for other things.