It's a multitasking operating system. For all I know some of the outliers were playing a video while running the test or had some other background task running. That database also mixes up dual-core and quad-core results. I won't bother speculating any more since we will know more about the A6 processor in a week or two after someone conducts a teardown and manages to run more complete tests.
This test suite apparently has both single-threaded and multi-threaded workloads as you can see if you look at the detailed results. Hence the quad-core gets a higher overall score. It is true that the Qualcomm SnapDragon S4 using the Krait core gets better scores on single-threaded applications because it has a triple issue core compared to the quad-core Samsung Cortex-A9 cores which are double issue. You can see a architectural comparison here. Samsung has taped out Exynos 5250 a couple of months back which has two Cortex-A15 cores and should have even higher single-thread performance than the Krait cores.
The Qualcomm S4 Krait has better 3-wide cores than the 2-wide Cortex-A9 cores used in the quad core Exynos. However despite having better per-core performance the quad-core still wins.
It's only "really impressive" until Samsung releases a smartphone with their Exynos 5250 CPU which supports DDR3 RAM at twice the clockspeed and uses ARM Cortex-A15 cores. In the meantime their quad-cores are still after than this dual-core.
You people keep forgetting "Apple" CPUs are manufactured by Samsung.
Oh and the point that saving takes money out of the economy is fallacious. In a regular economy that money is then lended by banks to corporations and individuals and returned with interest. It is true however that poor people spend more of their income on consumer goods than rich people will. They have less disposable income but they still have the same basic needs.
x86 is not the last bastion of CISC. Two of the world's much successful architectures are CISC based: x86 and S/360.
People seem to think it is impossible to make a low power or low transistor count CISC processor. However I still remember the Acorn computers with ARM processors with similar performance than a MC68020 coming in multi-chip packages. People are basically comparing a 386 or a 486 with a Pentium. Only recently have ARM added out-of-order processing which is something the Pentium Pro had nearly two decades ago.
Google isn't using any Oracle/Sun code on Android. Alibaba uses Android code. You can still use your own forked version of Android like Amazon does. Just do not expect to get Google to do support for you for free after you removed all their ads and associated crappola they use to get money.
It's just that Google said they will kick them out of the Open Handset Alliance if they sell a non-compliant Android OS. You have probably noticed that CyanogenMod does not come bundled with the Google applications such as GMail for much the same reason.
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It's a multitasking operating system. For all I know some of the outliers were playing a video while running the test or had some other background task running. That database also mixes up dual-core and quad-core results. I won't bother speculating any more since we will know more about the A6 processor in a week or two after someone conducts a teardown and manages to run more complete tests.
This test suite apparently has both single-threaded and multi-threaded workloads as you can see if you look at the detailed results. Hence the quad-core gets a higher overall score. It is true that the Qualcomm SnapDragon S4 using the Krait core gets better scores on single-threaded applications because it has a triple issue core compared to the quad-core Samsung Cortex-A9 cores which are double issue. You can see a architectural comparison here. Samsung has taped out Exynos 5250 a couple of months back which has two Cortex-A15 cores and should have even higher single-thread performance than the Krait cores.
Nothing stings Apple sheep rabid downmodders like the truth. Go back to reading MacRumors losers.
The Qualcomm S4 Krait has better 3-wide cores than the 2-wide Cortex-A9 cores used in the quad core Exynos. However despite having better per-core performance the quad-core still wins.
Search the database.
Even the non-overlocked quad-core Samsung Galaxy S III phones are faster than the iPhone 5.
What are you missing? Try checking the quad-core Samsung Galaxy S III results.
It's only "really impressive" until Samsung releases a smartphone with their Exynos 5250 CPU which supports DDR3 RAM at twice the clockspeed and uses ARM Cortex-A15 cores. In the meantime their quad-cores are still after than this dual-core.
You people keep forgetting "Apple" CPUs are manufactured by Samsung.
The summary is bollocks. The iPhone 5 is faster than the dual-core Galaxy S III. The quad-core Galaxy SIII is faster than the iPhone 5.
If NASA does have any Earth looking satellites they should pass the task to NOAA or the NRO because that's what their job is.
Oh and the point that saving takes money out of the economy is fallacious. In a regular economy that money is then lended by banks to corporations and individuals and returned with interest. It is true however that poor people spend more of their income on consumer goods than rich people will. They have less disposable income but they still have the same basic needs.
Both put together are a trillion dollar something.
Servers, smartphones, and soon tablets.
x86 is not the last bastion of CISC. Two of the world's much successful architectures are CISC based: x86 and S/360.
People seem to think it is impossible to make a low power or low transistor count CISC processor. However I still remember the Acorn computers with ARM processors with similar performance than a MC68020 coming in multi-chip packages. People are basically comparing a 386 or a 486 with a Pentium. Only recently have ARM added out-of-order processing which is something the Pentium Pro had nearly two decades ago.
You should read more about it. People involved in the company say the problem wasn't Linux.
Yeah. I haven't recompiled my kernel for over a decade. Kernel modules nearly solved that issue and DKMS solved the rest.
Depends on how they do it.
I use a Samsung laser printer and managed to get it working.
That must be some really nasty austerity if they don't have the money for Firefox or Chromium.
Google isn't using any Oracle/Sun code on Android. Alibaba uses Android code. You can still use your own forked version of Android like Amazon does. Just do not expect to get Google to do support for you for free after you removed all their ads and associated crappola they use to get money.
It's just that Google said they will kick them out of the Open Handset Alliance if they sell a non-compliant Android OS. You have probably noticed that CyanogenMod does not come bundled with the Google applications such as GMail for much the same reason.
Actually Andy Rubin is right. The issue is that you can not compile Google's own applications.
If I was the Commissioner in charge of this I would slap Apple with a fine and force them to give a free adapter to everyone which has an Apple phone.
I have a Galaxy Tab with a micro-SD card slot.
Actually from what I heard in the US you can't even buy the adapter. In the UK it is optional and you must pay to get one.