LG G5 rumoured to not feature Nuclun 2 SoC – could be reserved for LG V10 follow-up

Smartphone makers such as Samsung and Huawei have been making their own processors for smartphones. There are Samsung smartphones that feature its Exynos chipsets. According reports, the Samsung Galaxy S7 will sport the new Exynos 8890 SoC, which has broken records on various benchmark tests. Currently, Huawei s fastest SoC is the Kirin 950 CPU, which can be found under the hood of the new Mate 8 and is expected to be on board of the company s upcoming flagship the Huawei P9. LG also manufactures its own SoC called Nuclun. The question is, will it be found under the hood of the upcoming LG G5? Read on to find out. LG Nuclun 2 The news comes to us courtesy of a renowned leak master when it comes to SoCs on Chinese-speaking Weibo. According to the post, LG has developed the Nuclun 2 SoC, but has decided not to use it with its upcoming flagship the LG G5. So does this mean that a device will never make use of the said CPU? The post adds that LG may not use the Nuclun 2 with the LG G5, b
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LG lifts the lid on NUCLUN octa-core processor and G3 Screen

According to previous reports, LG was cooking up the LG G3 Screen (code named Liger) that comes with its own Odin/NUCLUN octa-core processor under the hood. Now the Korean device maker has made the processor and smartphone official. Press release: LG INTRODUCES COMPANY’S FIRST MOBILE APPLICATION PROCESSOR LG’s Octa-Core NUCLUN Processor Delivers LTE-A Cat.6 Support and Enhanced Capabilities Optimized for High-end Smartphones SEOUL, Oct. 24, 2014 — LG Electronics (LG) unveiled its first mobile application processor (AP) featuring eight-core architecture and LTE-A Cat.6 network capability for high performance and low energy consumption. The new AP, named NUCLUN, will make its debut this week in the “G3 Screen”, a smartphone developed specifically for the Korean market. NUCLUN (pronounced NOO-klun) was designed using ARM® big.LITTLE™ technology for efficient multi-tasking capabilities. The AP employs four 1.5GHz cores (ARM Cortex-A15) for high performance and four 1.2GHz
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