Details about Samsung’s new Exynos 5 Dual chipset have been revealed, a 32nm offering that outperforms the previous Exynos 4 Quad chipset in terms of battery life, graphics performance, and connectivity.

The Samsung Exynos 5 Dual chipset bears a dual-core 1.7GHz ARM Cortex-A15 processor, along with a quad-core Mali-T604 GPU that supposedly provides 5 times the performance of previous generation Mali graphics, with support for resolutions up to 2560x1600 pixels, and stereoscopic 3D.

The new quad-core Mali GPU also features support for OpenGL ES 3.0, OpenCL 1.1, and DirectX 11 APIs, with the last a direct nod at the Windows Phone 8, and Windows RT platforms (Samsung's got a RT tablet due in October).

The Exynos 5 Dual chipset bears SATA III and USB 3.0 controllers, and support for 800MHz LPDDR3 RAM, with a memory bandwidth of roughly 12.8GBps, far ahead of the Exynos 4 Quad and Snapdragon S4.

While Samsung’s new chipset won’t be the one replacing the Exynos 4 Quad in terms of raw processing power, it will give the company a stronger contender against the likes of other current-generation dual-core mobile chipsets, like the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4, in terms of performance versus efficiency.

Samsung hasn’t yet announced any devices that will ship with the new Exynos 5 Dual chipset, and for now, no benchmarks have yet been shared. We’ll have to wait a while to see just how well the new chipset performs in front of the competition - though on paper, it looks like Samsung has a winner.

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Sony doubles down on hardware but manages to lighten things up with the presumed Tablet S successor.

Sony has been quietly readying a new Android-powered tablet that should supplant the company'sTablet S. According to a host of leaked images, the new tablet will feature Nvidia's Tegra 3 quad-core processor and come with three storage options.

Sony's Xperia Tablet features Nvidia's Tegra 3 processor.

Bearing the distinctive folded magazine wedge design, the Xperia tablet is an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich device with a 9.4-inch display. Other specifications include an 8-megapixel rear camera, a 1-megapixel front-facing camera, Wi-Fi connectivity, and a 6,000mAh battery. Pricing, although unconfirmed, should start at $449 for the 16GB model and go as high as $649 for the 64GB version.

Not only will this new tablet be more powerful than its predecessor, but also it's 42 percent thinner and lighter. We also can see from one of the leaked pictures that the Xperia tablet offers a splashproof aluminum body.

With the keyboard case, the Xperia Tablet looks reminiscent of the Microsoft Surface.

(Credit: Xperia Blog)

It's not just nice touches on the outside, either; Sony has designed the device to accept multiple user profiles. Ideally, this would be good for those times when you hand the tablet over to your children or a friend. Indeed, Sony has made sure to integrate its line of services, which includesPlayStation, Music Unlimited, and Video Unlimited.

Additional details found among the slides include a variety of accessories such as a keyboard cover, a docking stand, a dock speaker, a tablet stand and a carrying case. You'll want to have plenty of extra money set aside as prices can fetch as much as $119 for the dock speaker.

A source close to Xperia Blog advises that Sony has penciled the tablet in for September, which means we could see something at IFA later this month.

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