Technical Glossary (1935 terms)

Standardized hardware and benchmark definitions across smartphones, laptops, CPUs, GPUs, SoCs, and tablets.

• Ryzen 5 9600X — AMD's 6-core Zen 5 desktop CPU (launched in 2024). [ CHIPS ]
• Ryzen 7 5700X — AMD's 8-core Zen 3 desktop CPU (launched in 2022). [ CHIPS ]
• Ryzen 7 5800X3D — AMD's gaming CPU with 3D V-Cache (launched in 2022). [ CHIPS ]
• Ryzen 7 7800X3D — AMD's 8-core gaming CPU with 3D V-Cache (launched in 2023). [ CHIPS ]
• Ryzen 7 9800X3D — AMD's flagship gaming CPU with 3D V-Cache (launched in 2024). [ CHIPS ]
• Ryzen 9 7950X — AMD's 16-core flagship Zen 4 CPU (launched in 2022). [ CHIPS ]
• Ryzen 9 7950X3D — AMD's 16-core CPU with 3D V-Cache (launched in 2023). [ CHIPS ]
• Ryzen 9 9950X3D — AMD's 16-core flagship with 3D V-Cache (launched in 2025). [ CHIPS ]
• S Pen — Samsung's stylus for Galaxy Note, S Ultra, and Tab S devices. [ DISPLAY ]
• S.M.A.R.T. — A self-monitoring system that reports drive health. [ STORAGE ]
• SA — Standalone 5G, running on a dedicated 5G core network. [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• SATA — A common interface for hard drives and SSDs, slower than NVMe. [ STORAGE ]
• SATA III — The 6 Gb/s SATA generation used by most SATA SSDs and hard drives. [ STORAGE ]
• SBC — SBC is the default Bluetooth audio codec, supported by virtually all devices. [ AUDIO ]
• SD Card Reader — A built-in slot for reading SD/microSD memory cards, common on laptops. [ PORTS ]
• SDR — Standard Dynamic Range — the baseline video range. [ DISPLAY ]
• SDRAM — Synchronous DRAM, the base technology of DDR memory. [ MEMORY ]
• SDXC — The SD card standard for capacities above 32 GB, up to 2 TB. [ STORAGE ]
• SIM tray — The tray that holds a physical SIM card inside a device. [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• SIMD — Single Instruction, Multiple Data — processing several values at once. [ CHIPS ]
• SK Hynix — Korean memory maker producing DRAM, HBM, and NAND flash used in phones, GPUs, and data centers. [ BRANDS ]
• SKU — An SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) is a unique identifier for a product variant. [ GENERAL ]
• SLC — Single-Level Cell NAND — one bit per cell, fastest and most durable. [ STORAGE ]
• SMIC — China's largest semiconductor foundry, making chips on mature nodes. [ BRANDS ]
• SMT — Technology that runs two threads per CPU core, improving multi-tasking throughput. [ PERFORMANCE ]
• SO-DIMM — A smaller memory module format used in laptops and compact systems. [ MEMORY ]
• SPEC — The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation's benchmark suites. [ BENCHMARK ]
• SPECfp — SPECfp is a floating-point CPU benchmark from the SPEC suite. [ BENCHMARK ]
• SPECint — SPECint is an integer CPU benchmark from the SPEC suite. [ BENCHMARK ]
• SRAM — Static Random-Access Memory — fast cache memory that doesn't need refreshing. [ MEMORY ]
• SSD — A storage drive with no moving parts; much faster and more durable than a hard drive. [ STORAGE ]
• SSD controller — The chip that manages an SSD's NAND and interface. [ STORAGE ]
• SSE — Intel's Streaming SIMD Extensions for multimedia processing. [ CHIPS ]
• STMicroelectronics — European semiconductor company, a major sensor and MCU maker. [ BRANDS ]
• Safari — Apple's Safari web browser, built on the WebKit engine. [ SOFTWARE ]
• Samsung — South Korean electronics giant making Galaxy phones, tablets, laptops, displays, memory, and Exynos chips. [ BRANDS ]
• Samsung DeX — Samsung's feature to run a desktop-like interface from a phone. [ SOFTWARE ]
• Samsung Display — Samsung's panel division, the leading supplier of OLED/AMOLED displays for phones. [ BRANDS ]
• Samsung Electronics — Samsung's components arm supplying displays, memory, storage, and Exynos chips. [ BRANDS ]
• Samsung Foundry — Samsung's contract chip-manufacturing division, an alternative to TSMC for Exynos and some Snapdragon chips. [ BRANDS ]
• Samsung ISOCELL — Samsung's brand of mobile camera sensors used in many phones. [ BRANDS ]
• Samsung ISOCELL GN1 — The Samsung ISOCELL GN1 is a large 50MP sensor used in flagship phones. [ CAMERA ]
• Samsung ISOCELL GN2 — The Samsung ISOCELL GN2 is a 50MP sensor with larger pixels for better low light. [ CAMERA ]
• Samsung ISOCELL GN3 — The Samsung ISOCELL GN3 is a 50MP sensor used in mid-premium phones. [ CAMERA ]
• Samsung ISOCELL GW1 — The Samsung ISOCELL GW1 is a 64MP sensor used in midrange phones. [ CAMERA ]
• Samsung ISOCELL HM3 — The Samsung ISOCELL HM3 is a 108MP sensor used in Galaxy flagships. [ CAMERA ]
• Samsung ISOCELL HP2 — The Samsung ISOCELL HP2 is a 200MP sensor used in Galaxy S23/S24 Ultra phones. [ CAMERA ]
• Samsung ISOCELL HP3 — The Samsung ISOCELL HP3 is a 200MP sensor with smaller pixels for thinner modules. [ CAMERA ]
• Samsung ISOCELL JN1 — A 50MP sensor used for ultrawide and front cameras. [ CAMERA ]
• Sapphire — Sapphire is a well-known maker of AMD Radeon graphics cards. [ BRANDS ]