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ARM A7 and A15 for inexpensive, high power, low demand smartphones for everyone

Chris Burns, Oct 20th 2011 Discuss [0]

Cambridge-based mobile microchip industry crunching firm ARM has announced its A7 chip and the "big.LITTLE" processing to the world this week, and you already knew that from yesterday. What you might not have known, or perhaps realized, is that with A7 architecture in smart device, ARM is suggesting that a whole new generation of devices is on the way that will be below $100, this allowing large groups of people from the still without-smartphones world to join in on the fun. ARM, are you saying I'll finally be able to video chat with people who are living under the international poverty level? Read The Full Story

ARM unveils Cortex A7, its most energy efficient processor

Rue Liu, Oct 19th 2011 Discuss [1]

ARM has announced today a new Cortex A7 processor, hailed as its most energy efficient processor to date. The Cortex A7 delivers 5 times the energy efficiency and is one-fifth the size of the Cortex A8 processor that's common in many entry-level smartphones. It can be used on its own or as a companion core in Cortex A15 based SoCs. Read The Full Story

ARM and TSMC announce tape out of first multicore 20nm ARM Cortex-A15 processor

Shane McGlaun, Oct 18th 2011 Discuss [2]

The taping out of a new processor is one of the points on the map to full production of a new processor. This step has to be completed before the new processors can come to market. ARM and TSMC have announced that they have completed tape out the first 20nm ARM Cortex-A15 multicore processor. Going to a smaller build process is very important to allowing processors to have better performance while producing less heat and consuming less power. Read The Full Story

Ballmer: Metro iTunes app “welcome” if Apple inclined

Chris Davies, Sep 16th 2011 Discuss [4]

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has said he hopes arch-rival Apple develops a Metro-style iTunes app for Windows 8, telling analysts that his company would "welcome" software support from device competitors. Ballmer specifically name-checked Apple and Amazon during the Q&A call, suggesting that although with Kindle and the upcoming Android-based Kindle tablet "they may have a device competitor, but they have certainly behaved like their fundamental business is the service." Read The Full Story

Windows 8 on ARM won’t run x86 apps Microsoft admits

Chris Davies, Sep 16th 2011 Discuss [52]

Windows 8 ARM PCs will not, in fact, have full app compatibility with software designed for x86 Windows 7 and 8 computers, Microsoft has confirmed, instead demanding that developers port their titles over to the new architecture. Despite earlier suggestions that seemed to indicate otherwise, Windows president Steven Sinofsky clarified during an analyst Q&A this week that while new apps coded for the Metro UI will work on both x86 and ARM tablets, laptops and other computers, existing software will not. Read The Full Story

Qualcomm CEO: Mobile web “megatrend” is our focus

Chris Davies, Sep 14th 2011 Discuss [0]

“The smartphone is, no hype, the largest technology platform in history.” So Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs opens IQ2011, the company’s yearly innovation showcase. SlashGear is in Istanbul today to hear how one of the biggest chipset companies expects to take on arch-rivals NVIDIA and Texas Instruments with processors that will show up in tomorrow’s smartphones and tablets.

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Intel to show Windows 8 tablets, ultrabooks at Build

Rue Liu, Sep 12th 2011 Discuss [5]

Intel may be showing off some tablets and ultrabooks running Windows 8 at both the Intel Developer Forum and at Microsoft's Build developer conference, which kicks off tomorrow. We'll be covering the Build event live, so make sure to check back for all the developments. It's believed that Microsoft could be giving away a Windows 8 tablet from Samsung, so there should be some good Windows 8 hardware to see this week. Read The Full Story

Acer won’t move to ARM processors until Windows 8 lands according to source

Shane McGlaun, Sep 5th 2011 Discuss [7]

Acer was at IFA last weekend and one of the coolest products that the company showed off was the Ultrabook Aspire S3 that uses Intel's new ultra mobile platform to combine portability with performance. There have been rumors swirling for a while that Acer would be offering machines using ARM processors as well to help it be able to produce cheaper notebooks. An ARM processor combined with a lower cost OS would make for an interesting computer indeed. Read The Full Story

Intel: Apple threatened to dump us over our greedy chips

Chris Davies, Aug 12th 2011 Discuss [17]

Intel has admitted that Apple threatened to pull its chip business from the company if it did not dramatically reduce the power consumption of processors, providing “a real wake-up call” to the firm. Ultrabook director Greg Welch told the WSJ that Apple execs warned Intel that, if it couldn’t “drastically slash” the amount of power each processor demanded, it would be likely to lose further orders for future MacBook models.

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AMD admits it’s ignoring smartphones

Chris Davies, Aug 9th 2011 Discuss [0]

AMD has admitted that it ceded the smartphone processor space to rivals, arguing that the company's strengths in graphics don't lend themselves to the handset segment. Instead, SVP and product group manager Rick Bergman suggests, tablets are where AMD's future lies, with the company's Z-series APUs delivering a balance of video performance and battery life. Speaking in Colorado this week, PC World reports, Bergman also reiterated earlier denials of ARM-based chipset plans. Read The Full Story

Apple A6 MacBook Air by 2013 says analyst: OS X and iOS to merge

Chris Davies, Aug 3rd 2011 Discuss [12]

Apple will need to merge OS X and iOS if its aim of satisfying seamless content management and cloud-service delivery is to work out, according to Jefferies & Co. analyst Peter Misek. In a new investor note this week, Barrons reports, Misek argues that the MacBook Air will be first to make the switch, jumping to an Apple “A6″ processor in late 2012 or early 2013.