Intel hasn't just been annoying Microsoft this week; the chip company has also been admitting quite how valuable Apple's roadmap is, and how much it shapes Intel's own product plans. "Apple helps shape our roadmap" senior Intel VP Tom Kilroy told Reuters, "they push us hard." That reliance could be under threat, according to reports earlier this month that Apple was planning a switch to ARM processors for its mainstream notebook line, though Kilroy is quick to dismiss it as unfounded.
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Microsoft: Intel “factually inaccurate” and “misleading” on Windows 8
Microsoft has given Intel the PR equivalent of a smack on the wrist, after Intel SVP Renee James revealed secret Windows 8 details apparently without permission. James had suggested that there would in fact be four different versions of Windows 8 for ARM processors, each incapable of running either legacy x86 apps or apps intended for the other versions. That drew Windows President Steven Sinofsky from his lair, to slap down James' remarks as "factually inaccurate and unfortunately misleading."
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SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up, May 6 2011
Yesterday, all the excitement was at the AT&T/Samsung event where the Samsung Infuse was unveiled. Vince here at SlashGear posted a hands-on in record time, and Burnsy has now posted his over at Android Community. Watch for full reviews coming soon. So far, the 4G speeds have been just ok. Also, news that Apple may be ditching Intel for ARM, after news yesterday that ARM chips will be in 13% of computers by 2015. Plus, Chris Davies' thoughts on the subject. In other MacBook news, OWC's Mercury Aura Pro Express will give you more storage space, but it'll cost ya, bigtime. Plus, security, shortages, intersting keyboards, and T-Mobile's burning platform after the cut.
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An ARM MacBook could revolutionize the industry
It’s a strange week to be talking about Apple dumping Intel. Only a few days ago, the company was proudly unveiling its new iMac line-up, relying on Core i5 and Core i7 processors – along with AMD GPUs – to make them the fastest all-in-ones Apple has offered to-date. Yet at the same time as Intel’s latest quad-core chips are finding their way into what Apple’s Phil Schiller describes as “the world’s best desktop,” there’s also talk that the company’s close relationship with Intel is about to get served with divorce papers. ARM is coming, and the computing industry will never be the same again.
Apple ditching Intel for ARM in future MacBooks tip insiders
Apple is reportedly planning to ditch Intel’s processors for ARM-based chips, a potentially huge revolution that will supposedly kick off with the company’s MacBook notebooks. According to SemiAccurate‘s sources, Apple is looking to a mid-2013 timescale for the transition, when 64-bit cores such as NVIDIA’s Project Denver are common.
ARM chips in 13% of computers by 2015 estimates IDC
Research firm IDC is predicted that, by 2015, over 13-percent of PC processors will be based on ARM architecture rather than x86 chips from Intel, AMD or others. Revealed as part of the company's Q1 2011 microprocessor market share report, the figure reflects the rising popularity of the low-power chips which are set to make increasing progress into the server and mainstream PC market.
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Qualcomm’s Next-Gen Snapdragon Chip Details Leaked
A Qualcomm presentation was leaked that reveals its plans for the next-generation Snapdragon processors. The company is quite ambitious, suggesting that it would not only beat existing ARM Cortex A9 chips currently used in devices such as the iPad 2 and the Motorola XOOM, but that it would also beat future Cortex A15 chips by the time its new chip architecture arrives later this year.
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LG licenses ARM processor technology for home and mobile market push
When it comes to the mobile market for tablets and smartphones, ARM is the biggest name on the block for mobile processors and GPUs. ARM has some competition from NVIDIA with the Tegra line, but ARM is certainly the more popular of the two. Intel has no significant presence in the Tablet and smartphone market thanks to the fact that its line of processors tend to consume too much power for lightweight portable devices.
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ARM dual-core Cortex-A15 in late 2012 and quad-core parts “later”
When it comes to processors for all sorts of smartphones and tablets ARM parts are right at the top of the most used list. That means that there are a lots of smartphone makers that are constantly on the lookout for what the next big thing from ARM will be. ARM has offered up its latest roadmap that outlines the processors coming from it in the future.
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Is Dual-Touch the Future of Phones and Tablets?
If one touchscreen is good, how great must two be? Tapping into the same part of the brain that screams how geekily-cool Star Trek tablet props are, the allure of a double-display smartphone or computer isn’t new, but neither has it been done right. That’s not stopped various new attempts, however, Acer’s twin-14-inch Iconia Touchbook notebook for one, or the imminent Sprint Kyocera Echo phone for another. Double-vision each may offer, but the manufacturers responsible are still showing serious myopia in how they’re delivering on the twin-touch dream.
How Google can save Google TV
Google’s projects seem to inevitably fall into one of two camps: either they’re runaway successes, like Gmail or Chrome, or dismal failures, like Wave. Teetering on the edge right now is Google TV, the company’s push for the living room which launched with a bang last year, maintained just enough momentum to reach the holidays, and then fell well short of the CES 2011 splash we’d expected. Call it a reboot, call it a refresh or call it a desperate resuscitation, Google TV is in dire need of some retuning.
Google puts Android on lock-down: Non-fragmentation contracts, standardized ARM chips, more
Google's approach to Android 3.0 Honeycomb, the version of its OS designed for tablets, has drawn criticism recently over the search giant's refusal to release the source code to OEMs; now, it seems, that could be part of a push to reduce fragmentation. According to DigiTimes' sources, Google is considering "standardizing" not only the Honeycomb software but collaborating with ARM to standardize the chipsets Android 3.0 will run on. Meanwhile, BusinessWeek claims execs from multiple big name companies have confirmed that Google now insists on "non-fragmentation clauses" from partners hoping to have the earliest access to Android code, limiting the changes they can make to the UI, services and apps, and even which companies they can partner with.
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