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‘Cortex-A9’ Stories

ZiiLabs unveils their 100-core ZMS-40 chip for Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

, Jan 5th 2012 Discuss [4]

Do you remember when owning a dual-core device actually meant something? Well that time is approaching its end, because ZiiLabs recently unveiled a processor with - get this - 100 cores. Yeah, the ASUS Transformer Prime touts a quad-core Kal-El processor, but ZiiLabs is really changing the game. Read The Full Story

Ainol tease Cortex-A9 Honeycomb tablet with IPS display

, Mar 25th 2011 Discuss [0]

PMP manufacturer Ainol are better known for thier media players, but the company apparently also has an Android tablet in the works. The so-far unnamed slate was first rumored earlier this month, with a 1280 x 800 IPS capacitive touchscreen, SoChip Cortex-A9 processor and Android 3.0 Honeycomb, and now a batch of teaser shots have been shared with MP4Nation. Read The Full Story

PandaBoard OMAP4 developer board on sale for $174 [Video]

, Oct 27th 2010 Discuss [2]

The PandaBoard Cortex-A9 OMAP4 developer board we mentioned at the start of the month has gone on sale, priced at a reasonable $174.  Based around a dual-core 1GHz chip with 1GB of RAM, WiFi b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.1, the PandaBoard supports 1080p 30fps output via HDMI and is intended to allow developers to whip up OMAP4-compatible apps in Android, Angstrom, Chrome, MeeGo and Ubuntu. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

PandaBoard offers TI Cortex-A9 OMAP4 to imaginative devs

, Oct 4th 2010 Discuss [5]

Texas Instruments already has a Cortex-A9 OMAP4 product available to developers in the shape of the undeniably expensive OMAP Blaze, but now there's a cheaper option on the horizon.  Based on the BeagleBoard principle, the new PandaBoard project is now taking submissions for an early adopter program with the first TI Cortex-A9 based boards expected to ship out in mid-October. Read The Full Story

ARM shows off roadmap and reveals ARM Eagle

, Feb 4th 2010 Discuss [0]

ARM makes processors and other hardware that are used in all manner of electronic products. The ARM Cortex A9 will soon find a home inside some of the coolest gadgets around. During the ARM Q4 2009 earnings call the company showed off its roadmap for 2010. Read The Full Story

ST-Ericsson U8500 Cortex-A9 smartphone platform debuts [Video]

, Nov 3rd 2009 Discuss [0]

The ST-Ericsson partnership between STMicroelectronics and Ericsson may only be young - the two firms founded the wireless semiconductor development project in February 2009 - but they're already showing off some interesting wares.  The ST-Ericsson U8500 uses an ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore SMP dual-core processor paired with the ARM Mali-400 OpenGL ES2.0 and OpenVG1.1 GPU; together, they're capable of outputting 1080p HD video in a smartphone form-factor. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Broadcom licenses ARM Cortex-A9 processor tech

, Sep 28th 2009 Discuss [0]

Broadcom is set to start to integrate the new ARM Coretex-A9 MPCore multicore processor into next generation mobile wireless and other consumer electronic products. Broadcom and ARM have announced that they have entered into a license agreement that will allow the use of the Cortex-A9 processor in Broadcom products. Read The Full Story

2GHz ARM Cortex-A9 dual-core processor unveiled

, Sep 16th 2009 Discuss [1]

ARM processors have found their way inside all sorts of electronic devices that we know and love today from Smartphones to MIDs. ARM announced a new version of its Cortex-A9 processor today with dual cores capable of running at 2GHz and built from the TSMC 40nm-G process. Read The Full Story