SlashGear for iPad and iPhone
RSS Feed

‘SoC’ Stories

Microsoft IPTV plans could put Mediaroom on Silverlight STBs

, Jan 25th 2011 Discuss [1]

Microsoft's plans for IPTV and set-top boxes continue to trickle out, with the latest batch of rumors suggesting it's Mediaroom which will be at the heart of the system. Mediaroom is Microsoft's IPTV platform, licensed out to various carriers and TV/video service providers, and part of the company's Interactive Entertainment Business division; according to ZDNet's sources, not only is Microsoft working on a Windows Phone Mediaroom client, the company is also believed to be developing a Silverlight build for Mediaroom (codenamed "Taos"), a tie-in between Mediaroom and Windows Media Center (codenamed "Monaco") and maybe even a "Santa Fe" Mediaroom/Silverlight STB. Read The Full Story

Broadcom Persona ICE SoC headed to Compal tablets

, Jan 7th 2011 Discuss [0]

Last we heard of Broadcom's Persona platform, it was being billed as a DVR chipset. Now, the next generation has expanded its ambitions, and has found a home in Compal tablets. The two companies have announced that the Broadcom Person ICE will form the single- or dual-core 1GHz+ ARM Cortex A9 heart of future slates from the ODM. Read The Full Story

Microsoft Announces System on a Chip Architecture Support for Next Version of Windows

, Jan 5th 2011 Discuss [4]

Microsoft has used the Consumer Electronics Show 2011 to confirm a pretty big rumor that cropped up a few weeks ago. With talk that Windows would be using a System on a Chip Architecture for its next version of Windows, there was plenty of speculation, and even more arguments breaking out whether or not Microsoft would go down this route. Turns out that they are. Read The Full Story

NVIDIA push Tegra 2 for Superphones plus Tegra Zone app

, Jan 5th 2011 Discuss [0]

Tegra 2 isn't new, but NVIDIA is hoping that 2011 will be the year that the dual-core mobile processor comes into its own. Last we heard of "superphones" it was Google trying to brand their Nexus One as such; now NVIDIA is seizing on the title to describe devices packing multi-core CPUs, speedy GPUs and frugal power requirements, the first device being LG's Optimus 2X. To help users pair up superphones with apps worthy of Tegra 2, NVIDIA is also launching its own software tool. Read The Full Story

Freescale i.MX 6: up to 1.2GHz quadcore chips for tablets/smartphones

, Jan 3rd 2011 Discuss [0]

Manufacturers often get criticized for showing off new hardware at CES and then not shipping it for months, but new chips are even more frustrating; they can take a year or two to go from fanfare to retail. Freescale is whetting our appetite with the new i.MX 6 series, a range of single, dual and quad core application processors based on up to four ARM Cortex A9 cores, each motoring along at up to 1.2GHz. The company reckons the single-core i.MX 6Solo, dual-core i.MX 6Dual and quad-core i.MX 6Quad are up to five times as fast as the current-gen chips. Read The Full Story

Samsung and Ambarella from ASIC collaboration for hybrid camera SOCs

, Dec 9th 2010 Discuss [1]

Samsung and Ambarella have announced that they have formed a collaboration that will have the two firms developing camera SOCs for smartphones and other devices that offer lots of features and resolution. The new SOC is called the Ambarella A7 hybrid Soc and it uses Samsung's 45nm low power process technology. Read The Full Story

TI OMAP4440 processor debuts: 1.5GHz dualcore, 3D 1080p and more

, Dec 8th 2010 Discuss [0]

Texas Instruments has announced its latest mobile processor, the TI OMAP4440, a SoC packaging a pair of 1.5GHz ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore CPUs along with two ARM Cortex-M3 cores to power-efficiently offload time-critical and control tasks. Coupled with the POWERVR 3D graphics engine, that provides a quoted 1.25x increase in graphics performance (including 2x faster HD video playback, with support for 1080p60 and 3D stereoscopic 1080p) and a 30-percent cut in webpage loading times. Read The Full Story

Qualcomm next-gen Snapdragon MSM8960 detailed: LTE, CPU & GPU boost, more

, Nov 18th 2010 Discuss [0]

Qualcomm has outed the first in its next-generation Snapdragon family, the MSM8960, a dual-core chipset with around 5x the performance of the original Snapdragon, 4x the graphics performance, and an integrated multi-mode modem supporting both 3G and 3G LTE. Expected to being sampling in 2011, the MSM8960 will be built on 28nm processes, and use 75-percent less power than the first-gen Snapdragons. Read The Full Story

Fujitsu 3D 360-degree car camera system gets new SoC

, Oct 20th 2010 Discuss [0]

Reversing cameras on cars and trucks aren't new, but Fujitsu has been working on a full 360-degree system that could give a seamless view around a vehicle from just four cameras.  The wrap-around video system consists of the new Fujitsu MB86R11 2D/3D "Emerald L" Graphics SoC and the companion developers toolset; the end result is a 3D hemispheric view of the vehicle's surroundings from a dynamically definable perspective or "free eye point." Read The Full Story

Marvell unleashes tri-core Armada 628 processor for smartphones and tablets

, Sep 23rd 2010 Discuss [0]

Marvell is content to let the other companies on the smartphone and tablet processor market smile about their dual-core offerings as it tosses the world's first tri-core processor for smartphones and tablets into the spotlight. The new processor is called the Armada 628. The new processor is a SoC design that has three high-performance ARM cores and operates as the world's first commercially available heterogeneous, multi-core applications processor. Read The Full Story

Intel’s 15nm Atom plans previewed

, Sep 17th 2010 Discuss [0]

Intel's tiny chip ambitions have been revealed, thanks to a roadmap forecast slide the company prepared for IDF 2010 this past week.  According to the image, Intel are looking ahead to CPUs as small as 15nm; it's unclear from the slide, though, whether the number of processor icons indicate product ranges, number of cores or just general potency. Read The Full Story

TI unveils industry’s first 2.4GHz SoC for ZigBee RF4CE remote controls

, Sep 6th 2010 Discuss [0]

TI has unveiled a new SoC that is the first in the industry to use 2.4GHz tech for a fully optimized ZigBee RF4CE remote control. The new SoC is the TI CC2533 and it will enable single chip remote controls to be constructed that need low power and offer higher reliability and are cheaper to construct. Read The Full Story
Pages: Prev 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Next