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No Windows 7 Support for ARM Processors, According to Microsoft VP

Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system has been widely appreciated for the performance enhancements it brings, enabling OEMs and PC users to enjoy a better Windows experience on a wider range of computer systems. However, despite previous rumors, the official debut of Windows 7 did not enable support for ARM pro...

9 November 2009
10:23 GMT

Dual-Core Tegra 2 Scheduled to Arrive in 2010

NVIDIA's Tegra has gained an impressive amount of popularity over the course of the last few months, especially for having powered Microsoft's highly appreciated Zune HD media player. On that note, the Santa Clara, California-based chip maker is preparing to update its Tegra family of processors with the mu...

6 November 2009
05:19 GMT

ARM Announces the Multicore Cortex-A5 Processor

Cambridge, England-based ARM has announced today the expansion of its power-efficient processor portfolio with the introduction of the new Cortex A5 MPCore, designed as the smallest, lowest power ARM multicore processor. According to the chip designer, the new part is capable of delivering the necessary performance f...

21 October 2009
07:12 GMT

GLOBALFOUNDRIES Partners with ARM for 28nm SoC Products

GLOBALFOUNDRIES is a company that is still young in the semiconductor industry, but the outfit has big plans to become one of the leading players in the industry and become a better competitor for TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company). On that note, ARM and GLOBALFOUNDRIES have announced today that they h...

6 October 2009
09:11 GMT

Broadcom to Use ARM's Cortex-A9 Multiprocessor in Upcoming Mobile Applications

ARM continues to push its technology into the mobile space, as an increasing number of chip makers are licensing the company's solutions for use in some of their upcoming products. The latest to join is Broadcom, one of the industry's leading providers of wired and wireless communications solutions, which h...

28 September 2009
08:17 GMT

ARM Cortex A9 Can Reach Speeds of 2GHz

Cambridge, England-based ARM has announced today that it has managed to bump up the speed of its dual-core Cortex A9 processor, which can now support speeds greater than 2GHz. According to the company, the announcement was made to provide designers with a choice for a low-power, high-performance processor that can op...

16 September 2009
08:45 GMT

Full Specs on Palm Pixi's Processor Surface

Sunnyvale-based mobile phone maker Palm announced a few days ago the launch of a new handset based on its fresh webOS operating system, the Palm Pixi, which is set to come to the US market on Sprint's airwaves. The company also unveiled a series of details regarding the handset's specifications, yet now we ...

14 September 2009
13:31 GMT

Nokia Takes the Wraps Off the Maemo-Powered N900

Following the release of the Booklet 3G, Nokia's first x86-based portable computer system, the Espoo, Finland-based phone maker has announced today the debut of its new Nokia N900. Designed as an ultraportable, Internet-capable device, the new handset comes with the Maemo 5 operating system, marking an important...

27 August 2009
09:08 GMT

Nokia ARM-Based Smartbook Still Coming

Although previous reports that Nokia was planning an ARM-based smartbook appeared to have been shattered when the Finish mobile phone maker announced the Intel Atom-powered Booklet 3G netbook, new reports indicate that the company is still working on an ARM-based smartbook. The world's leading phone maker looks ...

26 August 2009
06:07 GMT

Nokia Eying the Netbook Market

Nokia is a name most associate with the mobile phone market, as the company is specialized in developing mobile communication devices aimed at a wide range of users. With an impressive line of low-end, mainstream and high-end handsets, the company is currently the leader in its respective field. However, it looks lik...

21 August 2009
07:03 GMT

Dell Considering ARM-Based Smartbooks to Take on Wintel Netbooks

Despite the growing interest and popularity of the upcoming Windows 7 operating system, there are still some very high hopes for the open-source Linux alternatives, especially considering the popularity of small-sized, low-power PC systems such as netbooks or smartbooks. On that note, a recent report on the Internet ...

19 August 2009
06:41 GMT

Motorola Sholes CPU Specs Surface, Might Come with Eclair

Sholes is the Android handset Motorola is expected to release on the market on the airwaves of Verizon, and it seems that it will turn into a great device when available, though the other Motorola Android phone, Morrison, doesn't look like a bad choice either. Aimed at the high-end Android smartphone segment, th...

11 August 2009
08:31 GMT

Wave of ARM-Based Snapdragon and Tegra Smartbooks Coming in Q4

According to recent details that have just surfaced on the Internet, computer users will be faced with a series of new ARM-based smartbooks due to be launched in the fourth quarter of this year. The new models will compete with Intel's much-anticipated Pine-Trail-based netbooks and will be available from a numbe...

3 August 2009
08:35 GMT

ARM Could Disrupt Microsoft-Intel Marriage

One of the most interesting battles that have been recorded in the IT industry is that of Intel versus the conglomerate of chip makers that have adopted ARM's microarchitecture. There's an immense potential in the market for low-power, ultraportable and low-cost computing systems, especially since the line ...

31 July 2009
03:59 GMT

ARM Signs Two Licensing Agreements for Mali GPU

Cambridge, England-based ARM has announced today that it has signed two more licensing agreements for its ARM Mali graphics processing units (GPUs), providing mobile devices with high-definition (HD) entertainment and enhanced browsing experience. Two mobile technology providers in Asia, Rockchip and Telechips, have ...

29 July 2009
09:34 GMT

ARM Announces Availability of Physical IP Libraries for MCU Devices

ARM, the company behind many of today's smartphones and other digital products, has announced today the availability of ultra low-power Physical IP libraries put together to drive the development of the next generation of energy-efficient MCU devices. SoC designers are now provided with the ARM 0.18µm ultr...

28 July 2009
08:16 GMT

ARM Chip Makers Show Support for Google's Chrome OS

Following the announcement about the upcoming launch of Google's much-anticipated Chrome OS operating system, a number of reports have surfaced regarding the future of computing and the impact of Google's operating system on the industry. The announcement has received a favorable welcome from a number of in...

9 July 2009
09:06 GMT

Samsung Licenses ARM Mali-SVG-t Software

Microprocessor technology developer ARM has announced today that Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has licensed the ARM Mali-SVG-t software that will be used in a series of future mobile phones. According to the company, the upcoming handsets from the South Korean phone maker are expected to be able to offer improved gra...

8 July 2009
09:23 GMT

Android Only Optimized for Smartphones, ARM Says

ARM's chips are widely available inside mobile phones, and they seem to also be the first choice when it comes to smartphones. According to the company, Google's Android operating system has been optimized to work in such devices, where it fits better than it would inside more powerful computers like smartb...

8 July 2009
09:03 GMT

ARM Mali-400 GPU Gets Licensed by MediaTek Inc.

ARM and MediaTek Inc. announced today the licensing of the ARM Mali-400 MP multi-core graphics processing unit (GPU) for MediaTek's system-on-chip (SoC) technology. MediaTek Inc., as many of you might already know, is a worldwide leading fabless semiconductor company focused on wireless communications and digita...

7 July 2009
13:41 GMT

Samsung Ships First ARM-Based Application Processor on 45nm

Samsung Electronics, one of the world's leading vendors of consumer electronics and advanced semiconductor solutions, has just announced the latest ARM11-based series of application processors, with the launch of the S5P6440. According to the company, the new chip has been designed using its advanced 45nm low-po...

29 June 2009
08:13 GMT

Nokia to Launch ARM-Based Android Netbook in 2010

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is expected to come to the market next year with its first netbook running under the Google Android operating system. The company has been rumored before to be working on such a device and, though nothing has been said officially until now, it seems that the netbook might become a rea...

27 June 2009
03:34 GMT

Intel's 'Important Announcement' Brings No Details on Nokia Netbook

Confirming earlier reports that surfaced on the Internet, Intel and Nokia have jointly announced a technology collaboration that will be at the base of a new class of Intel-based mobile computing devices and chipset architectures. Despite previous reports, the announcement made by the two leaders in their respective ...

24 June 2009
02:27 GMT

LG Electronics Licenses ARM Technology for DTV Development

Cambridge, England, UK-based ARM has just announced that one of the world's leading vendors of consumer electronics, LG Electronics, has recently licensed the ARM technology for use in its upcoming line of digital TVs (DTV). According to both companies, this solution will enable consumers to take advantage of a ...

22 June 2009
06:44 GMT

Future 'Pres' and 'iPhones' to Include Dual-Core ARM Processors

ARM, a worldwide leading smartphone chip maker, stated recently that future smartphones were very likely to come to the market sporting more than one core inside their processors. According to the company, the move will be driven both by the fact that handsets tend to mimic the hardware features of personal computers...

15 June 2009
09:10 GMT

Freescale Announces Its Own Smartbook Designs

At this year's edition of Computex, a new concept has surfaced in the computer industry, namely that of smartbooks, ultraportable computer devices designed as alternatives to Intel's low-power netbook systems. The media attention that these fresh devices have received is significant, given they promise most...

5 June 2009
11:07 GMT

Intel Lays Out Plans to Acquire Wind River Systems for US$884 Million

Continuing to plan for the road ahead, Santa Clara, California-based Intel has just announced that it has entered the final stage of negotiation with Wind River Systems, which will be acquired by the world's leading chip maker for approximately US$884 Million. Wind River Systems is a company that specializes in ...

5 June 2009
02:52 GMT

ARM Remains Linux Only, No Windows 7 Support

Despite previous rumors, the Redmond, Washington-based software giant Microsoft has officially confirmed that its next-generation Windows 7 operating system will not provide consumers with support for ARM-based devices. According to the company, the upcoming Windows release, due out on October 22, will be enabled on ...

4 June 2009
09:11 GMT

Qualcomm Confident in the Future of the Smartbook

The days when the desktop computer system was pretty much the only device on the emerging PC market, are officially gone, as Qualcomm prepares for an upcoming wave of new portable computer systems, which will be known as smartbooks. The chipmaker has just outlined its vision on the fast growing market for mobile comp...

29 May 2009
04:45 GMT

Windows 7 on ARM Netbooks Could Be a Possibility

The netbook computer phenomenon has succeeded to draw the attention of the majority of companies in the IT industry, ranging from system builders to chip manufacturers. The increasing popularity of this form factor has enabled companies that use the ARM architecture to consider the development of portable computer sy...

6 May 2009
03:39 GMT

Alpha 680 to Be the First Android and ARM-Based Netbook

One of the most anticipated additions to the fast growing market of ultra-portable netbooks is a product that combines an ARM-powered platform with the mobile-focused Android operating system. This solution will offer PC enthusiasts a choice for even a lower-priced, Internet-capable computer device that will essentia...

27 April 2009
05:41 GMT

Nokia Reportedly Talking with ECS for Its First Netbook

The netbook market is expanding at an incredible pace, as we hear of more companies planning to launch their own netbook designs in the upcoming months. Nokia, the world's leading manufacturer of mobile phones and smartphones, is expected to make its debut in the fast-growing industry for small-sized, low-power ...

13 April 2009
09:04 GMT

Tegra-Powered HP Mini Could Revolutionize the Netbook Market

NVIDIA has been showing off an HP Mini 1000 PC at CTIA that has been equipped with one of its highly mediated Tegra processors, specifically built to provide the necessary computing power for smartphones and mobile Internet devices. Although the company hasn't admitted to any direct collaboration with HP on the ...

3 April 2009
06:50 GMT

ARM Promises High Performance with Mali Processors

ARM, the leading UK-based chip maker, recently announced plans to introduce to the market new high-end processors meant for mobile phones, called Mali-200 and Mali-400. According to Remi Pedersen, graphics product manager at ARM, the new powerful processors are expected to come to the market before the end of the yea...

24 March 2009
03:08 GMT

OLPC Considers Going for ARM Instead of x86 in XO-2

The One Laptop Per Child organization, which has spawned the low-cost portable computer system known as the OLPC, is said to be considering the adoption of ARM's microprocessor architecture, consequently replacing the x86 one, currently used in the OLPC laptop. ARM-based processors could power the upcoming XO-2 ...

13 March 2009
05:03 GMT

Intel Has High Hopes for Its Moorestwon MID Platform

Since Intel launched the Atom platform the netbook market has significantly increased, providing users and PC vendors alike with a new computer category, specifically focused on delivering a rich Internet experience and on-the-go computing. However, the success level of the Atom processor might soon be overtaken by o...

27 February 2009
05:42 GMT

Nokia to Prep a Compact Mobile Computer

It seems that Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia does not have only the release of new phones on its mind for the ongoing year, since some other devices are reported to be in the works as well. Among them we should be able to see a compact mobile computer based on ARM’s multi-core Sparrow chip, which has been unv...

25 February 2009
08:43 GMT

ARM Announces the New Cortex-M0 Processor

ARM, a leading manufacturer of low-power computer processors, has introduced today a new processor, part of the company's Cortex lineup. Dubbed Cortex-M0, the new ARM processor is claimed to be the smallest, lowest-power and most energy-efficient processor developed by the chip maker. The new chip is said to be ...

23 February 2009
05:59 GMT

ARM Heading for the Netbook Market with the New Sparrow Chip

Chip maker ARM announced yesterday its first Cortex family processor core built using a 32nm manufacturing technology. Following that announcement, the company has recently introduced a new, low-cost processor, dubbed “Sparrow,” which it claims to be aimed at the increasingly popular netbook market. The n...

17 February 2009
04:21 GMT

ARM Announces NEON Technology Included in Dolby Mobile

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, ARM announced today that its ARM NEON technology would be included in the Dolby Mobile from Dolby Laboratories, Inc. The combination between the two will offer manufacturers new ways of leveraging the user listening experience on mobile phones and portable media players, whi...

16 February 2009
05:21 GMT

World's First 32nm ARM Processor Announced

Approximately one week after Santa Clara, California-based Intel detailed its plans to accelerate the adoption of the 32nm manufacturing technology, chip maker ARM has just announced the introduction of the world's first ARM processor designed on a 32nm High-K Metal Gate (HKMG) process technology. The company�...

16 February 2009
03:44 GMT

Dell Laptops Use Hybrid Processor, OS Solutions

As technology develops, portable computer systems, such as notebooks, face an increasingly challenging role, which is to provide its users with a faster access to the system's functionalities, with a focus on Internet access and email. This is one of the reasons why some PC vendors, Dell included, have thought o...

12 February 2009
06:40 GMT

Netbook Shipments to Reach 35 Million in 2009, Intel Couldn't Be Happier

A recent report released by ABI Research appears to confirm what has been said repeatedly about the fast-growing market for low-cost, low-power portable computer systems, namely that the netbook is the product that best fits the current market situation. Taking in consideration the impressive number of netbook units ...

27 January 2009
05:42 GMT

Freescale to Allow for $199 Netbook with ARM-Based 1GHz Processor

As the netbook market continues to grow, more companies appear to show interest in a device that marked the past year as one of the most successful products on the market. Despite the fact that Intel has been a major player in the new market, the leading chip maker, headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is expect...

5 January 2009
04:18 GMT

ARM-Based Netbooks to Become Available in Early 2009

As a recent article on Digitimes informs us, the netbook market in China will soon provide several new systems that will be built on ARM processors, instead of on the traditional Intel Atom that is featured in most netbooks on the market. The new netbook systems are said to boast 7-inch and 10-inch displays, and will...

18 December 2008
05:51 GMT

Apple to Use ARM Chip in iNetBook (Speculation)

Speculation is increasing that an Apple netbook packing an ARM-processor is on its way, says a FastCompany report. The rumor has been revived (for one reason or another), after months of being dormant. It is known that ARM chips are already powering Apple's cleverly-designed iPhone, that not only acts as a phone...

10 December 2008
09:32 GMT

Intel and ARM Processors Inside the Same Notebook

The recent few months we've seen the ultra-portable, low-power, low-energy mobile machines called netbooks gaining a lot of market share, which attracted in the game both PC vendors and chip manufacturers. Currently, on the chip side, Intel's Atom processor has the lead, yet the UK-based IP firm ARM is also...

25 November 2008
05:28 GMT

ARM Is Also Heading to the Netbook Market

Intel's Atom processor is about to get a run for its money, not only from AMD, as we have reported earlier today, but also from a chip maker that has a long history in designing processors that deliver a small power consumption, and are specifically built to be featured in smartphones and personal media players,...

13 November 2008
05:10 GMT

Intel Apologizes for Trashing Apple's iPhone

Intel has rectified statements coming from one of its executives attending a Developer Forum in Taipei earlier this week, regarding the iPhone as a device incapable of handling the Internet properly. Intel's exec had touted the company's next-gen Moorestown platform as the logical replacement of the ARM pro...

24 October 2008
15:41 GMT

Internet-Capable Apple Device to Compete with Eee PC

The netbook market could soon receive a much-awaited breath of fresh air as ongoing rumors suggest that the Cupertino, California-based Apple is currently developing a new lightweight, small-sized portable system that is neither a new iPhone nor MacBook model. There are several rumors that point out the same outcome...

24 October 2008
14:31 GMT


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