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California based custom PC builder ZaReason has just announced the new ZaTab tablet running Android 4.0.3 “Ice Cream Sandwich” operating system, on its official website. Using a single core ARM Cortex A8 processor along with Mali-400 GPU, ZaTab is not the most powerful ICS tablet on the block, but it clai... |
26 May 2012
09:21 GMT |
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It was only four days ago that we reported on the existence of a $49 VIA android mini PC and now we get to describe another such item, from Chinese brand rikomagic.
This small device measures 8.8 x 3.5 x 1.2 cm, which is the same as 3.46 x 1.37 x 0.47 inches. Quite a small package for a computer, but we lost the ab... |
26 May 2012
04:46 GMT |
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The Fedora ARM team, through Paul Whalen, announced earlier today, May 24th, that the Beta release of the upcoming Fedora ARM 17 edition is now available for download. "We invite you to take part in making Fedora 17 for ARM a solid release by downloading, testing, and providing your valuable feedback. Please join u... |
24 May 2012
11:31 GMT |
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LLVM, a compiler infrastructure designed for compile-time, link-time, runtime, and idle-time optimization of programs from arbitrary programming languages, is now at version 3.0. Chris Lattner, the developer behind LLVM (Low Level Virtual Machine) project, said that the new version delivered a large number of change... |
23 May 2012
09:03 GMT |
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ARM is a British CPU design company that develops and licenses the well-known ARM architecture. Lately, the performance of ARM-based CPUs has become comparable with low-power x86 counterparts, and the company reportedly foresees that they'd own over 20% of the mobile PC market by 2015. ARM is currently the... |
21 May 2012
11:41 GMT |
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ARM, the Texas designer of low cost and power consumption processors, has just released a new open-source X.Org DDX Linux graphics driver. Although the new driver doesn't provide support for the upcomming Mali T6xx processors, it's still good news nonetheless. According to Tom Cooksy, General Manager at ... |
21 May 2012
06:07 GMT |
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While the manufacturing cost of an ARM powered TabletPC is around 300 ~ 350 USD for a 10” model and 150 ~ 200 USD for a 7” model, Microsoft reportedly plans to charge tablet manufacturers a huge 90 ~ 100 USD for a Windows 8 ARM Edition.We were talking about Intel’s strangely failed attempt at the mo... |
18 May 2012
12:13 GMT |
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Apple managed to set the price of tablets high, and it even held it up there for a while, at the $500 / 470 Euro mark. That didn't stop the Chinese from making slates that are actually cheap though.
Right now we get to look at the A10, a 7-inch small wonder made by Shenzen-based manufacturer HuaYi.
Powered b... |
17 May 2012
10:44 GMT |
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We've seen our share of tablets, most of them powered by an ARM processor of some sort, and now we get to report on one that doesn't cost a fortune.
Not that tablets normally cost more than a life's salary. All things considered, $399-$499 price tags have come to be seen as standard, approachable mar... |
15 May 2012
09:39 GMT |
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It seems strange how every time a scientist, physicist or otherwise, says shrinking silicon semiconductors is will “soon” not be possible anymore, he is proven wrong by the determination of the tech companies to achieve or maintain high profits. Intel is reportedly already working and planning the retrof... |
13 May 2012
18:24 GMT |
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Chip giant Intel is reportedly posed to get Apple’s attention with its future chips. TSMC’s recent demonstration of a 3.1 GHz ARM Cortex A9 dual core chip is certainly more impressive than the empty statements of Intel’s CEO Paul Otellini: “Our job is to ensure our silicon is so compelling, ... |
13 May 2012
17:30 GMT |
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Speaking in Santa Clara at an investors’ meeting, Intel’s CEO Paul Otellini tried to do his best in downplaying Intel’s huge embarrassment from two weeks ago. He said that, when it comes to Windows and x86 software, Intel has much more experience. The thing is that there is a strong possibility tha... |
12 May 2012
10:10 GMT |
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If you were looking for a nice tablet that didn't completely butcher your savings, the Hyundai A7HD may be just the thing. Set to cost 160 Euro / $200, it is bound to make its debut alongside two other slates, one of the same size (7-inch) and a 9.7-inch model. The Hyundai A7HD, as reported by AndroidPit, wi... |
12 May 2012
06:04 GMT |
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Famous Taiwanese motherboard manufacturer Asustek has reportedly started rolling out the update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for the Asus Eee Pad Slider tablets that are sold in the US today. The update will simply arrive over-the-air, and as so, you’ll be able to install it directly on your original tabl... |
11 May 2012
08:14 GMT |
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Windows 8, the next-generation operating system from Microsoft, will be the first to arrive with support for ARM architectures as well, in addition to the x86 architecture that it already runs on. Dubbed Windows RT, Windows on ARM will pack most of the features that the rest of Windows 8 flavors will include, but i... |
11 May 2012
04:37 GMT |
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Despite the attention Samsung’s SGS III is getting lately, Qualcomm is not sitting still and, after all, they have the most advanced ARM processor out right now. So Qualcomm has reportedly resented the world’s first auto stereoscopic HD 3D tablet that is able to produce 3D graphics requiring no special ... |
10 May 2012
07:44 GMT |
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It may seem like deja vu, but Mozilla is complaining that Microsoft is creating an artificial monopoly for its browser in Windows for ARM by not allowing other apps, including other browsers, to use the full capability of the operating system. Mozilla says that this essentially gives IE exclusive reign over Windows ... |
10 May 2012
04:45 GMT |
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It seems that Korean giant Samsung was not quite satisfied with the performance of Android Ice Cream Sandwich on the big screen 10.1” Galaxy Note tablet when using a dual-core Cortex A9 ARM processor. So they reportedly decided to wait until the quad-core ARM CPU becomes available. Samsung’s Exyn... |
9 May 2012
08:57 GMT |
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HP has just announced today the powerful HP t410 All-in-One (AiO) Smart Zero Client, on its official website. The t410 is featuring new and innovative one-wire Power over Ethernet (PoE) technology, while still providing outstanding multimedia performance and a true PC-like experience. They’re calling it &ldquo... |
9 May 2012
03:40 GMT |
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Korean giant Samsung is reportedly the ruler of the dual core ARM mobile processor market. This is no surprise, since the company is holding most of the smartphone market that is not Apple based. The analysis was done by Strategy Analytics and the results represent the market status of the year 2011. Dual core mob... |
7 May 2012
18:17 GMT |
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Google is reportedly taking over our TV sets with its Android operating system. LG will start shipping these Google TVs beginning with 17th of May this year. The TV sets are powered by a custom quad core ARM processor most likely based on the Cortex A9 design. The operating system is not exactly Google’s well-... |
7 May 2012
06:21 GMT |
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With the Cortex A15 design, ARM managed to find the holy grail of CPU design. This is something many seem to not have noticed during this spring. Sure, we were busy with Kepler's launch, AMD's Trinity leaks and Ivy Bridge, but none of these launches or expectations are as impressive as ARM's Cort... |
6 May 2012
17:35 GMT |
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If anybody remembers Intel’s Atom launch, you’ll also remember how the company hoped that their chips would end up in everything from vacuum cleaners to fridges, cars and phones. With Intel’s “bribe” funds, incomparable R&D funds and unending monopoly of the x86 computing world, this was... |
5 May 2012
22:35 GMT |
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Google recently announced, at its Android Developers Forum, the latest update to their NDK. This was a fulfilment of Amit Rohatgi’s promise that Google would be adding the MIPS ABI into the Android NDK. Amit Rohatgi is MIPS Mobile Architect and, in the light of recent MIPS developments, he promised that MIPS wi... |
4 May 2012
10:48 GMT |
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Reportedly, TSMC has just announced that it managed to double its 28 nm manufacturing capacity when compared to the previous quarter. This means that a lot more AMD Radeon 7970 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 GPUs will be coming our way. The thing is that TSMC, despite its huge manufacturing capacities, is still not... |
3 May 2012
05:55 GMT |
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Wine 1.5.3, a new development version of the famous framework used to run Windows applications on Linux, has been announced by Alexandre Julliard, the leader of the Wine project. Wine 1.5.3 brings some much needed updates and represents an important milestone in the development of Wine (Wine Is Not an Emulator). Hi... |
30 April 2012
02:45 GMT |
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Nvidia is reportedly working on an improved version of its very popular, but already semi-obsolete Tegra 3 mobile chips. Tegra 3 was quite an unlucky and short-lived chip. While it performed very well and still does, it came into the market together with the ARM Cortex A15 designs. Nvidia’s penta-core ch... |
27 April 2012
05:33 GMT |
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For months, even years, IT players and analysts have been saying how the ARM architecture won't ever score big on the server market if it doesn't offer 64-bit support, but this barrier has finally been brought down.
Following the revelation of deals signed for the use of the ARM v8 architecture, which sup... |
27 April 2012
02:38 GMT |
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Some people may have read about our report on the server deals that ARM has signed, but a certain tidbit of information stands out more than the rest.
It appears that, after years and years of exertions, ARM Holdings finally has an architecture with 64-bit support.
People not versed in technobabble probably don&#... |
25 April 2012
04:35 GMT |
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It looks like ARM Holdings has made another step in the right direction while seeking to establish a presence on the server market.
Like so many other companies, ARM has to periodically hold conference calls with financial analysts and discuss earnings, outlooks, etc.
These calls tend to disclose certain business ... |
25 April 2012
03:11 GMT |
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ARM has recently posted its quarterly earnings on the company's official website. The results continue the amazing winning streak for the British company. The results are even better than the ones ARM posted late last year, when they announced the doubling of their revenue. For the ones that need a remind... |
24 April 2012
16:49 GMT |
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Taiwanese hardware manufacturer MSI has reportedly sent the company’s new Android tablet over at the FCC for certification. The device is called MSI MS-0N0J1 and is likely to be an affordable one, judging by the operating system used, Google’s Android 2.3 Gingerbread. It is built using a single core ARM... |
24 April 2012
11:45 GMT |
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TSMC has long been a good FAB partner for Nvidia and ATi’s GPUs. But, right now, Qualcomm is reportedly moving a considerable amount of its production over to GlobalFoundries. The diversity of designs the Taiwanese FAB leader was able to manufacture was so great that even AMD asked them to manufacture APUs for... |
24 April 2012
03:25 GMT |
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It appears that Aliexpress is selling a small ARM-based device that runs Android 2.3, but can be easily hacked to run the popular Ubuntu operating system. Mele A1000 is actually sold as a TV box for $70. It is powered by an ARM-based Allwinner A10 chip. It features 1.2 GHz Cortex A8 ARM CPU with a MALI400MP OpenGL ... |
20 April 2012
09:06 GMT |
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FreeBSD, an operating system for x86, ARM, IA-64, PowerPC, PC-98 and UltraSPARC architectures, is now at version 8.3. FreeBSD 8.3 Final is the fourth release in this stable branch, improving functionality over the 8.2 version and bringing some new features as well. Highlights of FreeBSD 8.3: · usb(4) suppo... |
19 April 2012
03:25 GMT |
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While some might have never heard of it, MIPS stands for “Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages” and is a RISC type of processor architecture, just like AMD’s or Intel’s x86 CPUs are. It is not something radically different and hard to develop and to develop for, like Intel&rsquo... |
18 April 2012
04:51 GMT |
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After the success it enjoyed with the dual core Cortex A15 designs, ARM is announcing today the Cortex-A15 quad core design on its official blog. The introduction of highly efficient CPU designs based on the Cortex A15 architecture caught everybody by surprise. The surprise wasn’t in the fact that the CPU was ... |
17 April 2012
09:46 GMT |
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The Indian Government will start distributing an improved Aakash II tablet in May (2012), and now we know just what will work better. You'd think that improvements would demand some rise in price, but that is not the case. In other words, the 7-inch Android 2.3-loaded tablet will get a free boost. For one, th... |
4 April 2012
07:30 GMT |
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DoudouLinux, a distribution build for children, that strives to make computer usage and other assorted activities a lot more fun and interesting, is now at version 2012-03. DoudouLinux 2012-03, despite being a development version is still based on Debian Squeeze, the current stable release of Debian. A final versio... |
29 March 2012
03:31 GMT |
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It's not much of a secret that Google plans to support ARM processors in Chrome OS. What is interesting though is that the next-generation Chromebooks, slated to land in the coming months, will apparently be using ARM processors, the ones normally used in phones and tablets, ditching Intel.
What this means is t... |
26 March 2012
15:51 GMT |
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The new ARM-based design from Samsung is called Exynos 5 and it is a true A15 Core solution on 32nm. Unlike Qualcomm’s SnapDragon S4 that can be characterized as being “A15-like,” the Exynos 5 is a Direct A15 Core.
The Korean company did not want to experiment with 28nm manufacturing process just y... |
26 March 2012
10:14 GMT |
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GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection which includes frontends for C, C++, Fortran, Objective-C, Java, Ada, and Go, has just reached version 4.7.0. GCC 4.7 provides support for older systems, but recently unmaintained or untested target ports of GCC have been declared obsolete. Highlights of GCC 4.7: · Support... |
22 March 2012
11:28 GMT |
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TSMC doesn't seem to have much trouble with the 28nm process technology but, going by what a recent rumor has been saying, its manufacturing ability still seems to be sorely tested.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company doesn't have enough 28nm chips to go around, according to Digitimes.
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20 March 2012
05:01 GMT |
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The original Aakash tablet, while cheap, was not left without its share of berating, but Datawind was already working on a new and improved version when the Indian Cellular Association said its piece. The Aakash tablet, with its price of $35 / 27 Euro, practically set the foundations for cheap tablets, even if it w... |
16 March 2012
10:09 GMT |
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We aren't strangers to affordable tablets, but most of them, if not all, measure 7 inches in screen diagonal, which means that anything bigger than that is either overpriced or underpowered, or both. Prestigio was present at CeBIT 2012, in Hannover Germany, where it showed off an item that, sadly, did not get ... |
15 March 2012
05:08 GMT |
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Not long after the Raspberry Pi foundation revealed its unfortunate manufacturing hiccup, we get a clear idea of when the small PCs will start shipping.
We didn't expect to learn about this so soon after the problems revealed by the developers of the Raspberry Pi, but here we are.
RS Components, one of the tw... |
9 March 2012
09:28 GMT |
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FreeBSD, an operating system for x86, ARM, IA-64, PowerPC, PC-98 and UltraSPARC architectures, is now at version 8.3 RC1. The developers of FreeBSD 8.3 RC1 have said that there will probably be another release candidate before the final release.The freebsd-update utility provides support for binary upgrades of i386 a... |
7 March 2012
09:57 GMT |
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If you're at CeBIT 2012 in Hannover, Germany, you might want to drop by the booth of a certain Chinese company called Viota.
The reason we say this is a certain report about a tablet that somehow manages to cost just $120, which translates into roughly 91 Euro.
Granted, the internal specs aren't the sam... |
6 March 2012
03:46 GMT |
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Today, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Microsoft announced the release of Windows 8 Consumer Preview. The release marks a new step in the evolution of Windows 8, but is still only a preview version of the platform, destined mainly for testing purposes. The new platform flavor brings along a variety of... |
29 February 2012
10:23 GMT |
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Today, Microsoft is set to unveil to the world the Consumer Preview flavor of its Windows 8 platform at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Some more info on the platform has just made it online, only hours before the launch.
The said document was published on Microsoft’s website to inform businesses on ... |
29 February 2012
07:57 GMT |
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