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ARM unveils super efficient Cortex A7, will be paired with A15
- ARM has unveiled a new chip that will enable more efficient and affordable mobile processors. Based on the company's 28nm fabrication, the Cortex A7 reportedly consumes five times less power and measures one-fifth the size of the 45nm Cortex A8,…
Intel, Google collaborate to release Android phones early 2012
- Intel and Google have announced a new partnership that will see low-powered Atom CPUs and their successors running with Google's Android platform as the chipmaker attempts to launch itself into the smartphone market.
ARM signs 29 licensing deals, ships 1.9 billion chips in Q2
- ARM Holdings has posted better-than-expected results for its second quarter and half year ended June 30, 2011. The British giant, whose processor designs are used by Samsung Electronics, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments, says it signed 29 new licensing agreements during…
iSuppli: ARM to power a quarter of new notebooks by 2015
- ARM is best known for its power-sipping smartphone and tablet processors, but according to iSuppli, the chipmaker will soon elbow its way into the laptop market. With the next version of Microsoft's operating system -- Windows 8 -- expected to…
Texas Instruments, Qualcomm announce ARM processors for Windows 8
- Texas Instruments and Qualcomm have both announced ARM processors that are compatible with Windows 8. The two companies likely got the green light right after Microsoft gave its first preview of Windows 8 yesterday.
ARM aiming for 50% of mobile PC market by 2015
- ARM Holdings hopes to steal Intel's dominance of the mobile PC market and have its processors in more than half of all mobile PCs (including tablets and small laptops) sold in 2015. The Cambridge, UK-based company, which licenses its technology…
Intel: Microsoft prepping multiple Windows 8 versions, four for ARM
- Update: Microsoft has denied Intel's claims about multiple Windows 8 versions, including a few solely dedicated to ARM processors. Without getting into any specifics, the software giant says the information disclosed by Intel was "factually innacurate" as it's too early…
AMD: No ARM deal in the works, but door not closed either
- There's been some speculation the last couple of weeks that AMD is pursuing an ARM architecture license or might even consider buying the company outright. Although rumors that a partnership was in the works were quickly shot down, today the…
ARM working with Microsoft to develop processor architectures
- ARM is working with Microsoft to develop processor architectures. ARM Taiwan president Philip Lu made the statement at a March 22 press conference in Taipei but wouldn't reveal any details. Many Taiwan-based ODMs and OEMs believe that ARM platforms developed…
ARM CEO: we're not going 64-bit anytime soon
- ARM, the company responsible for the majority of processors in today's smartphones, does not have plans to add 64-bit support to its architecture anytime soon. Given that the company plans to take on Intel and AMD in the server market…
Microsoft: Windows 8 will support Intel, AMD, and ARM
- Microsoft has announced that the next version of Windows will support System on a Chip (SoC) architectures from ARM-based systems designed by partners Nvidia, Qualcomm, and Texas Instruments. Microsoft's goal is of course to further increase the range of hardware…
Rumor: Microsoft working on ARM-friendly Windows OS
- We’ve seen Microsoft shoot down speculation about an ARM-friendly version of Windows before, but it seems that the rumor mill is at it again. According to a report on Bloomberg, the company will use its CES keynote event to unveil…
ARM to take on Intel and AMD servers in 2014
- Smacking down speculation, ARM says it won't be competing in the server market against Intel and AMD until 2014. The company responsible for the majority of processors in today's smartphones simply does not believe its technology is ready to offer…
Intel's Oak Trail platform enters production, ARM not worried
- According to a new report by DigiTimes, Intel's upcoming Oak Trail platform is right on track for an early 2011 launch with mass production already underway. Oak Trail's Atom Z6XX series system-on-a-chip (codenamed Lincroft) is designed for lightweight portable computing…
ARM co-founder: "Intel has the wrong business model"
- Intel's processors power over 80 percent of PCs around the world. Chips based on micro-architecture developed by ARM are in 95 percent of mobile phones and in more than one-quarter of all electronic devices. ARM acknowledges that Intel's business model…
ARM intros new Mali-T604 GPU, touts 5x more performance
- AMD, Nvidia and Intel may have a stranglehold on GPU sales, but that's not discouraging ARM from pressing onward with its own affairs. The chipmaker today unveiled its fourth-generation Mali GPU, offering up to five times more performance than previous…
Marvell unveils quad-core ARM chip for enterprises
- Marvell has announced a new system-on-chip (SoC) product, the first ARM-based solution designed for servers: the Armada XP (Extreme Performance). Aimed at enterprises, it features four Marvell-designed ARM v7 MP cores operating at 1.60GHz. The Armada XP will be on…
Asus lays out tablet plans with Android, ARM, Windows, Intel
- Many upcoming Asustek tablets have already been hinted, leaked, or even revealed at trade shows. That being said, Asustek president Jerry Shen has revealed some of the launch details to Digitimes. Starting this December, Asus will begin officially announcing tablets…
Nvidia CEO: ARM will be the most important CPU architecture
- Personal computers are going mobile, and Nvidia knows it. In fact, the hardware company is banking on ARM becoming the most important microprocessor architecture of the future, saying that smartphones based on ARM will one day make x86-based systems obsolete.…
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