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  • 7 predictions for Open Source in 2011

    With Android, Ubuntu, and ARM set to shine, 2011 promises to be a banner year for open-source software.

    Written by Katherine Noyes29 Dec. 10 11:24
  • Arm faces uphill battle in server market

    Arm has entered the server market with Marvell Semiconductor announcing a chip based on its processor architecture, but customer acceptance and design issues could affect its chances of winning market share from Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, analysts said.

    Written by Agam Shah09 Nov. 10 09:52
  • TSMC, Arm join to develop next-generation mobile chips

    Arm and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company announced a partnership to enable the design of smaller chips for devices like smartphones and tablets, the companies said on Tuesday.

    Written by Agam Shah21 July 10 03:40
  • Intel digs deeper into tablet market with Moorestown

    Intel has set its sights on the burgeoning tablet computing market with its latest Moorestown chips, which the company believes will help break rival Arm's dominant position in the handheld device market.

    Written by Agam Shah05 May 10 15:09
  • Intel puts Google's Android on Atom smartphones

    Intel has ported Google's Android mobile operating system to smartphones based on its Atom microprocessors, an Intel executive said Tuesday.

    Written by Dan Nystedt and Owen Fletcher14 April 10 04:06
  • SK Telecom crams Android, processor inside a SIM card

    The SIM cards in cellular telephones might be smaller than a postage stamp and less than a millimeter thick but that hasn't stopped South Korea's SK Telecom from cramming all the major components needed to run Google's Android OS inside one of them.

    Written by Martyn Williams17 Feb. 10 06:13
  • Nvidia's new chips target mobile devices

    Nvidia launched its next-generation Tegra processor for low-cost laptops and tablets on Thursday, which could intensify competition with rival Intel in the chip market.

    Written by Agam Shah08 Jan. 10 06:55
  • ARM, MIPS accelerate Android push

    Processor makers ARM and MIPS Technologies are both aiming to simplify and accelerate the use of netbooks, MIDs (mobile Internet devices), set-top boxes and picture frames that run on Google's Android software platform.

    Written by Mikael Ricknäs20 Nov. 09 08:39
  • Arm unveils chip to make smartphones faster, cooler

    Arm Holdings has introduced a processor for smartphones and other devices that it says will be cheaper, and more powerful and energy-efficient than the two ARM processors it will supplant. The company expects that the new chip will also help it ward off incursions from Intel's rival Atom chip.

    Written by Eric Lai21 Oct. 09 23:48
  • Arm uses laptops to protect mobile phone turf from Intel

    Arm Holdings is positioning its chips as the main processors in the low-end laptop market, but does not expect these chips to account for a significant part of its revenue, an executive said on Friday.

    Written by John Ribeiro12 Oct. 09 17:37
  • Arm chips make their way into commercial laptops

    After comfortably residing for years in mobile devices like cell phones, chips based on the Arm design are finding their way into commercial laptops.

    Written by Agam Shah30 Sept. 09 06:53
  • Arm flaunts performance by boosting processor speed

    Arm Holdings on Wednesday raised the clock speed of its Cortex A9 processor to 2GHz, with the aim of boosting application performance while drawing less power.

    Written by Agam Shah17 Sept. 09 06:04
  • Microsoft Rules Netbooks Now, But ARM/Linux Threat Grows

    Will Microsoft stick with Intel chips in Netbooks? Or will it port Windows to ARM processors — the same chips that lower-cost Linux-based netbooks coming later this year will use. One thing's certain: Redmond's rivals are preparing for battle.

    Written by Shane O'Neill30 March 09 09:57
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