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ARM's Cortex-A75 and A55 cores are ready to power next-gen phones

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Posted by Harish Jonnalagadda on 29 May 2017 3:59 am
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ARM's latest processors are built for machine learning and artificial intelligence. ARM has unveiled its next-generation CPU cores, the Cortex-75 and the Cortex-A55. The Cortex-A75 will be aimed at the premium segment while the Cortex-A55 core will cater to the mid-range category. The company is touting "ground-breaking performance" from the Cortex-A75 core, which delivers a 20% uptick in...

What is ARM?

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Posted by Jerry Hildenbrand on 12 Dec 2016 7:00 am
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All computers have a processor, and your phone probably uses one designed by ARM. We got a great question recently that made us remember that not everyone keeps up to date on specs and hardware design. Someone asked what ARM meant. Firstly, that's an awesome question. I can imagine it's difficult to make sense of some of the technical talk that happens if you aren't sure of even the basics,...

Intel all set to build 10nm ARM SoCs, starting with LG

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Posted by Harish Jonnalagadda on 16 Aug 2016 11:13 pm
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Intel is finally starting to flex its fab muscle. Intel has failed to make a mark in the mobile SoC market with its Atom lineup of processors, but the chip vendor has announced plans to manufacture ARM-based designs on its 10nm FinFET manufacturing process. Intel also said that it will partner with LG to fabricate a "world-class mobile platform" based on the 10nm node.

It's official: SoftBank is buying ARM for $31 billion

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Posted by Harish Jonnalagadda on 18 Jul 2016 2:28 am
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Japan's SoftBank is acquiring ARM Holdings for $31 billion (£24 billion). The British chip design firm dominates the smartphone market, with its lineup of chips used in 95% of handsets today.

ARM's new CPU and GPU will turbocharge mobile VR

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Posted by Harish Jonnalagadda on 30 May 2016 1:17 am
ARM Cortex A73
At Computex 2016, ARM unveiled the Cortex A73 CPU and Mali G71 GPU, both of which will make their way into 2017 flagships. The Cortex A73 is 30% more energy efficient when seen against the Cortex A72, offering a 30% increase in performance. The highlight with the Cortex A73 is that it is able to sustain its peak performance for twice as long as its predecessor, which means that you'll be less...

ARM unveils Cortex A72 processor architecture, coming in 2016

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Posted by Dan Thorp-Lancaster on 3 Feb 2015 3:56 pm
ARM unveils Cortex A72 processors, coming in 2016
ARM, the company responsible for practically every mobile processor base design in Android devices, just took the wraps off of a new chip design today. Called the ARM Cortex A72, the new reference chip is claimed to sport twice the performance of its Cortex A57 chip, as well as 3.5 times the performance of 2014's Cortex A15. Additionally, ARM says the new design also reduces energy consumption...

Qualcomm to begin mass production of Snapdragon 615, Snapdragon 810/808 coming later this year

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Posted by Harish Jonnalagadda on 20 May 2014 7:05 am
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Qualcomm has announced that it will start mass production of its eight-core SoC, the Snapdragon 615, soon. At an event held in Shenzhen, China, Qualcomm revealed that the Snapdragon 810/808 would also be available before the end of 2014.

ARM anticipates 64-bit Android phones 'by Christmas'

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 24 Apr 2014 3:47 am
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'Big uptick in demand for mobile 64-bit products,' ARM EVP tells CNET With announcements earlier this year from chipmakers NVIDIA and Qualcomm, there's clear momentum building behind 64-bit processors in mobile devices. And in an interview with CNET today, ARM's executive vice president of corporate strategy reveals it's recently seen a "big uptick in demand for mobile 64-bit products," with...

Samsung's Chromebook 2 made official: stitched leather and ARM processors

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Posted by Derek Kessler on 3 Mar 2014 1:13 pm
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After being leaked over the weekend, the Samsung Chromebook 2 is now official. The latest addition to the line-up of Chrome OS-powered portables comes in 11.6- and 13.3-inch screen sizes, with prices starting at $320 and $400, respectively. Both are expected to start shipping next month. Both sizes are powered by Samsung's Exnos 5 Octa processor, similar to the one you'll find in some versions...

ARM announces Cortex A17 processors for '2015 and beyond'

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 11 Feb 2014 10:28 am
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New 'energy-efficient' chips for future mid-range phones Anticipating growth ahead in the mid-range mobile market, chip design giant ARM has unveiled a new range of processors for the mid-level phones and tablets of the future. ARM's Cortex A17 is 60 percent faster than current Cortex A9 designs with improved power efficiency, the company says, and is designed to deliver "today's premium user...

ARM and Linaro answer a few quick questions about big.LITTLE processor tech

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 24 Jan 2014 1:23 am
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10 questions on supporting the power of 8 cores on a mobile platform Samsung has talked a whole lot about how it will implement ARM's new big.LITTLE architecture in its new Exynos Octa processors, but the technology can be a bit confusing. With so much computing power under the hood and a new way of addressing tasks a few questions come to mind about compatibility, power and how it all works....

ARM demos Exynos 5 Octa distributing tasks over all 8 cores in new videos

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 11 Sep 2013 1:59 am
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See the latest 8-core processor technology in action on common apps Samsung announced yesterday that come Q4 it would have technology in its new Exynos 5 Octa processors to take advantage of all 8 cores simultaneously, and today ARM has released videos showing the processors in action. In a handful of technical demo videos (that are drastically more informative than Samsung's commercialized...

Wine on Android demoed at FOSDEM

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Posted by Jerry Hildenbrand on 3 Feb 2013 8:05 pm
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Wine, the software that's officially not an emulator but allows Microsoft Windows applications to run on Linux, Mac OS, and other platforms, was shown running on an Android environment today at FOSDEM in Brussels. Alexandre Julliard, of Codeweavers and Wine's original developer, demoed Wine on a Apple Macbook running Linux and the Android emulator. The initial tests show Wine running pretty...

AMD getting into the ARM processor game

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 30 Oct 2012 10:18 am
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ARM-based processors seem to be the future of computing, especially in applications that require power (and heat) efficiency, like tablets and smartphones. Trying to skate to where the puck is going, AMD is starting to research creating ARM processors. Their hope is to supplement their current lineup of desktop, laptop and server processors -- based on an x86 architecture -- with these higher...

Qualcomm puts their Snapdragon from 2010 against new mobile chip from Intel

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Posted by Jerry Hildenbrand on 20 Sep 2012 4:31 pm
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There's been a lot of talk about Intel's new mobile Atom chip on the Internet, and the people at Qualcomm wanted to remind us about how their offering stacks up against it. Qualcomm innards are found on some of todays most powerful Android phones, like the U.S. versions of the Galaxy S3, or the upcoming LG Optimus G, but that's not what Qualcomm is showing us here. They're using an Xperia Arc, ...

Linaro shows big improvements to Android 4.0.4 with ARM optimization

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Posted by Jerry Hildenbrand on 11 Jun 2012 7:31 pm
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If you're a fan of Linux on ARM hardware, you've probably heard of Linaro. If not, the short version is that they're a group of ultra-smart engineers who work on optimizing open-source and Linux software (and the tools to build them) for the ARM architecture. Yes, Linaro comprises the people who build the tools regular nerds use to build apps and software. Why am I rambling on about Linaro, you...

ARM announces free Community Edition of ARM Development Studio 5 [programming]

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Posted by Jerry Hildenbrand on 28 Nov 2011 8:03 am
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There's more than one way to write Android apps, and if you're working on something intense, you know using the NDK and native code is the way to go.  If you're a part-time developer or anyone not part of a big mobile development house, you also know that some of the native development and debugging tools aren't cheap.  ARM has you covered by releasing the "Community Edition" of their DS-5 tool...

Ice Cream to follow Honeycomb in the Android dessert lineup, Forbes says

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Posted by Sean Brunett on 15 Oct 2010 9:23 pm
Ice Cream will be the version of Android following Honeycomb, Forbes reported today. We haven't even gotten to Gingerbread yet, but that doesn't mean we can't look to the future. Google has taken to naming different iterations of Android after desserts, in alphabetical order. Beginning at "C," we've had Cupcake, Donut, Eclair and Froyo. Gingerbread and Honeycomb have been confirmed to be next and...

Intel's Moorestown Atom smartphone demoed running Android 2.1

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Posted by Dallin Hampton on 2 Jun 2010 4:40 pm
With Computex under way, Aava Mobile demonstrated a handful of prototype smartphones, some of which we can expect to see within a year or two. One phone platform that stole the stage was the Intel Moorestown (no doubt a reference to Moores Law) with an Atom chipset and Android 2.1. It didn’t seem too much faster (at first glance, anyway) than the exisiting Qualcomm Snapdragon line. Hopefully as...

Microsoft Exec Criticizes Android

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Posted by Casey Chan on 10 Jun 2009 6:01 am
 Microsoft Exec Steve Guggenheimer recently voiced his skepticism regarding Android and its ability to translate to a computing operating system. To quote:"I'm somewhat sceptical that consumers will begin running to Android right now," said Guggenheimer. "You'll still want your printer to work, you'll still want your software to work. There's a lack of a complete ecosystem around Android."We...

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