ARM has signed a long-term deal with Samsung that is aimed at providing next-level visual experiences to customers. The deal includes ARM’s GPUs namely Mali T820, 830, 860 and the recently announced T880 as well as all future Mali GPUs.
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ARM announces ‘IoT Subsystem’ for Cortex-M processors
ARM has introduced a new ‘IoT Subsystem’for its Cortex-M processors at the ongoing Computex 2015. The new hardware subsystem will enable fast and efficient development of highly customized chips for smart connected devices.
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ARMs 10nm and 16nm FinFET Cortex designs leaked
ARMs designs for the 10nm and 16nm FinFET Cortex have been leaked in a new roadmap. ARM is planning to introduce 5 new CPU cores for the 10nm and 16nm processes.
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ARM acquires IoT security firm Offspark
ARM has acquired Offspark, a specialist in security software for the Internet of Things. The popular chipmaker has made the acquisition to improve its security credentials for IoT offerings.
LG Odin chipset entering mass production soon, to skip flagship G3
As competition in the chipset space increases, its been rumored that LG has plans of their own to bring along an ARM based system on chip dubbed Odin. While rumors have been around for a couple of years now, we finally might have something concrete around the specifics of the chipset. Believed to be based on the big.LITTLE configuration that we talked about a while back, the Odin chipset would pair four Cortex A15 cores clocked at 2.2Ghz each with four Cortex A7 cores clocked at 1.7Ghz. To be manufactured on the 28nm process, it is believed that TSMC is in charge of manufacturing. Continue reading “LG Odin chipset entering mass production soon, to skip flagship G3”
ARM reports earnings of $130.4 million in Q4 2013, falls below analyst expectations
ARM Holdings, the British semiconductor company whose processor chip designs power most smartphones reported its earnings for Q4 2013. While the earnings were up 7% year on year, it fellow below analyst estimates owing to slowdown in smartphone sales. The company was estimated to rake in $138 million but reported processor royalties of $130.4m in the fourth quarter of 2013. Continue reading “ARM reports earnings of $130.4 million in Q4 2013, falls below analyst expectations”
Intel to make 64 bit ARM chips starting next year
Intel is gearing up to start making 64 bit ARM chips starting next year. Before you jump to conclusions, do know that Intel is planning to fabricate 64 bit ARM chips for its partner Altera, signaling a huge wave of change for the company. It is very well known that Intel is struggling in its mobile business, only recently making strides with the Clovertrail and Baytrail SoCs, and they are all based on the x86 architecture. Intel does not only make its own chips, it does fabrication for other companies too, like Altera for example. The current market leader for ARM fabrication is undoubtedly TSMC, which does fabrication for most companies from Nvidia to Qualcomm. So, in perfect sense, Intel is now a competitor to TSMC rather than Qualcomm or Nvidia.
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eyeSight and ARM join hands to bring better gesture support
ARM and eyeSight have gotten together to bring better gesture support for ARM Mali GPU based devices. As a result of the partnership between the two companies, eyeSight’s gesture technology will come incorporated into Mali T600 GPUs. The improved efficiency of gesture computation will help improve face and emotion detection, long distance finger tracking, and even 3D motion recognition (such as finger pointing for selection).
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Exynos 5 Octa by Samsung reportedly features PowerVR SGX 544MP3
Samsung announced this CES the Exynos 5 Octa which has 4 ARM Cortex A15 cores and 4 ARM Cortex A7 cores for power management with whats called as Big little configuration. Now Samsung is known to boast their GPUs, but during their Octa announcement, they did not talk about the GPU they were using and Anandtech is now reporting that Samsung is using the PowerVR SGX 544MP3 GPU at 533 MHz.
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Broadcom licenses the ARM7 and ARM8 architectures, to produce smartphone processors
Broadcom has been mainly known for making baseband modems and GPUs for smartphones for a while, but now they have taken the plunge into smartphone processor development by signing up for ARM7 and ARM8 architecture licenses with ARM holdings pvt ltd. the world leading provider of smartphone chipset designs.
Apple reportedly moving its ARM chip supplies away from Samsung
According to a report from China Times, a Taiwanese publication, Apple is shifting its “flip-chip chip scale package for ARM chips” contract from Samsung’s SEMCO to Taiwanese printed circuit board maker Unimicron Technology Corp. Unimicron is a Taiwan based semiconductor company which deals with PCB related technology. This move clearly indicates Apple’s unwillingness to work with Samsung.
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ARM unveils Mali-T658 GPU, promises 10x graphics performance than Current-Gen GPU
ARM has announced the new Mali-T658 GPU that offers 10 times the performance than current-Gen GPU, Mali-400 MP GPU that is used in the mainstream consumer devices such as the Samsung Galaxy S II. This also offers 4 times the processing power of Mali-T604 and also offers a range of performance and API support than that of all currently available embedded GPUs that offers better uses such as traditional graphics processing, including HD gaming, computational photography, image-processing and augmented reality. Continue reading “ARM unveils Mali-T658 GPU, promises 10x graphics performance than Current-Gen GPU”
Samsung Might Announce Quad-Core Windows 8 Tablet Next Week
Microsoft is teaming up with Samsung to showcase their new Windows 8 OS on a Samsung tablet. The unveiling is said to be scheduled for Tuesday, 13th September.
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Intel Might Manufacture Chips for Future iPads and iPhones
Intel has revealed that it will be making the most significant technological announcement of the year at a press conference on May 4th. Continue reading “Intel Might Manufacture Chips for Future iPads and iPhones”
Intel Medfield Based Devices to Launch in Q3 2011
Sources say that mobile phones powered by Intel’s new Medfield processors are likely to hit the market as early as Q3 of 2011.
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