Intel vies to stave off ARM challenge with low-power tri-gate transistor technology, comments IHS iSuppli

May 11, 13:59

With its new tri-gate 3D transistor technology, Intel will have the low-power microprocessor ammunition it needs to assault the tablet and smartphone semiconductor market, and to...

Google and ARM reportedly plan to establish standardization for Android/ARM platforms

Mar 31, 01:05

Google is reportedly considering a push for standardization of its Android 3.0 hoping the new strategy will help resolve the drawbacks of the operation system; meanwhile, Google may...

ARM cooperating with Microsoft, says ARM Taiwan president

Mar 23, 01:40

ARM has been cooperating with Microsoft according to ARM Taiwan at a March 22 press conference in Taipei. ARM did not release further information due to confidentiality, but many...

Integrated mobile processors to challenge standalone application processors, says Petrov Group (part 2)

Mar 16, 12:19

Recently several handset IC companies have announced integrated mobile processors – products that integrate baseband processor and application processor together with graphics...

Standalone application processors are wining in mobility markets, says Petrov Group (part 1)

Mar 8, 15:40

Several years ago there was a widely accepted expectation that application mobile processors would be fully integrated with baseband processors on a single chip. However, today we...

Intel expected to offer 3rd-generation MID platform Medfield in 3Q11

Feb 23, 16:20

Intel, in order to compete with ARM architecture devices which are prevailing in the tablet PC industry, has had Medfield, its third-generation MID platform, enter testing by Taiwan-based...

Apple reportedly to hand processor orders to TSMC

Feb 15, 01:20

Apple is reportedly looking to outsource the production of its A4 processor as well as the next-generation ARM Cortex-A9-based A5 processor to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company...

Compal Communications to undertake ODM production of ARM tablet PCs

Jan 18, 01:05

Compal Communications (Compal Comm), a Taiwan-based ODM maker of handsets, will begin shipments of ARM-architecture tablet PCs to ODM clients in the first half of 2011, according...

AMD heading in right direction on ARM but too slow, say Taiwan notebook makers

Jan 12, 01:25

AMD starting to develop display processors to support ARM architectures is correct in terms of marketability and market potential, but its pace is too slow compared with Nvidia's...

Samsung adopts ARM chips for new tablet PC

Nov 19, 16:11

Samsung Electronics is preparing its next generation tablet PC, Orion, using an ARM Cortex-A9-based processor and ARM Mali-400-based GPU.

Tablet PCs are opportunities to redistribute profits among supply chain players, says ARM president

Nov 19, 14:51

While Taiwan-based makers have dominated the global production of PCs but have had thinning margins because most of the profits have fallen to the two CPU giants especially Intel,...

Taiwan vendors to offer dual-platform tablet PCs due to Wintel market status

Oct 15, 01:30

While Taiwan-based notebook vendors prefer the combination of ARM processors and Android to that of Intel processors and Windows for tablet PCs, they have announced plans to launched...

ARM and SMIC extend collaboration to 65nm, 40nm

Oct 12, 01:35

ARM and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) have announced an agreement to collaborate on the development of ARM physical IP library platform for SMIC 65nm...

There is room for superphone, says Nvidia CEO

Oct 7, 13:53

During an exclusive press conference for Taiwan media, Nvidia president and CEO Huang Jen-hsun indicated that there is room in the market for so-called superphones. The Motorola Droid...

Globalfoundries adds new 28nm technology offering, unveils 22/20nm roadmap

Sep 2, 11:40

Globalfoundries has announced the addition of a new technology offering based on its 28nm high-k metal gate (HKMG) technology, and revealed for the first time its manufacturing timeline...

China IT players to hold tablet PC industry summit

Aug 12, 14:27

The China Electronic Appliance (CEAC) and China Video Industry Association (CVIA) plan to jointly hold a tablet PC industry summit in Beijing on August 20 with industry players including...

PC vendors unenthusiastic about Intel Atom tablets

Aug 2, 16:12

Despite Intel promoting its Atom processors aggressively to persuade PC vendors to adopt the platform for their tablet PCs and is set to launch its next-generation Oak Trail platform...

ARM and TSMC ink long-term strategic deal

Jul 21, 09:23

ARM and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) have jointly announced a long-term agreement that provides TSMC with access to a broad range of ARM processors and enables...

Lenovo and Toshiba ready to launch smartbooks

Jun 29, 14:05

Japan-based Toshiba and China-based Lenovo are set to launch new smartbooks by the end of August and the end-of-year holidays, respectively.

Linaro formed to push Linux on ARM

Jun 4, 11:37

ARM and five system-on-chip (SoC) vendors - Freescale Semiconductor, IBM, Samsung, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instruments (TI) - have jointly announced the formation of Linaro, a not-for-profit...

Computex 2010: Wintel tablet to get spotlight while ARM devices linger in the shadows

May 26, 15:22

Despite the most PC vendors have already completed development of ARM-based tablet PCs, vendors such as Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International (MSI) will still push Wintel-based...

ARM expects 50% of the tablet PCs in 2011 to use its processors

May 20, 14:35

ARM expects 50% of the global tablet PCs to be using its processor IP in 2011, according to company director of Mobile Computing, Bob Morris.

Nokia not keeping up with smartphone performance leaps, says Ovum

Mar 10, 12:31

Smartphone manufacturers are embracing more powerful hardware capable of handling advanced graphics and video processing, with the transition from ARM11-based processors to ARM Cortex...

ARM unveils new SoC platform on Globalfoundries 28nm process

Feb 24, 12:18

Globalfoundries and ARM have unveiled new details on their SoC platform technology for powering the next generation of wireless products and applications. The new chip manufacturing...

ARM-based CPUs will overtake x86 in ultra-mobiles in 2013, says ABI Research

Jan 22, 16:30

While an estimated 90% of ultra-mobile Devices (UMDs) shipped in 2009 were based on an x86 processor architecture, the introduction of ARM-based systems introduces greater choice...

Nuvoton expands 32-bit MCU lines

Dec 22, 15:45

Nuvoton Technology, the logic IC subsidiary of Winbond Electronics, has licensed ARM's Cortex-M0 processor for its 32-bit microcontroller units (MCUs). It plans to introduce a series...

FTC lawsuit will affect Atom, says ABI Research

Dec 17, 11:45

Through a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint filed, the FTC is suing Intel for alleged antitrust violations that claim Intel uses illegal incentives to encourage computer and...

Global Unichip announces mass production of ARM7-based GP5080 series SSD SoC solution

Nov 3, 16:43

Global Unichip has announced the mass-production of its ARM7-based GP5080 series SSD SoC platform solution, targeting the storage application for the booming market of netbooks/smartbooks,...