July 23, 2012
ARM’s relentless attack on Intel’s dominant position continues. In recent months, the mobile-friendly company has won major victories in the form of the ARM-compatible Windows RT operating system and cracking the 3.0GHz clock speed barrier with a small…
Tags: 3d transistors, ARM, finfet, hardware, tsmc
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February 3, 2011
Nvidia turned more than a few heads earlier this year at CES when it announced plans to develop its own graphics-enabled microprocessor (MPU) using ARM technology, a decision that so far has been met with optimism by industry analysts, including iSuppl…
Tags: ARM, hardware, isuppli, mpu, News Worthy, Nvidia, processor, project denver
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January 11, 2011
Perennially beleaguered chip maker AMD announced Monday that Dirk Meyer is no longer the company’s CEO. Until it finds a permanent replacement, Chief Financial Officer Thomas Seifert will serve as the firm’s acting CEO. The abr…
Tags: AMD, apu, ARM, ceo, chip, dirk meyer, fusion, globalfoundries, Intel, netbook, News Worthy, Nvidia, smartphones, tablet, x86
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January 6, 2011
It’s the end of Wintel. At least, that’s what you’re likely to read this morning after Microsoft dropped the bomb shell that the next version of Windows will run not just on x86, but also on select ARM chips.
Microsoft CEO made the revelation We…
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December 22, 2010
Well here’s an interesting development. According to a Bloomberg report, Microsoft plans to announce a version of Windows that will run on ARM processors for the first time ever.
Assuming Bloomberg’s sources know what they’re talking about, Microsoft w…
Tags: architecture, ARM, CES, hardware, microsoft, News Worthy, operating system, OS, processor, Software, windows, x86
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November 1, 2010
Do you like your tablet screens at 7 inches or 10.1? How about your tablet OS—Windows or Android? And what about the CPU—Intel Atom or a trusty, ARM-based system-on-chip? Within the next few months, ViewSonic will be offering two new tablets bearin…
Tags: android, ARM, atom, Home, News Worthy, tablet, tablets, viewsonic, windows
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