That could be the next growth area for the Atom CPU
Intel is going after the tablet market for its low-power processors, including an upcoming Atom processor designed for mobile phones, the company said.
Arm says the processor made using 28-nm will increase performance, battery life and talk time of smartphones
Chip designer Arm this week showed its first processor made using the advanced 28-nanometer manufacturing process, which should improve battery life and functionality in future smartphones.
South Korea operator shows a prototype SIM card with Google's Android OS installed
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.
Warren East says Intel has no advantage in smartphone chip development and manufacturing
For more than a decade Arm Holdings has designed chips that have powered mobile handsets and smartphones like Apple's iPhone. The company now faces a challenger in Intel, which recently demonstrated a smartphone, LG Electronics' GW990, based on its upcoming Moorestown platform.
The next-generation Tegra processor builds in more speed and better graphics performance
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.
ARM and MIPS aim to put Android on more types of devices
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.
Research firm's numbers contradict lower figures touted by Microsoft on Linux netbooks
Reports that the Linux netbook is dead or dying are incorrect, at least globally, according to an analyst firm.
Small, inexpensive, power-efficient new chips from Intel and ARM are enabling the new wave of mobile devices -- and setting the two companies on a collision course
For once, Intel knows how it feels to be the underdog.
Arms race: firm says new Cortex chip maintains edge over Intel's upgraded Atom
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.
The company says it is offering chips for laptops to protect its customers base in mobile phones
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.
Dell has put Arm processors into its business laptop to run the quick-boot function
After comfortably residing for years in mobile devices like cell phones, chips based on the Arm design are finding their way into commercial laptops.
Arm boosted the speed of its Cortex A9 processor to 2GHz in a bid to upstage Intel
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.
The PC-Z1 netbook-like device is based on a Freescale chip and comes with Ubuntu Linux
Sharp Electronics this week introduced a netbook-like mobile device with a 5-inch touch screen that is designed to run Internet-based applications.
The prototype devices are powered by chips designed by Arm and run Android OS
Dell is developing a handheld mobile device designed for Internet access, following in the footsteps of rival Apple, according to a news report published in the Wall Street Journal on Monday.
Intel and Nokia are in a research agreement to work on Intel chips and chipsets for mobile devices.
Intel and handset maker Nokia are teaming to develop new mobile computing device and chipset architectures, the companies said Tuesday.
