ARM announces 2GHz Cortex-A9 microprocessor
ARM has announced a new Cortex-A9 microprocessor that would run at 2 GHz.
This processor has designed to be used on portable devices like smartphones and smartbooks.
The company aims to deliver the product by the end of the year so that devices powered by it could arrive by next year. [...]
Toshiba JournE Touch tablet PC announced
Japanese consumer electronics giant Toshiba has announced their first tablet PC.
This new product is named Toshiba JournE Touch.
The company said that this device is for times when you need to access the web without booting your primary computer.
It can also be used as an alternative to the [...]
Dell working on Linux powered smartbooks
Linux is becoming a popular operating system for low cost laptops popularly known as netbooks.
Dell is one company which has been offering Linux powered netbooks in the international markets.
The company is now working on smartbook models as well and these would also be powered by Linux OS.
Smartbooks are powered [...]
Samsung and Intrinsity announces a 1GHz mobile processor
Samsung and Intrinsity have together announced a new mobile processor that could someday power the Apple iPhone.
This new mobile processor from Samsung is rated at 1GHz.
It is similar in architecture to the processor that currently powers the Apple iPhone.
Apple iPhone 3GS is powered with [...]
Dual Core processors for mobile phones?
Mobile processor manufacturer ARM has said that they are aiming to start manufacturing dual core chips for mobile devices next year.
A company representative said: “You’ll definitely see handsets shipping with a dual-core A9 in 2010.”
Palm Pre comes powered with a processor based on the ARM Cortex A8 processor.
Apple is also [...]
Alpha 680 could be the first Android powered netbook in market
Guangzhou Skytone Transmission Technologies has announced that they are testing a netbook model that would come powered with the Google Android platform.
They are aiming to make this model available in the retail market. It is expected to be powered with a low cost ARM processor. [...]
The Foundry Company has been renamed Globalfoundries
Advanced Micro Devices and Advanced Technology Investment Company have together announced the creation of Globalfoundries.
The unit was earlier called The Foundry Company.
Globalfoundries would now handle processor manufacturing for AMD which would now focus on developing new technologies.
AMD spoke about this new entity: “Globalfoundries will service the manufacturing [...]
Freescale Semiconductor launches cheap processor for Netbooks
Freescale Semiconductor is aiming to become the latest provider of microprocessors for netbooks which have become very popular in the recent times.
Intel already has their Intel Atom microprocessor platform for this new generation of computing devices.
Now Freescale Semiconductor has announced the launch of new ARM-based chip is from its [...]
14 new members join Open Handset Alliance
Open Handset Alliance is now bigger than ever.
The group has seen a major expansion with the addition of 14 new member companies.
These include: AKM Semiconductor Inc., ARM, ASUS, Atheros Communications, Borqs, Ericsson, Garmin, Huawei Technologies, Omron Software, Softbank Mobile Corporation, Sony Ericsson, Teleca AB, Toshiba and Vodafone.
Google G1 is [...]
Symbian Foundation gets support from ARM, VISA, Huawei and others
Symbian Foundation has announced some new members which include the chip designer company ARM, finance company VISA and Chinese tech giant Huawei.
With this more than 50 companies around the world have become the member of this foundation.
AT&T said that this makes them the edge over Google [...]
