VMware today announced that its dual persona mobile device software is now available on some Android OS-based mobile devices sold by Verizon. Dual persona technology creates two OS instances, one for business use and the other for ...
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The first mobile devices to use Nvidia's Tegra 4 chips will be announced this quarter, meaning smartphones and tablets based on the new processor should be available soon. Nvidia unwrapped Tegra 4 at the International CES trade show in ...
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US based Texas Instruments (TI) has collaborated with the automotive parts supplier, Continental for mass production of the microcontrollers with Flash technology. Both the companies will jointly manufacture the 65nm ARM Cortex safety ...
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Hewlett-Packard on Friday started shipping its US$169.99 Slate 7 tablet with Android 4.1, which signals the company's reentry into the consumer tablet market after the TouchPad imploded in 2011. The tablet became available first in the ...
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Distributors Digi-Key and Mouser are taking orders for "Raspberry Pi competitor" the BeagleBone Black $45 computer based around a 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor. The BeagleBone Black board is aimed at educational, hobbyist and professional ...
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Open-source board maker BeagleBoard.org has introduced a bare-bones PC starting at $45, bringing it closer to the popular Raspberry Pi, which offers basic models for $25 and $35. The $45 BeagleBoard Black has no casing and comes in the ...
Texas Instruments has announced a $45 computer based around a 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor, and aimed at the 'maker' market. Called BeagleBone Black, it is half the price and has more performance than the original credit card sized ...
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Chip maker LSI is hoping to improve networking performance and flexibility with its ARM-based Axxia 4500 processor family, the company announced Monday ARM-based processors are best known for powering smartphones and tablets. But the ...
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Oxford-based simulator firm Imperas has released a software model of the ARM Cortex-A7 MP core, completing its set of ARM core models. "These are the fastest models on the planet," company founder and CEO Simon Davidmann told Electronics ...
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John Johnson considers the use of FPGAs to tackle the design challenges of smart metering systems Legacy power infrastructure is intrinsically inefficient, aging and the operation of it is often harmful to the environment. ...
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Taiwanese foundry TSMC has 'taped out' production of ARMs 64-bit Cortex-A57 using a 16-nanometre process. Taping out is the final stage before fabrication and mass production. The microprocessors could mount a growing challenge to Intel ...
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The Cortex-A57 is ARM's highest performing processor ARM and TSMC have jointly taped-out the first 64-bit ARM Cortex-A57 processor on TSMC's 16nm FinFET process technology. The completion of the final phase of the design process clears ...
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Toshiba has announced its first ARM Cortex-M4 microcontroller with DSP extensions, a floating point unit (FPU) and a programmable servo/sequencer controller (PSC). The TMPM4440 microcontrollers are available with 768kbyte or 1024kbyte of ...
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Renesas Electronics is offering customers of its RX microcontrollers a free of-charge design qualification service for commercial software up to the value of €20,000. The programme supports a range of middleware, including operating ...
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BLU Products, one of the fastest growing mobile phone manufacturers in the world announced today the new BLU LIFE Series of smartphone devices delivering stunning design and premium build quality with flagship performance. The BLU LIFE ...
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