The seesaw mobile processor battle between ARM and Intel continued at Computex, with ARM claiming it offered better performance per watt for mobile devices than Intel's upcoming chips. ARM's processors go into most smartphones and ...
HTC has canceled plans to develop a larger Windows RT tablet because demand for tablets based on the Microsoft operating system has been weak, unnamed sources told Bloomberg. HTC will still release an ARM-based 7-in. Windows RT tablet in ...
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Looking at historical trends and performance benchmarks, a team of researchers in Spain have concluded that smartphone chips could one day replace the more expensive and power-hungry x86 processors used in most of the world's top ...
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Microsoft customers clamoring for the incorporation of the Start button and menu into Windows 8 will get their wish partially fulfilled in the upcoming update of the OS. Windows 8.1, which will be released in preview mode next month and ...
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Advanced Micro Devices had no plans to release low-power x86 server chips until the release of its ARM-based servers in 2014, but sagging server fortunes have changed the company's direction. The company is introducing two low-power ...
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Taiwan's MediaTek has launched a new quad-core ARM processor for tablets that is slated to be used in an upcoming IdeaTab device from Lenovo. The MT8125 chip features a quad-core processor built with ARM's Cortex A7 CPU and can run at up ...
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Microsoft's Windows 8 update, code-named Windows Blue, will be formally released as Windows 8.1 and will be free for customers who have the new OS installed. Windows 8.1 will be an "update" for both Windows 8 and for Windows RT, the ...
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Microsoft plans to release a preview version of Windows 8′s update, code-named Windows Blue, at the end of June, according to Julie Larson-Green, a corporate vice president in charge of the OS's development. Larson-Green didn't say ...
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A Qualcomm executive Friday defended Windows RT tablets despite poor initial sales, saying the mobile device chip maker is "very optimistic with the future of Win RT." Qualcomm currently supplies ARM-based Snapdragon processors for ...
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NXP Semiconductors reported first quarter revenues of $1.085bn which is 11% up on this quarter last year. The company’s strongest business continues to be the high performance mixed signal (HPMS) IC business which includes ...
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Premier Farnell is supporting ARM processor-based designs by making available a number of development tools, software and evaluation boards across Europe. A similar offering is already available in the Americas. The distributor's ARM ...
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Hewlett-Packard in the future will offer customized Moonshot servers at different prices and also offer configurations with ARM and Intel Xeon processors. HP on Monday started shipping the first offering in its new class of hyperscale ...
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Spreadtrum Communications, the China-based mobile phone chipset supplier, has announced the commercial availability of its dual-core 1.2GHz smartphone chipsets for TD-SCDMA (SC8825, pictured) and EDGE (SC6825). This follows the successful ...
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Not fazed by a takeover battle looming on the sidelines, members of Dell’s research division are putting together the pieces for prototype ARM supercomputers that could be deployed in the future. Dell has a good idea what an ARM ...
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Chrome OS and Android will remain as separate operating systems, each addressing specific requirements, Google's executive chairman said Thursday. There will be more commonality between the two OSes, but they are going to be separate for ...
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