Semiconductor company MediaTek wants to improve the performance of low-cost, Android-based smartphones with its latest system-on-a-chip (SoC), the MT6572. MT6572 is the world’s first dual-core SoC with integrated Wi-Fi, FM-radio, ...
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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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Hewlett-Packard in the next few days will ship the $169 Slate 7, the company's first product for the consumer tablet market since the spectacular failure of the WebOS-based TouchPad in 2011. Buyers will be able to order Slate 7 by the end ...
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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 ...
Driven by the increasing demand for microchip designs UK based semiconductor and software design company ARM Holdings has reported 28% increase in revenue for the first quarter of 2013 to £170.3m from £132.5m it reported ...
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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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ARM, the Cambridge-based chip designer, has posted higher than expected first quarter financial results, citing strong demand for its new chip design in tablets and smartphones for the growth. The firm posted first quarter revenues of ...
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ARM has announced a new licensing model for its dual processor architecture known as big.LITTLE. Cambridge-based ARM said it is making the change to widen use of the technology which combines Cortex-A15 and Cortex-A7 processor cores. ...
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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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The low-power capabilities of ARM-based processors have created high expectations for their use in servers, but one of Dell's top engineers said they are unlikely to take off until 64-bit versions hit the market. "I don't think you'll see ...
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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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The low-power capabilities of ARM-based processors have created high expectations for their use in servers, but one of Dell's top engineers said they are unlikely to take off until 64-bit versions hit the market. "I don't think you'll see ...
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For TSMC 28HPM process technology and the path for POP IP to TSMC's 16nm FinFET ARM has released the POP IP products for its ARMv8 architecture-based Cortex-A57 and Cortex-A53 processors. The products are available for TSMC 28HPM ...
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