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Mips Technologies had added virtualisation and 128bit SIMD instructions to its 32 and 64bit architectures, taking them to Release 5, writes Steve Bush.
Virtualisation hardware is for security - allowing multiple operating systems to run on a single core with no possibility of data interaction. A banking application, for example, can safely run at the same time as web browsing.
Single instruction multiple data (SIMD) functions are used when the same instruction needs to be executed on several independent data words. They are used to speed video, audio, graphics processing.
Continue reading Mips adds security and SIMD.
Just a quick 'flag in the sand' story - one to note for posterity...
Imagination Technologies has agreed to acquire the operating business of microprocessor firm MIPS Technologies, writes Richard Wilson.
In a separate transaction, the remaining MIPS processors patents are being sold to a separate group which is led by ARM. The Bridge Crossing LLC group is paying $350m for the MIPS patents.
Continue reading Imagination, ARM buy MIPS.
One to note for posterity, perhaps - a story of more symbolic than practical significance...
According to Gartner, Android will be used on more computing devices than Microsoft Windows within four years, writes Nicole Kobie on PC Pro.
Apparently by the end of 2016 there will be 2.3 billion devices using Google's software, compared with 2.28 billion Windows devices. Note, however, this total includes computers, tablets and smartphones.
According to Gartner, Android will be used on more computing devices than Microsoft Windows within four years, writes Nicole Kobie on PC Pro.
Apparently by the end of 2016 there will be 2.3 billion devices using Google's software, compared with 2.28 billion Windows devices. Note, however, this total includes computers, tablets and smartphones.
Continue reading Android to overtake Windows within four years - research.
The PC market was once the engine room of the global semiconductor market, writes Richard Wilson. But no longer.
The two largest microprocessor suppliers to the PC market, Intel and AMD, see sales under pressure as smartphones and tablets take over as the chip market's biggest revenue source.
Continue reading Intel, AMD see end of desktop PC.
David Manners writes: The PC market will shrink in 2012 for the first time in over a decade, says IHS.
The total PC market in 2012 is expected to contract by 1.2% to 348.7m units, down from 352.8m in 201. Not since 2001 has the worldwide PC industry suffered such a decline.
Continue reading PC market will shrink for the first time in a decade.
AMD's latest embedded G-Series processor is an x86 based device with a graphics accelerator and with power consumption of 2.3W on average or 4.5 watts thermal design power (TDP), writes Richard Wilson.
AMD also said it is extending the planned availability for the entire G-Series processor family through 2017.
Continue reading AMD opens five-year window for embedded x86 processors.
The lighter (676g) thinner (9.3mm) one running Windows RT on an ARM processor, and the 903g 13.5mm version running Windows 8 Pro on an Intel x86.
Continue reading Microsoft hedges bets with tablet processor.
Asus has introduced an Intel x86 / Windows variant of its Transformer tablet-cum-netbook to run alongside ARM / Android versions, writes Steve Bush.
Continue reading Computex: Asus tries x86 in a tablet.
Inside the phone, codenamed Santa Clara (perhaps there was a clue there) is a Z2460 Atom.
According to website Trusted Reviews, the phone is actually made by Huawei. Trusted Reviews also reports that Android 2.3 has been chosen as the operating system rather than a more modern Android.
Continue reading Orange launches Atom-based phone.
Much ado in the blog-based Techoverse about Intel Android phones being launched at the upcoming Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona.
PocketNow.com claims to have got some images and details for a phone that will be Motorola's first Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich-powered handset, which will be running Intel's new mobile Medfield platform.
The big question facing Intel and Motorola, of course, will be the performance on power.
PocketNow.com claims to have got some images and details for a phone that will be Motorola's first Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich-powered handset, which will be running Intel's new mobile Medfield platform.
The big question facing Intel and Motorola, of course, will be the performance on power.
Continue reading Medfield powers Android on Intel for Motorola - MWC.
One from David Manners' Mannerisms blog:
Intel's Medfield chip-set aimed at getting the company into smartphones has been dissed by ARM CEO Warren East.
"Are they ever going to be the leaders in power efficiency? No, of course not," East told Reuters at CES.
"It's inevitable Intel will get a few smartphone design wins," added East.
Continue reading ARM CEO lays into Intel's Medfield.
One to note for the
future, perhaps, regarding the recent CES and the mobile-oriented Medfield chip - a
flag-in-the-sand for Intel's low-power, battery-life friendly processor
that will aim take on ARM in the embedded space.
At CES, Intel has announced that its new processor will be used by Motorola Mobility and Lenovo in upcoming Android-based smartphones, reports the BBC.
At CES, Intel has announced that its new processor will be used by Motorola Mobility and Lenovo in upcoming Android-based smartphones, reports the BBC.
Continue reading Intel Medfield finds home in Motorola and Lenovo smartphones.
ARM processor-based embedded module designs need a new interface standard, says supplier Kontron.
"Current COM standards do not address the needs of ARM/RISC specific designs," said Dirk Finstel, CTO at Kontron.
Konton is proposing a Computer-on-Module (COM) standard that is optiomised for ARM-based designs.
"Current COM standards do not address the needs of ARM/RISC specific designs," said Dirk Finstel, CTO at Kontron.
Konton is proposing a Computer-on-Module (COM) standard that is optiomised for ARM-based designs.
Continue reading ARM modules need new form factor, say embedded firms.
Congatec, a major user of x86-based processors from Intel and AMD in its modules, says it now plans to increasingly use ARM technology. It is the latest embedded computer module firm to increase its dependence on ARM processors, writes Richard Wilson.
As a result it will use Freescale's ARM-based i.MX portfolio of products. As a first step congatec is expanding its Qseven product family with Freescale processors.
Embedded computer module suppliers Kontron and MSC already have ARM-based products.
As a result it will use Freescale's ARM-based i.MX portfolio of products. As a first step congatec is expanding its Qseven product family with Freescale processors.
Embedded computer module suppliers Kontron and MSC already have ARM-based products.
Continue reading ARM becomes processor of choice for embedded modules.
A cross-fertilisation of blogs... but this post has run on the Eyes on Android blog, ragerding Intel taking on ARM via a customised version of Android...This one caught my eye on SlashGear. It seems Intel is looking to get a custom version of Android Gingerbread in order to support tablet builders looking to run with its Atom E series of processors.
According to SlashGear it would better enable Intel to compete against the likes of ARM in the mobile space where power consumption, and hence battery life, is all important.
The story originates from Carrypad.com. According to "Chippy":
Continue reading Intel version of Android to compete with ARM on Atoms.
ARM is 'invading the x86 MPU home turf' and is threatening Intel in PCs, desktop systems and servers, says Arizona analyst IC Insights, writes David Manners.
"The spread of ARM-based processors threatens to go beyond tablet computers and invade the x86 MPU turf in mainstream home PCs, desktop systems, and even network servers," says Bill McLean, CEO of IC Insights.
Continue reading ARM invading Intel x86 home turf - IC Insights.
One leading processor company that has been absent from recent Android talk is AMD... A senior executive has admitted that it has left the smartphone processor space to the likes of Intel and AMD. It seems AMD believes the company's strengths in graphics 'don't lend themselves to the handset segment,' reports PC World. Instead, it is Tablets that may attract them...SVP and product group manager Rick Bergman has been talking at the Pacific Crest Securities Technology Leadership Forum in Vail, Colorado
Agam Shah writes:
Continue reading AMD and Tablets....
According to analysts iSuppli, a quarter of all notebook PCs sold in 2015 will have ARM processors, writes David Manners.
"Starting in 1981, when IBM first created its original PC based on Intel's 8088 microprocessor, the X86 architecture has dominated the PC market," says iSuppli's Matthew Wilkins, "over the next generation, billions of PCs were shipped based on X86 microprocessors supplied by Intel and assorted rivals--mainly Advanced Micro Devices Inc. However, the days of X86's unchallenged domination are coming to an end as Windows 8 opens the door for the use of the ARM processor, which already has achieved enormous popularity in the mobile phone and tablet worlds."
"Starting in 1981, when IBM first created its original PC based on Intel's 8088 microprocessor, the X86 architecture has dominated the PC market," says iSuppli's Matthew Wilkins, "over the next generation, billions of PCs were shipped based on X86 microprocessors supplied by Intel and assorted rivals--mainly Advanced Micro Devices Inc. However, the days of X86's unchallenged domination are coming to an end as Windows 8 opens the door for the use of the ARM processor, which already has achieved enormous popularity in the mobile phone and tablet worlds."
Continue reading 25% of notebooks to be ARM-based in 2015.
Intel is chasing low-power. As the archetypal chaser of speed, this transformation is not unlike a Frenchman saying he's a one-woman guy.Intel CEO Paul Otellini made it official at an investor conference this week, saying that Intel will aim for a mid-point power consumption of 15W for laptop ICs compared to today's 35W.
Otellin slapped down any suggestions Intel will make ARM architecture processors. It is relying for low-power on its move to Finfets at 22nm.
Continue reading Intel rejects ARM but chases low-power.
