Earlier this month Microsoft and a handful of partners started showing of Windows 8 running on tablet with ARM-based processors. While Windows 8 probably won’t be released to the public until the second half of 2012, CNET reports that an early version Windows 8 for ARM will be available for developers in February. [/caption] Windows 8 on ARM is reportedly…

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It’s been a year since Microsoft announced that Windows 8 would run on devices with ARM-based processors as well as computers with x86 chips. But while a Windows 8 developer preview has been available for months, it currently only runs on x86 chips. Today NVIDIA showed off a tablet with a Tegra 3 quad-core processor running Windows 8. We didn’t…

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The PandaBoard ES is a platform aimed at developers that want to write software for phones, tablets and other mobile devices. But basically it’s a tiny, low-cost computer board with a 1.2 GHz TI OMAP 4460 dual core processor, support for 1080p HD video, HDMI output, OpenGL 2.0 graphics, and more. The PandaBoard ES has 1GB of DDR2 memory, a…

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ARM has introduced a new graphics core design which will offer ten times the performance available from the ARM Mali-T400 chips available today. In other words, you get a 1000% graphics performance boost over the chip in the Samsung Glaaxy S II, which is one of the fastest phones available today. The new ARM Mali-T658 design is aimed at pones,…

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Windows 8 will be the first full blown version of Microsoft’s desktop operating system which can run on ARM-based processors as well as x86 chips. But Windows on ARM will be a different experience for many users — because most older Windows apps aren’t compiled to run on ARM chips. In other words, moving forward we’ll probably see key apps…

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Chip designer ARM has introduced a new platform for low power chips that are 20 percent the size of ARM Cortex-A8 processors… and which use only about 20 percent as much power. The new ARM Cortex-A7 processors are designed to power low cost, entry level smartphones and other mobile devices. While ARM says the chips will show up in smartphones…

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Arduino designs small, open source microcontroller boards that can be used as the basis for everything from a small computer to a robot that can react to real-world environments through a series of sensors. The designs for Arduino boards are available for anyone to use if they want to build their own from scratch, but you can also purchase Arduino…

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Windows 8 will be the first desktop operating system from Microsoft to support microprocessors with both x86 and ARM architectures. This week at the company’s Build conference for developers, Microsoft has been showing off laptop, desktop, and tablet computers with both x86 and ARM chips, and talking about how many of the new features in the operating system will work…

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Windows 8 is designed to run on computers with ARM-based processors as well as x86 hardware from Intel, AMD, or other chip makers. While the prototype tablet Microsoft has been sending to tech journalists for review purposes is basically the Samsung Series 7 slate PC with an Intel Core i5 processor designed for Windows 7, today at the Build developer…

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Next year Microsoft plans to launch Windows 8, and it will be the first desktop operating system from the company to officially support ARM-based chips as well as x86 processors from Intel, AMD, and others. That could open the door to very low power laptops which offer excellent battery life at very low prices. But it will be up to…

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While Marvell does offer application processors, its current offerings aren’t as powerful (or common) as chips from competitors Qualcomm, NVIDIA, or Texas Instruments. According to information uncovered by SemiAccurate, however, it looks as though Marvell may be about to make a significant leap forward from the ARM v6/7 chips it currently produces. Sources indicate that Marvell is working on new…

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Raspberry Pi is working on a project to create a tiny computer that’s about the size of credit card and cheap enough to be sold for around $25. The company started showing off a prototype a few months ago, and now Raspberry Pi has created schematics for an alpha board and manufacturing is beginning. The alpha board will be a…

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