Samsung is the first company to produce processor samples using ARM’s new Cortex-A15 designs. The Samsung Exynos 5250 is a 32nm chip with a 2 GHz dual core processor. It’s likely aimed at next-generation tablets, smartphones, and other low power devices. According to Samsung, the new chip can handle 14 billion instructions per second, making it almost twice as fast…

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LG builds a lot of devices with ARM-based chips, ranging from smartphones and tablets to televisions and set-top boxes. So it’s not a huge surprise that the company is looking at building its own chips. LG and ARM have entered a licensing agreement what will allow the consumer electronics company to build chips using ARM technology. It’s described as a…

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Chip designer ARM announced plans last year for next-generation Cortex-A15 chips which would come in single, dual, and quad-core varieties with clock speeds up to 2.5 GHz. Of course, it’ll take a while to actually finalize the platform, but PC World reports that ARM is ahead of schedule and the first Cortex-A15 chips could ship as early as late 2012….

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Chip designer ARM is behind the basic designs found in most smartphones on the market today as well as a number of tablets and smartbooks. Right now the top speed for most ARM chips is 1GHz, although faster chips with dual core processors are due out next year. That’s just the tip of the iceberg though. Today ARM unveiled plans…

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