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Windows 8 on ARM heading to developers soon

Brad Linder — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:44:59 +0000

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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NVIDIA shows Windows 8 running on a Tegra-based tablet – video

Brad Linder — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:25:23 +0000

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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PandaBoard ES packs a 1.2 GHz OMAP4460 chip into a tiny PC board

Brad Linder — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:00:51 +0000

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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Next-gen ARM Mali GPU to bring 10x the graphics performance

Brad Linder — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:39:17 +0000

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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NVIDIA CEO: Microsoft shouldn’t call ARM-powered Windows tablets PCs

Brad Linder — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:11:48 +0000

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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ARM introduces Cortex-A7 low power chips for sub-$100 smartphones

Brad Linder — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:02:43 +0000

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 launches its first ARM-based board

Brad Linder — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:40:46 +0000

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 on ARM won’t run many older Windows apps

Brad Linder — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:00:56 +0000

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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First look at Windows 8 tablet prototypes

Brad Linder — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:33:33 +0000

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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Acer: Don’t expect an ARM-powered laptop until next year

Brad Linder — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 13:30:52 +0000

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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Marvell set to shake up the mobile processor world?

Lee — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:00:07 +0000

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’s thumb-sized computer goes into pre-production

Brad Linder — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:31:02 +0000

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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ARM-based notebooks in the works

Brad Linder — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:30:17 +0000

ARM-based processors have come a long way in the past few years. While the low power chip architecture was once best known for powering relatively slow smartphones and PDAs, we're now seeing dual and quad-core chips with high performance graphics in modern phones and tablets. Now that Microsoft is planning on making Windows 8 compatible with ARM processors as well...

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Texas Instruments announces OMAP4470 chip for Windows, Android, Linux

Brad Linder — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:09:27 +0000

Qualcomm isn't the only company working on ARM-based chips that will support Windows 8. But while Qualcomm has announced that chips that were already in the pipeline will be able to run Microsoft's next-generation operating system, Texas Instruments is unveiling a whole new processor. The TI OMAP4470 is a multicore chip with speeds up to 1.8 GHz. It includes PowerVR...

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Qualcomm confirms its upcoming dual and quad core chips will support Windows 8

Brad Linder — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:30:27 +0000

We already knew that chip-maker Qualcomm was working on new dual core and quad core ARM-based processors for smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices. Now we know that in addition to supporting Android, Windows Phone 7, and other mobile operating systems, those chips will support Windows 8. The upcoming MSM8960 chip will be the first Qualcomm Snapdragon processor to support...

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