The Asus Eee Pad Transformer is one of the top-selling Android tablets. That’s probably at least in part due to the fact that the $399 device is the cheapest 10 inch tablet available with Google Android 3.x Honeycomb. The optional $150 keyboard dock which nearly doubles your battery life and lets you use the tablet […]
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First look at Freescale’s i.MX6 quad core chips
Chip maker Freescale introduced a new line of low power chips earlier this year based on single, dual, and quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 chips. At the time, all we really had to look at were spec sheets. But ARMDevices.net got more information about the new Freescale i.MX6 platform at this week’s Freescale Technology Forum. The company […]
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Amazon tablets could have quad-core chips, dual mode (color and monochrome) displays
Amazon execs haven’t officially come out and said that the company is working on an Android tablet. But there’s growing evidence that a line of Amazon tablets could launch later this year. CEO Jeff Bezos told Consumer Reports to “stay tuned” for more details recently, which is pretty far from a denial. Last week Boy […]
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VIA introduces QuadCore low power x86 processor
VIA Technologies has introduced its first quad core processor. The 1.2 GHz VIA QuadCore chip has a TDP (Thermal Design Power) of 27.5 watts. While that makes it a bit of an energy hog when compared with low power ARM or Intel Atom processors, I can’t think of another quad-core x86 chip that uses so […]
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ARM says Cortex-A15 chips could launch late next year
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 […]
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Asus: Tablets with 3D displays, quad-core CPUs in the works
Asus may be working to bring four new Android tablets to market over the next few months, but the company is always thinking ahead. Russian site Hi-Tech interviewed Asus CEO Jerry Shen recently and learned that the company plans a number of interesting new devices for the future including: An Android tablet with a 3D […]
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Freescale introduces new single, dual, and quad core chips
Chip maker Freescale plans to launch a new line of low power, ARM-based chips in the coming months. The i.MX 6Solo, i.MX 6Dual, and i.MX 6Quad will all be based on ARM Cortex-A9 architecture, but as you probably guessed fromt he names, the chips will be available in single, dual, and quad-core versions. While the […]
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Marvell introduces quad-core ARM-based CPU
ARM-based processors are known for their low power consumption, not necessarily for their blazing-fast speeds. But these chips which are usually found in phones and low power machines like TV set-top-boxes are starting to catch up with the chips typically found in PCs. Today Marvell has unveiled its first quad-core ARM-based processor, which he company […]
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ARM unveils Cortex-A15 plans for blazing fast mobile chips
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 […]
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Chip news: ARM launches 2GHz chip, AMD introduces affordable quad-core CPU
Chip makers ARM and AMD both launched interesting products today. ARM is introducing a new 2GHz chip based on its Cortex A9 dual core architecture. While 2GHz may be old hat for companies like Intel and AMD, that’s blazing fast for a chip maker best known for producing low power processors for cellphones and mobile […]