Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips power millions of smartphones. But now Qualcomm is rebranding its mobile system-on-a-chip lineup… kind of. Starting today, the full name is Snapdragon Mobile Platform. The idea is to make it clear that the SoC is more than just a CPU. It includes Qualcomm’s ARM-based CPU cores, Adreno graphics processor, cellular modem, and other […]
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Microsoft: Next-gen Windows will run on ARM
Microsoft has announced that the next version of Windows will run on “System on a Chip” (SoC) architectures including ARM-based processors. While Microsoft was making this announcement, NVIDIA was busy teasing us with something called Project Denver — an upcoming high performance ARM chip that will be able to run desktop operating systems. You know, […]
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Socle sPAD platform for 3D capable, ARM-based tablets
Socle Technology is working on a new system-on-a-chip design called the sPAD that will combine a low power processor with 3D capable graphics. The sPAD platform is due out in the second half of 2010 and it’s designed specifically for low power tablets. Socle says the platform is more powerful than the A4 chip used […]