Articles about ARM

With Windows 8 right around the corner (well, not that close) analysts are starting to speculate on whether Microsoft has a chance in the tablet niche, especially since this is company's first desktop OS to support the ARM architecture, the one used in mobile chips for current slate tablets and smartphones.One of the advantages of Microsoft is the perception people have about the Windows brand, a familiarity that surely might help users decide in the company's favor. I have to say that lots ...

Windows 8 is by far the most important piece of software that's about to be launched in 2012 [see some of our articles here] and one of the things that made it very important to processor manufacturers and current slate tablet owners was the fact Microsoft promised ARM compatibility, which some interpreted, including me, that you'll be able to run normal desktop apps (compiled for x86 architecture) on slates like the ones powered this year by Android.Apparently there was a misunderstanding ...

The slider tablet is a relatively new concept, one that takes further the Tablet PC concept and brings the security of having a sliding hinge with two mounting points, thus a more robust device. The biggest sliders announced this year are the ASUS EEE Pad Slider and the Samsung Sliding PC 7 Series, none of which are on sale today, meaning the mechanical structure needs more work.Apparently Acer wants to join the party, as rumors say, in an attempt to compete with the two brands mentioned bef...

I feel like between two rocks right now: on one hand I have the iPad with great battery life and smooth operation, on the other a fully fledged laptop running Windows, but which only lasts 3-4 hours depending on what I'm doing. I don't know what my next purchase will be and I don't know which one of those devices to take with me on the road when I have to choose only one. You could say that for a road warrior the iPad is best suited, but it lacks in one department: functionality. And I can't jus...

How many functions can you embed into mobile CPU? I don't know the exact figure, but I'll resume on telling you that Intel's desktop CPUs are nothing compared to the latest Samsung Orion Cortex A9, a dual core mobile SoC (System on a chip) built in the 45 nm manufacturing process and running at 1GHz. Samsung announced the Orion Cortext A9 just a few moments ago and already made us drool looking at the list of specs.Let's take it easy and see why the Samsung Orion Cortex A9 is the best mobile...

You thought that the Dell Streak is one small tablet, measuring just 5 inch in diagonal? It seems Archos is preparing an even bigger surprise, or should I say smaller, as the Gen 8 Tablet will feature a very small 3.2 inch screen with an aging 400 x 240 pixels resolution, powered by an ARM Cortex A8 CPU capable of 720p video playback at 24 pixels.Things like WiFi, Bluetooth EDR, and composite video output are also included in the (small) package of Archos Gen 8 Tablet. It's interesting to se...

Notion Ink Adam is definitely the product to watch for if you're a tablet fanatic already. It's got everything the iPad has plus quite a few other things like the dual mode Pixel QI screen that transforms into an eReader display which consumes a lot less power and offers great contrast for outdoor visibility, something all current LCD gadget screens lack.Unfortunately, as many other revolutionary gadgets, this one was delayed a few times. Now apparently all problems were solved so we could s...

Mysteries are interesting in IT, they lead to a lot of speculations, and finally, when the official info gets revealed, you're astonished of not thinking at that variant from the beginning. So let's have it with the latest Microsoft-ARM licensing deal for using the ARM architecture for future Microsoft products.As usual, the complete terms of the deal were not made public, which made people speculate what Microsoft wants from ARM (and vice versa). So here are a few options that arise from th...

Acer is just one of the big names in IT that hasn't announced anything officially about their tablet plans this year, but that doesn't mean rumors aren't flowing all over, with the latest one stating that not one, but two Android tablets are planned to launch this year, in Q4. The most important difference between the two is the screen diagonal: 7 inch versus 10.1. As Acer speculated its tablets will support Adobe Flash this means they'll be running at least Android 2.2.Both tablets will be ...

Marvel is not necessary a known name by consumers in the IT industry but that doesn't mean it's not the producer of many of the chip found today inside smartphones and other mobile devices. They're the ones making the Snapdragon 1GHz CPUs found in the latest smartphones. They've announced a few months ago the Armada chipset, specially designed for slim tablets that can run mobile OSes like Android, Chrome OS, not desktop versions like Windows 7.Now Marvell even has a prototype up and running...