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ARM’s Cortex-A15: A big step up for the ARM processor architecture. Targeting...
Earlier this week Cadence announced that it worked with ARM to develop an implementation methodology for the recently announced, high-end ARM Cortex-A15 processor core, code-named Eagle. The ARM...
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Friday video: OMAP 5 and the future of user interfaces. Are you ready for...
Earlier this week, TI introduced its OMAP 5 quad-core platform for mobile multimedia devices. It has four on-chip ARM processor cores, two ARM Cortex-A15 application processors—capable of running at...
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Mashup of the Titans: TI to buy National Semi
Good thing this wasn’t announced on April 1! The Wall Street Journal is reporting that TI intends to buy National Semiconductor for $6.5 billion, $25/share, essentially a 78% premium over today’s...
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Need an ARM-based 32-bit microcontroller? There’s more than a few full houses...
When 17 microcontroller vendors pick your processor architecture, you have a right to sing “Something’s happening here.” Alban Rampon of ARM just published a blog entry titled “ARM Cortex-M—How could...
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What’s unique about the new $199 Android-based Amazon Kindle Fire tablet?
Is it the toughened Gorilla-Glass screen? Nope. Is it the dual-core processor? Nope. Is it the “cloud-accelerated” Amazon Silk browser? Nope. Is it the 8-hour battery life? Certainly not. Is it the...
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3D Thursday (early): Steve’s Improbable History of 3D ICs? Six decades of 3D...
Last week at the 9th International SoC Conference in Newport Beach, I moderated a 3D IC panel that did a great job of exploring today’s state of the art for 3D IC development. I will be blogging the...
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