Many are waiting for the Nokia branded Windows Phone 7 handset to arrive for sale, and given the past history of Nokia making quality devices that is well understood. Well, coming more recently, it looks like we have another good reason to be anxious — dual-core processors. According to the latest details, which have come more »

We’ve heard some discussion of dual-core mobile CPUs before, but as of yet we have yet to see any dual-core ship that could work in a smartphone of tablet. That is, at least, until today when Samsung announced it’s newest ARM processor, the Cortex A9. The new chip, codenamed Orion, is one of the first more »

This video is pretty amazing. An ARM powered Droid has managed to manipulate a mass of LEGOS from a Mindstorms NXT kit to solve a Kubik’s cube. The image capturing software that has to be used in order to do this is pretty extraordinary not to mention the robotics. This machine has been dubbed the more »

ARM CEO Warren East, made a very bold statement recently by saying that netbooks will dominate at least 90% of the PC market over the next few years. He also went on to say that ARM intends to power up more netbooks with ARM-based CPU architecture. It is widely known that Windows does not support more »

By now, we all know the standard specs for netbooks. So many companies use the Intel Atom CPU, it’s sometimes easy to forget there is another major competitor in the field. One of the few netbooks to use something other than Intel processors was the original HP Mini-note. HP used the VIA Nano CPU, partially because the Atom wasn’t available yet. VIA has recently shown where the Nano chips are going, but it is going to take a while.

The dual core version of the Nano isn’t due out until June 2010 according to VIA’s roadmap. However, there isn’t much information on the dual core Nano aside from the fact that it will feature a “new process technology” and it will be compatible with current motherboards using VIA Nanos.

When you take a look at all the netbooks out there, they all seem to have the same or similar specs. The one thing that links a vast majority of them is the Intel Atom chip, and it seems to be doing well. ARM, the company that makes between close to 80% of the processors used in cell phones wants to enter the market, as well as the desktop market. That sounds good, right? You’d probably expect a fairly clunky Linux distro or Windows XP to come with the machines. Not so. ARM has teamed up with Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu for these machines.

The machines will be built upon the ARMv7 architecture, specifically taking advantage of the Cortex A8 and A9 processors. Of course, the operating system will take advantage of the best open source software available. Not much else about the machines has been detailed yet, but seeing as ARM makes cell phone chips, it would make sense for the portables (whether they be MIDs or netbooks) to have terrific battery life, though we’ll have to wait and see for that.

Google may be having setbacks with its upcoming Android mobile operating system, but Reuters is reporting chip-maker ARM plans to demo the OS at Mobile World Congress on Monday. The story sites “a source close to the company”, but both Google and ARM have yet to comment on the claims. Will we see the first more »