Arm Processors Archive

  • Google FAQ Reveals Chrome OS Hardware Partners

    Google FAQ Reveals Chrome OS Hardware Partners

    Google’s announcement of the Chrome OS yesterday was, although far from cryptic, lacking in information. Simple, fast, Linux-based and netbook-capable was about all we got from the blog post. Google has tossed another tidbit our way in the form of a list of partners. Here’s the block quote: The Google Chrome OS team is currently working with [...]

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  • Five Things Google’s Chrome OS Will Do for Your Netbook

    Five Things Google’s Chrome OS Will Do for Your Netbook

    Chrome OS, Google’s newly announced computer operating system, is coming this autumn and promises to revolutionize netbooks and other underpowered machines. Essentially, the OS is a small, fast-booting platform whose purpose is to run a browser, and from there all the Google apps and other web services you know and love. But why bother? Your [...]

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  • LG Electronics to stuff ARM processors into HDTVs

    LG Electronics to stuff ARM processors into HDTVs

    HDTVs are increasingly becoming Internet appliances as much as they are televisions. The latest trend from all the major manufacturers are to include widgets and local network access which is pushing the limits of the custom CPUs. This is why LG has shifted focus away from making the central CPU itself, and outsourced the work to ARM. LG has reportable chosen the ARM11 MPCore Processor to do the dirty in upcoming HDTVs. This chip is a multi-core CPU that, along with the ARM Mali graphics chip, should eliminate everyone's main complaint about on-TV widgets: lag.

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