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The state of big.LITTLE processing

The first big.LITTLE device (Samsung Galaxy S4, Exynos 5 Octa version) was announced mid-March and hopefully will be available from end of April at the earliest, and in a few countries only (US is one of them). The price is … Continue reading

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ST-Ericsson: Fundamental repositioning for modem, APE and ModAps spaces

Rumour: Microsoft to expand ARM processor choices to Samsung and ST-Ericsson SOCs in next Windows update [Oct 5, 2012] MSNerd, long time Microsoft leaker, has passed on a little tip about the next version of Windows on ARM. Currently Windows … Continue reading

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Qualcomm’s critical reliance on supply constrained 28nm foundry capacity

KEY UPDATES: TSMC Board of Directors Meeting Resolutions [TSMC press release, Nov 13, 2012] Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. – November 13, 2012 – TSMC (NYSE: TSM) today held a meeting of the Board of Directors, which passed the following resolutions: 1. … Continue reading

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ST-Ericsson NovaThor SoCs for future Windows Phones from Nokia

Updates: STMicroelectronics’ COO Presents at UBS Global Technology and Services Conference – Conference Call Transcript Q&A [Seeking Alpha, Nov 24, 2011] Gareth Jenkins Okay. Before we come on to some of the shorter term questions, I was just wondering whether … Continue reading

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TSMC led foundries and their SoC customers against Intel

See also: Intel’s SoC strategy strengthened by 22nm Tri-Gate technology [May 10, 2011] Follow-up: Next-gen Snapdragon S4 class SoCs — exploiting TSMC’s 28nm process first — coming in December [Aug 9 - Nov 25, 2011] Update: TSMC seeing tight capacity for 28nm … Continue reading

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