Google unravels Wintel: The crack in Microsoft’s armor makes Intel vulnerable

Google unravels Wintel: The crack in Microsoft’s armor makes Intel vulnerable

Google thinks it can use the web and all of its efficiencies to challenge Microsoft. Now, it turns out that the crack in Microsoft’s armor will also make Intel vulnerable, threatening to unravel the Wintel duopoly that has dominated computing since the 1980s.

Tonight, Google announced… Continue Reading

LG Electronics adopts ARM processors in TVs — to help with Web 2.0 features

LG Electronics adopts ARM processors in TVs — to help with Web 2.0 features

LG Electronics, the world’s second largest maker of televisions, has adopting ARM’s processors in its line-up of future digital TVs, one more sign of momentum for ARM (ARM.L).

ARM’s chip designs have become popular in mobile smart phones, because they use little power, and they’ve largely… Continue Reading

ARM’s Cortex-M0 core: the lowest-power ARM chip yet for wireless devices

ARM’s Cortex-M0 core: the lowest-power ARM chip yet for wireless devices

ARM is announcing today a new microprocessor core that can bring fast performance to even the smallest of electronic devices.

The Cortex-M0 processor core is a 32-bit chip — meaning it can process data in 32-bit chunks and is just about as fast as some low-end… Continue Reading

Multi-core smartphones! (Not the iPhone, yet)

Multi-core smartphones! (Not the iPhone, yet)

At the Mobile World Congress in Spain this week, ARM is teaming up with ST-Ericsson to show off its new Cortex-A9 multi-core processor. At a private event, the companies will be demonstrating what it says is the first Symmetric Multi Processing (SMP) model running on… Continue Reading

Roundup: Scrabulous returns, Dell’s music player and more

Roundup: Scrabulous returns, Dell’s music player and more

Here’s the latest action:

Scrabulous returns as Wordscraper — The popular Facebook application was redesigned and relaunched less than 48 hours after it was taken down due to a potential legal tussle with Scrabble-maker Hasbro.

Dell tests digital music player — The computer maker stopped selling players in 2006… Continue Reading

Intel launches chips that will bring the Internet to everyday devices

Intel launches chips that will bring the Internet to everyday devices

Intel is releasing the first in a series of chips that are aimed at bringing computer smarts and high-speed Internet connectivity to just about every kind of electronic device.

The new foray into low-power portable chips for the “embedded” market will connect the Internet to everything… Continue Reading

Chip war breaks out among firms targeting mobile Internet devices

Chip war breaks out among firms targeting mobile Internet devices

Samsung Electronics has quietly built a $4 billion business providing chips that serve as the brains of consumer electronics gadgets. Among its big wins are the iPods, iPhones, and portable navigation devices such as the Dash Express.

But it’s starting to talk more now. The company… Continue Reading