Examples include the recent Amazon Kindle Fire applications processor and several mobile power management sockets.
The Cortex-A57 is ARM's most advanced high-performance applications processor, while the Cortex-A53 is the most power-efficient ARM application processor.
The display, touch-screen module, as well as the applications processor and power management integrated circuit are all thought to be made by Samsung.
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This highly integrated system-on-chip enables a cost-effective design for mid- to high-level infotainment systems and can scale to add the functionality of an external applications processor.
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The applications processor in these models was supplied by Ingenic.
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"Some of the issues cited have to do with performance for really heavy processor applications like games, " said Ian Jacobs, head of communications for W3C, the international body that develops Web standards.
"It understood from the advice that the advertisers' tests showed the Power Mac G5 was faster than the other two processors on some applications under certain conditions, but not that it was the fastest processor in all circumstances for all applications, " said the ruling.
Core applications included in the suite are the WordPerfect 9 word processor, the full-featured spreadsheet Quattro Pro 9, Corel Presentations 9, and the CorelCentral 9 information manager.
One model uses a quad-core processor to drive its Smart Hub and the applications developed specifically for the television, including Netflix, YouTube, Facebook, Skype and Pandora.
Its 800MHz processor provides horsepower to support a range of mobile applications, game-play and video-rendering, and its 1250mAh Li-ion battery powers up to five hours' talk time.
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Tablets with AMD APUs can also leverage the AMD AppZone, a one-stop resource for accessing popular applications that can take advantage of the full compute capability of the processor.
With these accelerator and coprocessor options, Cray customers will be able to customize a Cray XC supercomputer with the innovative processor technologies that best meets the HPC needs of their scientific applications.
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Stellar Pinnacle Mi-530, an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS (Upgradeable to Jelly Bean) smartphone is a stylish yet powerful device which comes with 1.2 GHz Dual Core Processor that churns out seamless performance for all your media and applications.
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The 55ZL2's glasses-free 3D application is powered by Toshiba's high-performance multi-processor platform CEVO-ENGINE which also allows for many more innovative applications including PERSONAL-TV, enabling the consumer to personalise TV settings, and SMART-TV applications such as USB recording and access to Toshiba Places.
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In early digital days, every word processor had its own unique format and because of this, interoperability across applications was poor.
Provide a lightweight device with a large screen, fast processor, connectivity, lots of memory, and a full range of applications and you have a winning product.
Short of going out and buying a faster processor, you can make your computer run even faster by uninstalling any unnecessary applications.
"Using a hybrid design will allow new applications for consumer devices that previously were unavailable, because it would have required a much higher-performance RISC processor, " Pelavin said.
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