Although it seems similar, an APU is not exactly a system on a chip (SoC).
Microsoft is porting a next iteration of Windows to a System on a Chip (SOC).
This is a quad-core x86 based system on a chip, targeted at ultra-thin and small form factor PCs.
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They and others are making varying attempts to combine some of those functionalities into one system on a chip (SoC).
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That'll supposedly be made possible by its new "Moorestown" system on a chip, which is set to replace its still-to-be-released Menlow system.
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The new tablet is powered by Intel's Atom system on a chip and can run Windows 8 Snap Mode, allowing students and teachers to easily multi-task between two applications, such as interacting with a remote teacher via Skype while taking notes in Microsoft OneNote.
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The new operating system follows a smart move in January to ditch the older, problematic Wintel legacy and focus on new versions of Windows for the System on a Chip (SoC) architecture, many times more suitable for tablet devices, according to Sandeep Aggarwal at Caris.
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For remote controls and game controllers, this enables the MotionEngine to run on the controller, on a USB dongle, or directly on a TV or set-top box system-on-a-chip (SoC).
TeleCruz designs a system-on-a-chip that equips a TV set's innards with modest e-mail and Web capabilities without the need for fancy external electronics.
And then they have a system-on-a-chip version for tablets and phones.
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One of the reasons that Fujitsu says it has an edge here is because it is developing a WiMax system-on-a-chip that will be based on silicon.
The iPad relies on an Apple designed system-on-a-chip, the A5.
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Intel is keeping up a particularly fast pace in its system-on-a-chip (SoC) business, based on its low-power Atom core.
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The Boxee Box uses the Intel Atom CE4100, Intel's system-on-a-chip designed for TV and Internet integration.
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The ZLR-2070S is an all-in-one, multi-service gateway that leverages compact, system-on-a-chip (SoC) technology to deliver cost-effective, non-FPGA-based LTE connectivity.
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Not the A4-family CPU system-on-a-chip.
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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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Facebook has also garnered support for a new system-on-chip connection standard, rather affectionately named Group Hug, that would let owners swap in new mini systems from any vendor through PCI Express cards.
The iPhone also gets a grab bag of new features, including the ability to show a user's location on Google maps (without a global positioning system chip, slick), customizable home screens, and the ability to send SMS messages to multiple people at once, among other features.
Samsung Electronics has reportedly decided not to use its own application processor inside its next-generation Galaxy S IV flagship Google Android smartphone, but utilize a performance-mainstream system-on-chip from Qualcomm.
Tianhe-1A consumes 4.04 megawatts of power, making it three times more power efficient than a system relying on CPUs alone, the graphics chip vendor contends.
They are doing it with an operating system that Microsoft buried years ago and running it on a 486 chip so retro it is barely still in production.
Obligingly, Samsung have provided a handy comparison chart by shipping its first wave of Galaxy S III devices to the US with a dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor and internationally with a quad-core Samsung Exynos system-on-chip.
"We're the only company now in the industry that has intellectual property in both of those main technologies, " Prairie said, pointing to the company's recently launched mobile system and said that eventually, the company plans on integrating the technologies into a single chip.
The upgrade on the machine includes a boost to the system bus--the primary pathway between the central processing chip and the computer's memory, from 100 MHz to 133 MHz.
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