The scalability of the processor series enables ARM partners to create system-on-chips (SoCs) that address diverse markets, from smartphones through to high-performance servers.
He thinks the first RIMM phones based on QNX operating system will use chips from Qualcomm, not Marvell.
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The previous generation of chips and system software on which the Palm platform was based just wasn't up to the task.
Dell will try to take some of the complexity out of this week's announcements by offering only the 500-MHz version of the mobile Pentium III chips on its system.
However, on the Windows RT variant of the system - which will power cheaper tablets running on ARM-based chips - app publishers will only be able to sell their products through the Windows 8 store designed for the touchscreen interface, with all its associated restrictions.
That means the Geoworks system can run blazingly fast on cheap, archaic chips.
Oki will keep its memory-chip operation in business to supply system LSIs -- chips packing several functions on one silicon wafer.
Putting all its chips on its new operating system, BlackBerry has had to fight an uphill battle to get investors to back them.
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Later units will have Global Positioning System chips to eliminate the common mistake--caught by software on Bolofsky's site--of failing to match the street address to a written description of where a car was parked.
Mr. Ballmer styled the new tablet device as a vehicle to exploit its forthcoming Windows 8 operating system, and a variant called Windows RT that relies on different kinds of computer chips.
The QCA1990 is the industry's smallest, ultra-low power system-on-chip (SoC) with an overall footprint that is 50 percent smaller than current NFC chips available in the market.
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