ARM Community: Computex News: Tablets, Android, Snapdragon Processor & More - ARM Community

We are mid week now at Computex 2010 and if you are attending the show, I would be surprised if you hadn’t already seen multiple ARM Powered Devices around the show floor. Everyone is talking about Tablets and what role they are expected to play in the market, but in other exciting news Qualcomm’s announced that they began shipping their third-generation ARM-based Snapdragon processor. Below you will find more news media on what’s happening at Computex around ARM and the ARM Community.

ARM Readies Dual Core CPU Onslaught With 1.2 GHz Snapdragon
By Jason Mick, Daily Tech, June 1, 2010
There's no secret why the ARM architecture has trounced the x86 architecture in the mobile arena. The lowest Intel mobile processors (utilizing the Atom architecture) can get is 0.65 W (800 MHz Silverthorne, Atom Z Series), while ARM processors are typically well below half a watt in power consumption.

Intel, ARM Extend Rivalry to TVs, Pachinko
By Robin Kwong, Financial Times, June 1, 2010
Even for people who keep more of an eye out on upstream chip companies rather than downstream device makers, the focus for this year’s Computex has been very much on tablet PCs. This is because of the general consensus that while Intel will find it difficult to break into the Arm-dominated mobile phone and smartphone markets, Arm, too, will struggle to break into Intel’s stronghold in personal computers.

ARM Considers Asian R&D Center
By Lorraine Luk, The Wall Street Journal, June 2, 2010
U.K.-based chip design company ARM Holdings PLC said it is considering setting up its first Asian-Pacific research-and-development center to accelerate development in the booming region with better software resources. The plan comes as software and applications have become increasingly important in electronics devices, and in response to rival Intel Corp.'s recent effort in providing more value-added software support to clients. Intel has formed a partnership with Nokia Inc. to jointly develop an operating system, known as MeeGo.

ARM Still Confident It Will Dominate the Tablet PC Space
TechFreq News, June 1, 2010
Less than two weeks ago, Bob Morris, ARM’s director of Mobile Computing, made it clear that ARM fully intends to compete hard in the tablet market and expects his company’s chips to account for half of all tablet PCs by 2011. Fast forward to Computex and the processor maker is as confident as ever.

Samsung to Double Android's Global Footprint With iPad Processor Phone
By Seth Weintraub, Fortune, June 1, 2010
For you trivia buffs, the new Samsung Galaxy S will use essentially the same processor as the iPhone 4/HD and iPad, an (now Apple Owned) Intrinsity-built Hummingbird S5PC110. The ARM Cortex A8 processor is built into Apple's A4 SoC according to Wall St. Analyst Will Strauss, among others.

Malata Shows Off Windows, Android Tablets
By Brad Linder, Liliputing, June 1, 2010
The two Google Android tablets jkkmobile spent time with both have 10 inch displays. But the SMB-A1001 has a Samsung ARM Cortex-A8 based processor while the A-1011 is powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 chipset. The Tegra model will be able to handle 1080p HD video playback as well as 3D graphics, but it’s worth pointing out that both Android tablets had HDMI ports, which seems to indicate that Malata expects them both to be able to handle at least some HD video.

MSI Chairman Expects Tablet PC Market To Take Off in 2011
By Monica Chen, Digitimes, June 2, 2010
Taiwan-based Micro-Star International (MSI) unveiled two tablet PCs at Computex Taipei 2010, one based on Intel architecture and the other on the ARM-based Nvidia Tegra processor. MSI chairman Joseph Hsu indicated that while the company will begin launching its tablet PC lineup in the second half of this year, the market will not really take off until next year.

Asus, MSI Tablets Lead the Charge Against the iPad
By Priya Ganapati, Wired, June 1, 2010
Separately, Korean company Yukyung Tech has demoed an Android tablet under the brand name Viliv. It has a 10-inch capacitive touchscreen and claims to beat the iPad at display quality. The Viliv X10 tablet has an ARM-based processor, USB port, SD card reader, Wi-Fi and 3G capability. The company hasn’t offered detailed specs or pricing for the device.

Don’t forget to check out the videos from our friend Charbax with ARMdevices.net straight from Computex 2010.

• $50 Android Set-top-box by Webia Technologies
• Shogo Tablet update from Daniel Schneersohn
• Hard Kernel ODROID-T 10” Android Tablet
• ARM Mali400 for 3D user interfaces and games
• 7-inch Android Tablet by Browan Communications
• ARM powered 3D-TV by Samsung
• MSI 10 inch Wind Pad
• Asus Eee Tablet

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