Sure, the Palm Pixi was pretty extensively showcased when it was officially unveiled earlier this month but what we haven’t heard of was exactly what processor the device will be running.

Well, today it seems that Qualcomm has come forth to let us know that the Pixi will in fact feature a dual core ARM processor split into 600MHz for application processing and a 400MHz modem processor. Additionally, the Pixi will apparently feature a 200MHz GPU for gaming, a 320MHz multimedia processor.

Unfortunately we still have no solid release date for the Palm Pixi other than sometime before the holiday season but we’ll keep you posted.

via palminfocenter

Tags: ARM, Cell Phones, gpu, Mobile News, Palm, palm pixi, Processor, qualcomm, Sprint, webOS

After we’ve seen the first Nokia netbook get launched earlier this week, we can certainly assume that Nokia will not stop here. In fact it looks like Nokia has big plans for the near future. After the Booklet 3G, the company is getting ready to launch an ARM-based smartbook sometime next year. We don’t have all the details just yet but it’s said that the smartbook will be launched in mid-2010 and that Foxconn Electronics or Compal Electronics are the companies that are going to produce the new Nokia gadget.

via Digitimes

Tags: 3G, ARM, Booklet, Compal, Foxconn, netbook, Nokia, Nokia, Smatbook

These aren’t the first rumors regarding Dell introducing a new portable device but they sure are the first of their kind. The latest rumor coming to us from the Wall Street Journal suggests that Dell may be working on a touch-screen MID running none other than Google’s Android.

The device is said to be only a bit larger than current generation iPod Touchs along with featuring an ARM processor.

There’s no word on availability or pricing as we don’t even know if this exists yet. We’ll be sure to keep you updated. As for a Dell smartphone? There was no mention.

Read (Engadget)

Tags: Android, ARM, Dell, MID, Mobile News, MP3 Players, Portable Devices, Processor, rumor, smart phone

It looks like the Symbian Foundation has been doing its jobs lately. And in the process it hooked up with ST-Ericsson and ARM to make Symbian run on a SMP or Symmetric Multiprocessing configuration. That means Symbian can definitely work on dual-core CPUs which is great news:

The test environment consists of an ST-Ericsson U8500 smartphone platform embedding the first silicon implementation of ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore in the industry. A single instance of the Symbian operating system schedules multiple threads concurrently, distributing the CPU load on two cores. This guarantees the best combination of high performance and low power providing an unparalleled capability to build next generation mobile products for a variety of advanced consumer experiences.

So with that in mind, here’s what that whole platform can do:

• HD 1080p camcorder and video
• Up to 18 Million pixels camera
• ~100 hours audio playback time
• 10 hours HD video playback time
• Simultaneously TV out over HDMI
• Video and Imaging accelerator
• HW accelerated 3D Graphics supporting OpenGL ES2.0
• 2xWVGA (960×854) displays
• Touch UI on 2 displays

Impressed by any of that? You should very well be! And you should also be ready to wait for the first smartphone ready to offer all that as it’s going to take a while from concept to final product.

via intomobile

Tags: ARM, dual core, Mobile News, Portable Devices, ST-Ericsson, symbian, Symbian Foundation

The Mali-200 and Mali-400 are on schedule to appear in some new cellphones this year. According to ARM’s graphics product manager, Remi Pedersen, these ARM-powered handsets are set to arrive by the end of the year, right in time for Santa. These processors are said to be able to run OpenGL ES 2.0 and run 16 million triangles per second and 275 million pixels per second. He failed to mention which manufacturers are bringing the the new processors but we’ll be here waiting.

via Yahoo

Tags: Accessories, ARM, Mali-200, Mali-400, Mobile News, processors

ARM and Ubuntu have announced that they are working on a new Ubuntu version for the AMRv7 architecture, including the Cortex-A8 and A9 processors. The new version will get you low-power consumption and integrated graphics in a new platform for mobile devices. This new platform will be available for netbooks, internet tablet and other mobile devices excepting cell phones starting with April 2009. We’ll tell you more next year!

via Press

Tags: ARM, mobile platform, Mobile Software, Portable Devices, ubuntu

Stop the presses people! It appears there’s a new generation iPhone coming our way! Well actually that’s not exactly news since we are all expecting for that to happen.

Senior manager of Apple’s chip team, a certain Wei-han Lien has thought about sharing his job description on LinkedIn. He’s profile says he is currently in charge of the ARM CPU architecture team for the iPhone. Since both iPhones so far have their particular ARM processors ready we would assume that he should be managing the ARM processor for the next generation iPhone. If that’s all true, someone is going to get in trouble for sharing all that info all of a sudden… Oh and Mr. Wei-han Lien, please tell them about the copy paste thing. I know it’s not your domain since you are managing the ARM CPU architecture team but you might give it a try!

So is Apple getting custom chips for its new generation of iPhones? Are they getting them from the P.A. Semiconductor company they have purchased? The company is said to be able to make powerful, cheap and energy saving chips. Hmmm, longer battery life you say?

Tags: 3g iphone, Apple, Apple, ARM, chip, Mobile News, Off The Topic, Other Brands