Daily Archives: February 24, 2011

Be All You Can Be. Buy a Smartphone

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Robert Pogson

Gartner has more numbers for 2011. It looks like a smartphone is the number one item on consumers wishlists. Combined with the numbers from 2010, this means the numbers of users of Linux on client devices likely doubled in 2010 … Continue reading →

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20nm ARM Chips This Year From Samsung

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Robert Pogson

ARM is doing well at 45nm and below. Samsung is expecting 30% power reduction at 20nm compared to 28nm processes with the same level of performance. Its current 45nm Exynos processor is perfectly able to run all kinds of gadgets. … Continue reading →

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ARM Ships Billions of Chips but IDC Doesn’t Count Them

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Robert Pogson

In a year in which HP and M$ both announced intent to ship personal computing products with ARM processors, IDC still does not count them… “Looking at processor shipments by form factor, during the year 2010 mobile PC processor unit … Continue reading →

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