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| Intelligence |
| ARM Multiprocessing Technology Powers Ground-breaking NVIDIA Tegra Mobile Computer-on-a-Chip
The NVIDIA Tegra mobile computer-on-a-chip, launched at this year’s COMPUTEX TAIPEI, is based on the ARM11 MPCore multicore processor technology. ... read the article |
| ARM RealView Family Adds Device Support for Freescale i.MX31 Platform
New ARM® RealView® device support is now provided to enable embedded developers to start development on Freescale i.MX31 processors quickly. ... read the article |
| NationalChip Licenses ARM CPU for Next-generation STB Chipset Designs
NationalChip has licensed the ARM926EJ-S processor for its next-generation DTV and Set Top Box (STB) chipset design for home entertainment and multimedia applications. ... read the article |
| ARM Releases AAC, MP3, MPEG-4, H.264 and FFT OpenMAX DL Libraries, Highly Optimized for Cortex-A8/NEON and ARM11 Processor
ARM has released highly optimized source code versions of the OpenMAX DL (Development Layer) libraries for decoding the AAC and MP3 formats in the audio domain, and decoding the ... read the article |
| Carbon Design Systems Acquires SoC Designer from ARM
ARM and Carbon Design Systems have entered into an agreement under which Carbon will take over future development, support and sale of the SoC Designer tool. ... read the article |
| TI Announces Software and Development Tool Ecosystem for OMAP35x ARM Cortex-A8 Processor-based Devices
Incorporating compelling user interfaces can require distinct video, imaging, speech and multimedia components that must be perfectly integrated together before any application can operate successfully. ... read the article |
| Telechips Inc. Licenses ARM Mali-200 GPU
Telechips is the first Korean licensee of the ARM Mali-200 graphics processing unit (GPU), bringing advanced 2D and 3D graphics capabilities and low memory bandwidth usage to a range of portable consumer devices ... read the article |
| What’s the Buzz on IQ Online?
We start off hitting the open source trail. Gumstix recently rolled out its Overo family, which will give open source innovators a small form factor, state-of-the-art ARM processor platform ... read the article |
| Jaguar Brushed DC Motor Controller from Luminary Micro
Luminary Micro Announces the MDL-BDC 'Jaguar' Brushed DC Motor Controller Module to be Used for the 2009 FIRST Robotics Competition Season. ... read the article |
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| Technology In-Depth |
| Accelerating Hierarchical Implementation of the Cortex-A9 with Magma’s Hydra
Multicore Processor-based systems are the future of embedded computing in high-performance, hand-held, and power-hungry devices. This article will describe the quad-core hierarchical implementation of ARM’s latest Cortex-A9 MPCore multicore processor using Hydra, Magma’s automated hierarchic... read the article |
| by Stuart Riches and Philip Watson, ARM Ltd., and Jim Schultz, Pete Churchill, Somasekhar Eerappa, and VasuMadabushi, Magma Design Automation |
| Hardware-assisted Verification for the Efficient Validation of Multiprocessor-based Designs
The use of multiple processors in SoC designs is gaining momentum as single-processor solutions hit their limits in terms of performance and bandwidth. As this trend continues to gain traction, the challenges faced in verifying these multi-processor environments also increases, thus creating a need ... read the article |
| by: Hans Multhaup and Richard Pugh, Emulation Division, Mentor Graphics Corporation |
| OMAP 3 Platform Mobilizes the Internet Experience
Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) are an emerging group of products that combine wireless communication withcomputing and aim to be more portable than notebook PCs while offering larger displays than mobile phones. One solution is the TI OMAP 3 platform, which combines the ARM Cortex-A8 processor with ... read the article |
| by: Brian Carlson, TI, and Bob Morris, ARM |
| Hierarchical Implementation of the ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore with Synopsys’ Galaxy Design Platform
This article describes how the design planning features of IC Compiler in Synopsys’ Galaxy Design Platform canbe deployed for the ARM Cortex-A9. It also details how IC Compiler has been used for top-level partitioning. Finally,the article will also explain the strategies involved in concurrent b... read the article |
| by: Saran Kumar Seethapathi, ARM India, and Subrata Kumar, Consultant, Synopsys India |
| The Sky is Falling in the Medical World
An increasingly techno-savvy and active older population is looking to live longer at lower cost and with less inconvenience. It’s no wonder that medical applications are hot topics in the electronics industry. In this article, we define an emerging market, telehealth, and look at how Freescales... read the article |
| by: Robert McCormick, Freescale Semiconductor |
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| Design Strategies & Methodologies |
| Addressing the Challenges of Multi-Core Software
The ability of software capable to efficiently handle and exploit the benefits of a multi-core system has become increasingly important due to the uptake of such solutions in the industry. Expressing concurrency does not need to be hard: the focus is on insuring that an optimal use of multiple cores... read the article |
| by Roberto Mijat, ARM |
| Using Virtual Platforms for Pre-Silicon Software Development
The market research firm International Business Strategies Inc. claims that today at 90nm the typical overall SoC-related development effort for software has already surpassed the effort for hardware. Given the never before seen levels of complexity, traditional approaches of developing embedded sof... read the article |
| by: Frank Schirrmeister, Shay Benchorin, and Filip Thoen, Synopsys |
| Enhanced System Performance with a Centralized DMA Controller
A DMA Controller can move data within a system far more effectively than a general purpose CPU and this can lead to improved performance and/or reduced power. To achieve this, the DMA Controller needs to be highly configurable and flexible, and it is these requirements that have driven that architec... read the article |
| by: Puru Mishra, Tim Mace, and Chris Wrigley, ARM |
| Transforming Sequential Algorithms to Run Efficiently on Parallel MPCore Systems
Existing multimedia algorithms, developed presuming a sequential programming model, must be parallelized to capture the benefits of a multicore system. Most multimedia algorithms are processing intensive with either static or data dependent workloads. In this article, several examples are shown to i... read the article |
| by: Skip Hovsmith, Critical Blue |
| Reducing Power Consumption of ARM Cores
To lower the power consumption of an ARM core it is critical to control the clock signal. The available clockpower reduction techniques are discussed based on extensive experience with the hard implementation of many different ARM cores. This artical points to strengths and weaknesses and formulates... read the article |
| by: Marc Swinnen, Azuro |
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| Consumer Lifestyles |
| ARM Powered Handheld Switches Kindergarten Kids onto Technology
US non-profit Innovations for Learning has debuted the ARM Powered Teachermate in Chicago public schools. The Teachermate has been designed to resemble a handheld games console with rounded corners and nice big buttons, quickly attracting young children to play with it. Ruggedized for the abuse asso... read the article |
| by Jan Howell, ARM |
| Openmoko Takes the Wraps off Neo FreeRunner Cell Phone
Openmoko has finally delivered its much anticipated Neo FreeRunner Linux-based Smartphone. What sets the ARM Powered device apart from other phones is that has actually been designed to be open--and opened. Quite literally. This allows developers and consumers alike with the ability to open and pers... read the article |
| by: Jan Howell, ARM |
| ARM Helps Take Patient Care Where it is Needed
Imaging is considered one of the most important developments in modern medicine, but it hasn’t always been on hand--until now. Enter Sonsonite’s M-Turbo portable ultrasound device, designed to provide imaging on the move.... read the article |
| by: Jan Howell, ARM |
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| Special DOCOMO Interview with IQ Magazine |
| Digitization and 32-bit Support Drive ‘Lifestyle’ Mobile Phones
Advances such as i-mode and the internet connectivity it has brought with it has created an email culture that is unique to Japan. There have been a number of major technological advances behind the evolution of mobilephones,including the migration from analog to digital communication systems,the us... read the article |
| by Takafumi Nishijima, President of ARM K.K. |
