ARM unveils fastest-ever 1GHz processor for mobile devices
British semiconductor designer ARM Holdings on Tuesday unveiled a new 1GHz processor that will enable devices such as mobile phones, digital cameras and TVs to achieve processing speeds now only available in computers. I’m not too shocked that mobile devices will be running 1GHz CPU’s by 2008 or 2009, but ARM is the first to announce they have it in the works.
ARM, which designs processor cores and then lets other semiconductor firms include them in bigger chips, said its Cortex-A8 processor would help double the performance while using the same amount of power and help run applications such as video, TV and gaming on mobiles.
The company has signed up five licensees for Cortex-A8, and expects products based on the world’s first 1 GHz processor for mobiles to be shipped out in a few years.
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