ARM Update at DAC

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:09:00 -0700

John Heinlein from ARM briefed me at DAC exactly one week ago. I love to use my mobile devices (MacBook Pro, iPad and Samsung Galaxy Note II) every day, and many mobile devices are ARM-powered because of the low power consumption, and pervasive eco-system around the architecture. Apple with the MacBook Pro is still Intel-powered, but who knows if Apple will switch one day to an ARM processor in both the MacBook Pro and MacBook Lite product lines.

The 2013 Design Automation Conference celebrates its 50th anniversary Sunday, June 2 through Thursday, June 6 at the Austin Convention Center. DAC is the world's leading technical conference and trade show on electronic design and design automation. DAC is where the

ARM SoC Hardening

Thu, 30 May 2013 13:11:00 -0700

Last year at DAC I discovered a physical IP company called DXCorr that competed against giant ARM. This year the company has selected a different direction, so I got caught up with Nirmalya Ghosh, the CEO to hear about the changes.

Sonics-ARM Form A Potent IP Combination

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:30:00 -0700

Recently, Sonics and ARM entered into an agreement whereby ARM licensed a significant portion of Sonics' patent portfolio. Sonics, Inc. is one of the leading providers of connectivity IP often referred to as network-on-chip, or NoC. ARM is the leading provider of processor intellectual property (IP). The potential scope of their relationship is huge:

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Andes, ARM, Imagination, MIPS

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:44:00 -0700
The last session of the day for Linley Mobile was about processors to go into smartphones. One surprise was that there is a core that nobody seems to have heard of since it is only really used in Taiwan up until now, and it is used in several Mediatek chips.

The most "glamorous" processor in a smartphone is the one in the application processor chip (or the one exposed to the apps in an integrated AP+BB chip). However there may be as many as 15 more processors in a smartphone inside things like the GPS, WiFi, power management. These processors are not automatically ARM since the code is purely internal to the chip and is not exposed to the user. It is hard for anyone to win an AP processor from ARM (although Intel is trying) since even on Android

Simon Segars to be New CEO of ARM

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:15:00 -0700
ARM announced today that Warren East, the CEO, would be retiring at the end of June. The new CEO will be Simon Segars, currently President of ARM and the de facto #2 guy. Currently Simon is based in the US and I don't know if he plans to return to Britain or not. But he will live what will inevitably be a lifestyle that involves crossing the Atlantic a lot, no matter which side he picks.

It is interesting that ARM will have a new CEO this year since their big rival in the microprocessor business, Intel, will

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ARM Update at DAC

ARM SoC Hardening

Sonics-ARM Form A Potent IP Combination

Andes, ARM, Imagination, MIPS

Simon Segars to be New CEO of ARM