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Fujitsu working on Arm-based CPU
Published in News
Monday, 13 March 2023 11:04

Fujitsu working on Arm-based CPU


Even Seno fears Monaka

A Fujitsu representative has mentioned that the company has has been working on an ARM based processor, codenamed Monaka.

Samsung making its own CPU for laptops
Published in PC Hardware
Monday, 06 March 2023 11:23

Samsung making its own CPU for laptops


Has formed an internal team to create a new core 

The Dark Satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn that Samsung has apparently formed a new team to build a CPU for its Galaxy Book Windows notebook PCs.

ARM decides to list in US only
Published in News
Monday, 06 March 2023 11:05

ARM decides to list in US only


British success story needs to list in a country where tomatos are available

British success story ARM has stuck two fingers up to the British government and opted for a US-only public listing, making the company as Americian as Apple pie.

Google will have its own server chips by 2025
Published in News
Thursday, 16 February 2023 10:06

Google will have its own server chips by 2025


Cloud providers move away from Intel and AMD

Google wants to install its own custom designed server processors by 2025 following its rival Amazon.

Fourth quarter of 2022 worst for CPUs in 30 years
Published in News


Thus spake the great god Mercury 

Beancounters sitting at the crossroads have declared that the fourth quarter of 2022 saw the biggest fall in PC processor shipments in three decades.

ARM based PC use on the rise
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 10 February 2023 11:59

ARM based PC use on the rise


Ignoring the general downturn 

Beancounters at Counterpoint Research have noticed that while PC sales are dropping, those with ARM based chips appeared to be bucking the trend. 

MediaTek has Windows on ARM PC aspirations
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 16 November 2022 11:23

MediaTek has Windows on ARM PC aspirations

Future opportunity

MediaTek has been explaining how it plans to address Qualcomm's Arm-based Windows PC market using a variant of its Kompanio mobile processor.

French Arm chipmaker teams up with AMD
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 12:06

French Arm chipmaker teams up with AMD


Joint project for exascale supercomputers

French ARM company that designs Arm-based processors for supercomputers has teamed up with AMD to build exascale supercomputers.

MediaTek officially unveils the 4nm Dimensity 9200 SoC
Published in Mobiles


ARM Cortex-X3 prime core and Immortalis G715 GPU with hardware ray tracing

MediaTek has unveiled its latest flagship smartphone SoC, the Dimensity 9200. Built on TSMC 4nm (N4P) manufacturing process, this is also the first SoC to feature the ARM Cortex-X3 core based on ARMv9 architecture, as well as the new Immortalis-G715 GPU with hardware-based ray tracing.

ARM and Qualcomm dispute breaks out
Published in News
Monday, 31 October 2022 12:03

ARM and Qualcomm dispute breaks out


Keeping the lawyers busy

Qualcomm and Arm are locked in a court battle over licensing of intellectual property which could make a real mess of the chip industry.