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To: NVDave
We must be over a half dozen different variations of ARM based processors now for tablet devices....
13 posted on 09/28/2010 8:48:44 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Yep. I don’t doubt that we’ll see more, given the ARM architecture.

The neat thing about ARM is the low power consumption. For mobile devices, it is the CPU architecture of choice. To get COGS as low as possible, you want integration to be as tight as possible, which means putting as much of your logic onto one chip.

So companies will choose a ARM CPU core+memory controller, pick the interface logic they need/want, add a GPU core to the die and have one of the big foundries spin them a run. Wha-la, low COGS and tight integration.


15 posted on 09/28/2010 8:56:44 AM PDT by NVDave
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