Samsung ARM Cortex-A9 Orion processor with Mali-400 graphics - Samsung Galaxy Tab 2?
Freescale i.MX6 series ARM Cortex-A9 information.
Texas Instruments OMAP4-powered devices.
Way more Honeycomb.
Tegra 2 3D edition, clocked at 1.2GHz. Roadmap here.
Qualcomm MSM8660, MSM8260-powered devices.
More Rockchip RK29xx (ARM Cortex-A8) information and powered devices.
HP webOS tablet - Topaz?
LG G-Slate?
Lots and lots of tablets.
Lots and lots of smartphones.
Lots and lots of gadgets.
We can only hope. We'll be gone for a while for Chinese New Year - see you Monday.
Thanks Charbax.
ARM have announced their new Cortex-R5 and Cortex-R7 MPCore processors, extending their range of "Unmatched Real-Time Cortex Processor[s]" for use in 4G (LTE, not WiMax) mobile baseband technology markets, mass storage, automotive and industrial markets. How will we see this translate to what we know as the current consumer tablet and smartphone markets?: "While the Cortex-A processors can be found in mainstream consumer products such as cell phones and tablet devices, the Cortex-R chips are meant for deeply-embedded and system-on-a-chip duties." (Geek.com) In other words, we may not see the benefits of the R5 and R7 processors in the mobile markets and tablet markets any time soon. However, the two processors will better help the next generation of smartphones and tablets "take better
The Tegra 3 chip by NVIDIA, quite like its Tegra 2 predecessor, is bound to be a real beast. Sporting four Cortex A9 cores, the SoC will apparently also carry a graphics processor that will be three times faster than Tegra 2 which, quite frankly, is completely absurd (in a good way). The Tegra 3's graphics accelerator will also accelerate Flash, which is good news. The Tegra 2 SoC is already one of the fastest mobile solutions on the market - being essentially a "premium" SoC for tablets and mobile phones - and the aggressive forward movement to Tegra 3 indicates that it is a perch that NVIDIA does not want to be dislodged from. Also good news, some low-level software and drivers written for Tegra 2 will work on Tegra 3 from day one, meaning a lot of work already done by handset / table
We haven't heard much about the Telechips TCC8803 solution before - it's based on ARM Cortex A8, it comes at frequencies of 1GHz to 1.2Ghz, and supports Android 2.2 (with upgrade possibility to 2.3) with support for up to 512MB RAM. We've heard much of the TCC8902 chip, one that powered the GPad 701, an Android 2.1 tab with 1080p video playback capability. The Gpad 702 is set to have the TCC8803 beneath its bonnet, and will run Android 2.2 and also match the 1080p HD video decoding capability of its predecessor - quite the upgrade. It is expected that pricing for the GPad 702 will go up. You can watch a video of the TCC8803 in action here, though it's not in a splayed-tablet form.
via imp3
As expected, CES 2011 sees Rockchip's RK9xx becoming better exposed with some pretty solid specs - we can see a Cortex A8 core clocked at 1.2GHz to go along with a 2D/3D GPU on the SoC package - this high-powered generation of Rockchips invariably brings with it a host of benefits, from 1080p full HD video decoding, better support for RAM types, as well as apparent support for Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Rockchip already have their own RK29xx smartphone at CES, which did extremely well in 3D benchmarks, and so we're eager to see tablet devices emerge using this generation of RK. And, to be frank, with Rockchip's past history of good-to-great Android implementation, one can be nothing but excited.
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Microsoft Corp. announced yesterday that their next version of Windows will support System on a Chip (SoC) architectures with support for ARM-based systems from NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments, whose ARM-based SoCs are popular in the handheld device market today. This shouldn't come as any surprise - NVIDIA president Jen-Hsun Huang puts it well: "Windows on ARM represents a seismic shift for the computing industry. ARM is already the largest and fastest-growing CPU architecture in the world, and today’s major news of Windows will only accelerate its adoption." What implications does this have for other ARM-aimed OS solutions?
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Freescale have announced their i.MX 6 series of SoC containing 4 ARM Cortex A9 cores. Up until now, we had been excited about things like dual-core A9's (eg. Tegra 2) but the i.MX 6 series looks to make one step forward in furthering parallel processing on anything from smartphones to tablets. As you can see from the basic application chart above, the i.MX 6 have been designed from the ground up to be extremely versatile, handling anything from multimedia to 3D to raw processing power. This allows device manufacturers tremendous power/price flexibility all on a unified platform, which of course means drivers too. The savings translate to cheaper development costs, as well as a faster time to the market. We're looking forward to seeing some benchmarks of the i.MX 6 series SoC when samples
Ramos will be unveiling three new Cortex A9-based tablets at the fast approaching CES convention. Among them are the W10, which we've already seen, the W12 and W15. The W12 will use the same A9 SoC with Mali-400 graphics, but will come in 8-inch size at 4:3 screen ratio - we're not sure if the screen resolution will be 800x600 or 1024x768 - we're hoping for the latter. It has been revealed that the W12 will have a capacitive touchpanel. The W15 is reported to use the RK2918 Rockchip SoC, which is their upcoming new generation SoC based off ARM Cortex A8-architecture - and we've already seen that it's whopping fast in 3D. The W15 will also be an 8-inch tablet, but will be in widescreen size at aspect ration of 16:9 - so we're hoping for a 1024x600 resolution as opposed to the commonly see
The picture is a bit small, but it appears a Rockchip Rk29xx - or Rockchip's upcoming new generation of SoC based on Cortex A8 architecture - powered phone has scored 19xx points in Quadrant. When compared with the TI OMAP3530 in our MIDnite unit, the RK29xx has a clear lead with a near 400 point advantage! It's got a 1000 point advantage over the A8-based Freescale iMX515 tablet we tested in Quadrant, too. Though the version of Quadrant we tested was older than this version used to test the RK29xx, the difference is simply too large to be attributed to that. It seems that the RK29xx's SoC is really quite powerful in 3D performance, likely due to a good 3D graphics accelerator on the SoC solution. With CES just around the corner, and RK29xx scheduled to make its debut then, we couldn't b
This generic-shelled Freescale iMX515-powered tablet has been disassembled and we get a juicy look at the insides. Though the A8-based Freescale tablets have been underwhelming in performance and aesthetic, we still can't pass up the chance to get a look at what makes this tab tick. Running Android 2.2, this tablet houses the Freescale iMX515 SoC, based on ARM Cortex A8-architecture, clocked at 800MHz to go along with 512MB RAM as well as a resistive touchpanel, coming in at 8-inches (800x600). Right, with that out of the way, let's get down to business.
The 8-inch display with a resolution of 800x600.
Opening her up, we see the PCB, twin battery packs as well as speakers. It's not particularly tidy, but who's looking anyway?
Two batteries totally to 3500mAh. 1750mAh a piece
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