Context Switching And IPC Performance Comparison Between UClinux And Linux On The ARM9 Based Processor
White Papers uClinux is a derivation of Linux kernel intended for MMU-less processors. It provides a single shared address space for all processes while the Linux kernel provides a separate virtual address space for each process using hardware MMU (Memory...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Microsoft And Samsung: We'll Undercut Palm
News Microsoft and Samsung on Monday announced they have teamed up to develop a design for low-cost handhelds, a market dominated by rival Palm. Devices based on the design will use Microsoft's Pocket PC software and Samsung's 200MHz ARM9-based S3C2410...
[November 12, 2002, 7:57]
Linpus Media Center
Downloads Linpus Media Center is a stand alone Linux-based multimedia platform, which works like your home DVD player, supports the playback of various media formats, and makes it easy to access mails, Web contents, and photos stored in your digital cameras...
[September 13, 2007, 17:16]
Start-up Gives PDAs A Multimedia Boost
News Start-up chipmaker MediaQ is working on a new applications processor for handheld computers and mobile phones that will use technology from UK-based ARM, which licenses designs for power-efficient processors.
[April 16, 2003, 15:27]
ARM Chips To Run Embedded Linux
News ARM, the UK embedded-chip designer, on Tuesday formalised a partnership to bring embedded Linux to its platform. The company licenses low-power chip designs for portable devices including handheld computers and mobile phones, and has become the...
[April 10, 2001, 13:07]
Next-gen Palms Promise Double Battery Life
News Semiconductor makers showed off the next-generation chips that will power future Palm devices this week at the PalmSource developer conference in London, demonstrating high-powered applications such as video encoding and high-quality sound.
[May 22, 2002, 12:16]
ARM Sees Strong Demand For Multimedia Phones, Bluetooth
News This could be the year that a mass market for advanced mobile phone handsets begins to appear in Europe, according to UK chip designer ARM Holdings. With the increasing stability of technologies such as GPRS (general packet radio service), devices...
[January 28, 2002, 17:36]
TI Chief: Keep It Simple
News Texas Instruments has a philosophy when it comes to the wireless world: Keep it simple. On Monday, the company's top executive said companies that make cell phones and other wireless devices should take advantage of the ability to add multimedia...
[May 1, 2001, 9:15]
Nokia Aims To N-Gage Gamers
News Fancy playing Tomb Raider and Sonic the Hedgehog on your mobile phone? This will soon become reality -- Nokia launched its first mobile gaming device on Wednesday, throwing down the gauntlet to portable console maker Nintendo.
[February 6, 2003, 9:23]
ARM Hands New Chip Design To Intel, TI
News Chip designer ARM Holdings announced Monday that it has licensed the next version of its processor architecture to Intel and Texas Instruments. As usual, England's ARM won't make any chips itself. Instead, ARM will license its new v6 architecture...
[July 31, 2001, 9:18]
New Chips Aimed At Faster Mobile Phones
News This week Texas Instruments and Analog Devices will announce new chips with advanced capabilities aimed at phones for higher data rate 2.5G and 3G cellular networks. Although the TI's OMAP (Open Multimedia Applications Protocol) chip and Analog's...
[February 19, 2001, 11:47]
Philips To Challenge Intel With P800 Smartphone Chip
News Royal Philips Electronics is to step up its competition with chipmakers such as Intel and Texas Instruments next year with a new mobile processor. The surprise is that many gadget buyers will have already been using Philips' Nexperia Mobile...
[May 29, 2003, 12:26]
Europe To Get Microsoft Smartphone Before US
News Microsoft's Smartphone 2002 software will make its debut in a matter of weeks in Western Europe in a handset manufactured by the UK's Sendo, beating its appearance with Cingular Wireless in the US. On Monday, Microsoft and Cingular said they would...
[March 19, 2002, 12:58]
Microsoft Smartphone Deals Out A Pack Of Games
News Microsoft is giving the first glimpse of the applications for its Smartphone 2002 handset at the Microsoft Mobility Developer Conference in London this week, with a heavy focus on gaming. Sendo, which is manufacturing the Z100, the first Smartphone...
[April 18, 2002, 15:14]
ARM Plans Fast Java Chips
News Accelerated Java could be coming to your next mobile phone ARM Holdings plans to unveil a series of chip designs later this year that will allow mobile devices to run everything from 3D games to enterprise applications on Java.
[May 10, 2001, 8:24]
Microsoft Smartphone Ships To Developers
News Sendo has begun offering developers an early version of its Windows-Powered Smartphone 2002 handset, the Z100, as it prepares to launch the device this summer. Z100 is likely to be one of the first phones to use the Smartphone 2002 software.
[June 5, 2002, 16:32]
Mobiles To Get PowerVR 3D This Year
News The first portable products using Imagination Technologies' PowerVR MBX 3D graphics technology will ship this year, and will represent a "significant step ahead" from products such as Nintendo's GameBoy Advance and Nokia's N-Gage, Imagination said...
[January 8, 2004, 16:35]
Embedded Chips Chase Gadget Market
News Psst! Like to buy a system-on-a-chip processor? Try the Embedded Systems Conference, where chip designers and makers are lining up to shop processors for consumer gadgets -- from set-top boxes to mobile phones.
[April 11, 2001, 10:44]
