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...So? Tegra handled 1080p a year ago. This year they're expected to appear in actual devices.]]>Feb 16th 2009 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/Feb 16th 2009 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/Feb 16th 2009 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/
not gonna happen. Apple bought chip maker PA SEMI last year and it will use that expertise for low power mobile device processors for Iphone, Ipods,etc
http://www.forbes.com/2008/04/23/apple-buys-pasemi-tech-ebiz-cz_eb_0422apple.html

if you remember, SYNAPTICS used to make the "click-wheel" in the Ipods, then Apple made them themselves in-house and cut SYNAPTICS out of the loop.
result=Apple has more profit and control over device.

Apple can now design AND make it's own mobile CPU's. where do you think they're going to be used?]]>Feb 16th 2009 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/Feb 16th 2009 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/Feb 17th 2009 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/
I'm not doubting the skill of the people at (fab-less) PA Semi, but you have to remember that Apple was one of the original founders of ARM (along with Acorn), and (as far as I am aware) is still a shareholder.

What ARM don't do is the system on a chip. They'll license the ARM core to people to form the basis of SOAC -- which is where PA Semi comes in. Apple will still need someone to fab the chips though.

Personally, I'm pretty excited about this. Atom is a pretty low tech solution to the low power chip problem. ]]>Feb 17th 2009 5:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/
Amd used to be on the same level with Intel... but now.. FAIL I hold my hopes up for VIA and ARM !!! ]]>Feb 16th 2009 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/Feb 16th 2009 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/Phenom II X4's and X3's are very competitive with Intel Core 2 Duo/Quad and low end i7
Turion X2 isn't doing as well in the laptop space, but the 45nm shrink is close and sure to level the playing field.

They are pretty competitive :)]]>Feb 16th 2009 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/
Uh, you're the one who thinks AMD is still legitimate competition for Intel.]]>Feb 16th 2009 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/Feb 16th 2009 11:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/]]>Feb 16th 2009 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/Feb 16th 2009 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/Feb 16th 2009 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/
Except ARM doesn't make any chips, they just make designs, and sell them to other companies to use in their own system-on-chip designs. Which doesn't really happen in the x86 world.

Some companies just license the instruction set, and make their own compatible design (DEC with the StrongARM, Intel with the XScale, Marvell with the XScale PXA300, etc., etc.) like what happens in the x86 world.]]>Feb 16th 2009 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/Feb 16th 2009 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/Feb 16th 2009 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/Feb 16th 2009 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/
And, x64 and Itanium are technically ports. Yes, there's a hell of a lot of pain in x64, and the Itanium failed, but it wasn't because of the Windows port sucking.

(And, the only reason the Alpha port failed was market forces, Compaq didn't care about Alpha all that much, and stopped having MS port Windows to it.)]]>Feb 16th 2009 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/Feb 16th 2009 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/Feb 16th 2009 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/Feb 16th 2009 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/Feb 16th 2009 8:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/Feb 17th 2009 6:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/arm-debuts-sparrow-multicore-netbook-processor/ [...] Sparrow [...]

*Captain* Jack Sparrow!!!!]]>Feb 17th 2009 7:25AM