By Paul Krill Aside from security improvements, version 4.6 of the Linux kernel, released over the weekend, offers enhancements for ARM processors and touchscreens. Embedded ARM support in the upgrade features backing for …read more Source:: OpenSource
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Microsoft, IBM, ARM back open patent database
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Industry consortium hopes to solve one of the most expensive issues for new businesses – who owns the patents? …read more Source:: Legal
Raspberry Pi 2 Model B – more detail
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The Raspberry Pi Foundation is aiming at desktop users with Raspberry Pi 2, a 6x more powerful version of its predecessor. Upgrades include a move to a quad core 900MHz ARM Cortex-A7 MP – from a single 700MHz ARM11 – and doubling the RAM to 1Gbyte in the Pi 2 Model B. For a historical…
Windows on ARM lives on, even as it dies
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Windows on ARM has not been universally popular. When first announced a week shy of three years ago, the prospect of Windows running on ARM processors piqued many people’s interest, particularly around what software it would be able to run, and what hardware it would be able to run it on. Source: Tech
Zebra Technologies Joins Open Mobile Alliance To Promote Internet of Things Standards
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Zebra and ARM to collaborate on LWM2M StandardsLincolnshire, Ill ‒ Dec 9, 2014 ‒ Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA), a global leader in products and solutions that provide real-time visibility into organizations’ assets, people and transactions, today announced that it now commercially supports the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Lightweight Machine to Machine (LWM2M) Standard within…
Linaro announces Android Open Source Project port for ARMv8-A…
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Following the recent announcement of the AndroidTM L Developer Preview supporting the 64-bit ARMv8-A architecture, Linaro, the collaborative engineering organization developing open source software for the ARM architecture, today announced that a port of the Android Open Source Project to the ARMv8-A architecture has been made available as part of … (more) Source: Tech
Texas Instruments Launches Internet of Things Ecosystem
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Texas Instruments introduces an Internet of Things ecosystem for cloud providers and ARM and Sensor Platforms team to launch open source software for sensor hubs. Source: Tech
Microsoft joins ARM server effort
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Microsoft has joined a new project to accelerate the development of ARM-based servers, suggesting ARM versions of products like Windows Server and Hyper-V could be in the works. Source: Tech
Supercomputing on the cheap with Parallella
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Packing impressive supercomputing power inside a small credit card-sized board running Ubuntu, Adapteva ‘s $99 ARM-based Parallella system includes the unique Ephiphany numerical accelerator that promises to unleash industrial strength parallel processing on the desktop at a rock-bottom price. Source: Tech
Ubuntu Linux server with ARM processor rolled out by Boston Limited
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Boston Limited announced a new server based on ARM processors and certified to run Ubuntu Linux 13.10, a move that could further stir up growing interest in ARM servers. Source: Tech