10 billion ARM processors, and counting
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| While the x86 architecture reigns supreme in the PC market, a range of other
| CPU architectures are generally preferred in embedded devices due to cost,
| space, and power constraints. One of these — the ARM architecture — has now
| shipped in more than 10 billion devices.
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http://www.deviceguru.com/2008/01/26/10-billion-arm-processors-and-counting/
It's all about mobility.
Opinion: Goodbye, notebook; hello 'Web tablet'
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| * Asus Eee -- A tiny clamshell design; runs Linux and can also run
| Windows XP (if you must).
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| * Nokia N810 -- The latest in a series that began with the groundbreaking
| 770; now vastly improved with a very good browser (Mozilla) and a
| slide-out physical keyboard.
|
| * One Laptop Per Child -- This largely philanthropic effort may also
| yield business products over time; Intel's Classmate PC has similar
| potential.
|
| Linux may in fact become the preferred platform for these devices in the
| future, given that it's 1) free, and 2) widely adopted by the software
| development community. I think we may see more of these products announced
| this year, despite the immaturity of this approach and the lack of any formal
| definition of this type of device.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9059278&intsrc=hm_list
http://tinyurl.com/2rl5ee
Related:
Four billion embedded systems shipped in '06
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3686249103.html
Linux loyalty runs high among embedded software developers, says VDC
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| Looking ahead, 87% percent of Linux users plan to use Linux in their next
| project. In both cases, use of free distributions outnumbered use of paid
| distributions by a sizable margin.
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http://software.tekrati.com/research/9436/
Microsoft cans key conference
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| SOFTWARE giant Microsoft has decided that it does not love its popular Mobile
| and Embedded DevCon any more and has pulled the plug.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/01/16/microsoft-cans-key-conference
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