What is a processor?
| Refers to a system that accepts a program as input, prepares it for execution and executes the process defined with data to produce results. Can be a short term for a microprocessor or central processing unit (CPU) in computer. |
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| 2004-07-29 | ARM licenses Arm11 family cores to Matsushita Electric ARM has licensed the ARM1176JZF-S processor and the ARM1136JF-S processor to Matsushita Electric Ind. Co. Ltd for use in next-generation mobile application processors and digital consumer products such as digital A/V devices. |
| 2009-12-15 | ARM invasion moves past mobile market ARM claims 15 new processor licenses, including four next-generation processors, for a broad range of markets including digital TV, MCUs, HDDs and networking applications. |
| 2008-07-07 | ARM dev't tool supports Freescale i.MX31 ARM has released a device support within the RealView family of development tools for Freescale i.MX31 multimedia applications processors. |
| 2009-03-12 | ARM CPUs to trump Atom in netbooks by '12? ARM-based processors will takeover Intel Corp.'s Atom in the netbook segment and hold 55 percent of the market share by 2012, according to Robert Castellano, president of The Information Network. |
| 2006-07-01 | ARM 32bitters give designers a choice A pair of 32bit ARM-based embedded processors will let designers wrestle with a tough choice—take advantage of an off-the-shelf ARM9E-based solution from STMicroelectronics or design their own high-performance solution with the latest Cortex-R4 ARM core from ARM Ltd. |
| 2008-06-04 | Are mobile apps losing their magic touch? With no big new features on the immediate horizon for cellphones, mobile application processors and media accelerators are on the decline. |
| 2005-10-27 | ARC adds configurable SIMD to processor line ARC International created a set of 104 128-bit wide instructions that can be applied to a multimedia hardware subsystem as an optional extra to ARC700 configurable processors. |
| 2010-09-17 | AppliedMicro chooses Tensilica for high-throughput project Tensilica, Inc. has just announced that AppliedMicro has chosen Tensilica's Xtensa LX dataplane processors (DPUs) for their upcoming high-throughput communications chip design project. |
| 2006-08-09 | Apple's Jobs unveils Xeon-based Mac, tips next OS Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced new Apple desktop and server computers based on two dual-core 64-bit Intel Xeon processors. |
| 2006-02-17 | Apple's Intel notebooks to be faster than expected Apple Computer will start shipping its first Intel-based notebook this week, but with faster processors than originally announced when Steve Jobs introduced the new Macs last month. |
| 2013-04-12 | Apple drops Samsung in A7 processor development A report from the Korea Times indicated that Apple has decided to exclude Samsung from a project to develop A7 application processors due for release early next year. |
| 2006-05-19 | Apple completes shift to Intel chips with MacBook Apple Computer announced it has finished its shift to Intel processors in its portable line as it introduced a trio of MacBook models that replaced the aged PowerPC-based iBook. |
| 2011-10-10 | App sol'n interfaces modem chipsets QuickLogic's solution connects SDIO ports on application processors to the EBI2 interface on Qualcomm modem chipsets. |
| 2004-12-13 | APIs can help handle FPGA complexity, says Xilinx CTO Xilinx is looking to define application programming interfaces (APIs) as an intermediate level between higher-level software and configurable hardware and multiple processors on its leading-edge field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). |
| 2005-04-07 | Anyka rolls new multimedia solutions Anyka introduced its AK3210M/AK3220M mobile terminal multimedia application processors and AK3210M-based multimedia cellphone solution at the 10th Annual IIC-China. |
| 2004-08-11 | ANT browser software in TI media processor ANT and TI announced the availability of ANT's Fresco browser software integrated with TI's programmable DSP-based DM64x generation of digital media processors. |
| 2009-01-12 | Analyst: Intel may suffer from netbook success Does Intel Corp.'s Jan. 7 warning that Q4 08 revenues could slide down 20 percent sequentially and 23 percent y-on-y have anything to do with better-than-expected sales of netbooks and the Intel Atom processors that power most of them? |
| 2009-03-24 | Analyst sees slow multicore uptake in comms The transition to multicore processors in communications and networking applications is expected to be a slow one due to complex and fragmented nature of the underlying technology. |
| 2001-01-01 | Analysis: NPUs entice but fail to deliver This news article describes the high demand performance users are looking for in network processors (NPUs). |
| 2011-04-08 | Analysis tool boasts 10x speed improvement Symtavision launches the TraceAnalyzer 1.2, which boasts ten-fold speed improvement in visualising and analyzing timing trace and log data for ECUs, controllers, processors, buses and networks. |
| 2005-03-11 | An enhanced Nexperia processor Philips released the newest member of its Nexperia family of media processors with high-definition capabilities. |
| 2006-09-28 | AMD, Intel face off on quad core Industry rivals AMD and Intel will face off over quad-core processors this week as each side tries to position itself as leading the race for multicore x86 processors. |
| 2004-11-30 | AMD, ATI Technologies unveil notebook chips Advanced Micro Devices and ATI Technologies unveiled last week processors for thin and light notebooks. |
| 2012-10-04 | AMD's APUs bring higher speeds to gamers, DIY pc builders AMD A-Series processors bring Faster Speeds, high core count and AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series graphics to do-it-yourself PC enthusiasts and gamers. |
| 2012-10-18 | AMD to cut 20 per cent of workforce, says report AMD's job cuts primarily due to weakness in the personal computer market, the main place where AMD processors are used. |
| 2002-01-31 | AMD to buy MIPS processor startup Alchemy Advanced Micro Devices Inc. plans to acquire Alchemy Semiconductor Inc. and pit that company's MIPS-based processor architecture against Intel Corp.'s Xscale processors. |
| 2007-02-07 | AMD teams with China's TCL Computer Advanced Micro Devices announced that TCL Computer, one of China's fastest-growing PC manufacturers, will offer customers a range of commercial notebooks and desktops based on AMD64 processors. |
| 2008-03-07 | AMD taps low-k dielectrics for 45nm chips Advanced Micro Devices has started shipping samples of its first 45nm processors and is on track to start production in the second half of the year. |
| 2006-07-18 | AMD ships 64bit CPUs made by Chartered AMD announced that in June it began its first revenue shipments of AMD64 processors manufactured at Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing in Singapore. |
| 2008-02-14 | AMD pushes software shift for multicore CPUs Developers need to rewrite today's computer software to pave the way for tomorrow's multicore processors that will use a variety of different cores, according to chipmaker AMD. |
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