Recent content by Rob Evans

I agree with tangey - there was no mention of multi-core, so I would assume it is a single core. If Series 6 can scale like SGX-MP (and I can't imagine it wouldn't) then a 16 core Series 6 would have performance figures of 5,600 million polygons per second and more than 208 gigapixels per...

I believe the '+' in SGX543MP4+ refers to integrated 128MB RAM - presumably for improved performance over unified memory.

I believe the '+' in SGX543MP4+ refers to integrated 128MB RAM - presumably for improved performance over unified memory.

Apple iBooks app indicates iPad 2 will quadruple pixels to 2048x1536 - http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/01/15/apple_ibooks_app_indicates_ipad_2_will_quadruple_resolution_to_2048x1536.html

Imagination to acquire Caustic Graphics, developer of real-time ray-tracing graphics technology, for $27 million - http://www.imgtec.com/corporate/newsdetail.asp?NewsID=602

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/marvell-raises-technology-bar-again-with-worlds-first-15-ghz-tri-core-processor-delivering-dual-stream-1080p-3d-video-for-smartphones-and-tablets-103606094.html "Game Changer: Ultra-low power, ultra-high performance ARMADA three-core processor first to...

PA Semi was founded by Dan Dobberpuhl who was the lead designer at DEC who took an ARM architectural license and turned it into the StrongARM chip. I guess Apple thought he'd be just the chap to work some magic on their ARM architectural license, but they seem to have problems holding onto chip...

I would normally be cautious about stories like this, but there is no denying that very few products are shipping with Tegra inside. Nvida's PR does seem to greatly exceed their actual market success in this area.

The only clear(ish) benchmark comparison I can find is at http://www.anandtech.com/gadgets/showdoc.aspx?i=3587 Generally the 3G S is around 40% faster than the 3G. However, according to most reports the 3G S has a 600Mhz Cortex A8 compared to the 3G's 412MHz ARM11. The clock speed difference...

I've just noticed a comparison speed test between an iPhone 3G S and a second gen iPod Touch at http://blackpixel.com/blog/244/early-iphone-3g-s-opengl-test-results/ The first test, which was both GPU and CPU intensive, showed a 2x improvement in speed. But the interesting test was a CPU...

LOL!!

I didn't realise Qualcomm made handsets.

The comments ARM made as part of their second quarter results sheds new light on why Apple bought PA Semi Extracts from http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080730/ukw004.html?.v=101 "Q2 also included four significant licenses with major OEMs: a leading handset OEM who bought a long-term...

Interesting that they believe they have a lower bandwidth solution than IMG's PowerVR series. Rob.

A competitor for Imagination Technologies SGX? From http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=228914 ARM Mali-400 MP Technology Brings High-End Graphics Performance to All Consumer Devices CAMBRIDGE, England, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- - Multicore Graphics Solution...