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John Sculley talks history of the ARM Processor and the Newton MessagePad
While at the South Florida Technology Alliance recently, former Apple CEO John Scully – who famously had Steve Jobs booted from Apple – explained how the Newton MessagePad and the ARM Processor came to be. Recall that the Newton MessagePad back in the day sported the first series of ARM 610 RISC processors. Also fun […]
Continue reading...ARM Holdings reports record revenue and profits
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
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ARM Holdings, the London-based company whose chip designs reside in nearly 98% of the world’s mobile phones announced this week that it set all-time highs for both revenue and profitability during its most recent quarter. ARM CEO Warren East, who recently dispelled recent rumors that Apple was going to buy his company, explained that the record […]
Continue reading...Another reason why the Apple/ARM takeover rumor never made sense
Friday, April 23, 2010
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Earlier this week, a flash rumor that Apple was toying with the idea of purchasing ARM Holdings for an estimated $8.1 billion sprung up out of nowhere. Shares of ARM Holdings subsequently skyrocketed before ARM CEO Warren East put to rest a rumor that never really made much sense to begin with. With Apple already […]
Continue reading...ARM Holdings CEO dispels Apple buyout rumors
Thursday, April 22, 2010
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In light of yesterday’s rumor that Apple was considering a mammoth $8 billion acquisition of ARM Holdings, which sent shares of ARM through the roof, company CEO Warren East told the Guardian today that the utility of such a deal would be minimal, if not downright pointless. Exciting though it is to have the share […]
Continue reading...Rumor: Apple considering purchase of ARM holdings
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
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There are rumors, and then there are doozy’s. This one’s a doozy. The London Evening Standard reported late Wednesday night that there is speculation that Apple is considering purchasing ARM Holdings, the Cambridge-based company that licenses the chip designs for almost any mobile product you can think of – iPhones, iPods, Blackberries, HTC phones, Nokia […]
Continue reading...“ARM: The Democratization of the CPU”
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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ARM is the democratization of the CPU outside the Wintel paradigm. Every significant tech company, Samsung, Qualcomm, Cirrus, DEC, Sharp, Texus Instruments, Yamaha, LG, NEC, Nvidia, and even formerly Intel makes ARM processors. Instead of “Intel Inside”, the freedom and openness of the ARM architecture allows Apple to make their own ARM-based SoC (System-on-chip). Apple A4 […]
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Monday, October 1, 2012
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