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[IchEmpfehleSembCorp]

Mit den folgenden Kennzahlen wirkt ARM Holdings wie ein überteuerter Phoenix inmitten der niedergeschmetterten Halbleiterbranche

Price to Sales (TTM) 4.03
Price to Book (MRQ) 1.62
Price to Tangible Book (MRQ)
Price to Cash Flow (TTM) 17.17
Price to Free Cash Flow (TTM) 19.77

Doch die Gesellschaft hat in dieser Woche einen Durchbruch auf dem CPU-Sektor geschafft, der bislang nur von Technikern wahrgenommen und gewürdigt worden ist.

"ARM entwickelt effiziente Mini-CPU

Datum: 24.02.2009
http://www.computerwoche.de/1888094

Der britische Chipdesigner ARM hat mit dem Cortex-M0 den bislang sparsamsten Chip aus den eigenen Labors vorgestellt.

Die neue ARM1-CPU kommt mit lediglich 12.000 Logikgattern aus. Im Vergleich zum "ARM7"-Prozessor liegt dieser Wert nur etwa bei einem Drittel. Zudem verbraucht der Cortex-M0 im Betrieb nur 85 Mikrowatt pro Megahertz Taktgeschwindigkeit. Die Reduktion liegt hier ebenfalls beim Faktor drei.

Der Cortex-M0 bringt die Leistung eines 32-Bit-Chips, jedoch zum Preis eines Acht-Bit-Chips, so die Entwickler. Der Clou bei dem Prozessor ist, dass die Befehle zwar nur 16 Bit lang sind, der Chip jedoch mit 32-Bit-Daten arbeitet. Der Chip lasse sich somit deutlich einfacher konstruieren und ist benötigt zudem wenig Platz. Laut ARM arbeitet der neue Chip effizienter als vergleichbar große CPUs. Als Beispiel nennt das Unternehmen den "8051"-Prozessor von Intel.

Zum Einsatz sollen die M0-Chips als Mikrocontroller Units (MCU) in Embedded Systems kommen. Sie sollen die Steuerung von technischen Geräten übernehmen, darunter Haushaltsgeräte, Motoren oder Produkte in der Unterhaltungselektronik. Darüber hinaus wird von ARM als mögliches Anwendungsgebiet die Steuerung von Sensoren angegeben. Interessant sei der Chip jedoch auch für Handhelds und Smartphones.

ARM betreibt lediglich die Entwicklungslabors, eine eigene Fertigung hat das Unternehmen nicht. Die Chipdesigns werden schließlich an Halbleiterhersteller lizenziert. Zu den ersten Unternehmen, die den Cortex-M0-Chip produzieren werden, zählt laut ARM das aus Philips ausgegliederte holländische Unternehmen NXP Semiconductors. "Der bisher kleinste Chip von ARM ermöglicht es uns, Silizium und Energie bei der Produktion der Prozessoren einzusparen", meint Gorff Lees, Bereichsleiter Mikrocontroller bei NXP. (pte)"

[diabolo11]

Ja,ich misch meine Chips auch

Classic
Paprika
Zwiebel

kann ich nur empfehlen,und brauch mich nicht zu ärgern wenns
weniger wird

diabolo

[sabotsy]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 36.674.547 von IchEmpfehleSembCorp am 28.02.09 20:10:22

du bist wie ich einschätze ein technikfreak, der eine innovation erkannt hat. aber wie sieht es mit der entwicklung der aktie aus. hast du informationen welches potential das eröffnet, welche umätze damit möglich sind um daraus auf gewinnentwicklung schließen zu können. was weißt du über arm und deren kunden?

s.

[IchEmpfehleSembCorp]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 36.675.536 von sabotsy am 01.03.09 10:57:54

Hallo sabotsy,

hier erst einmal die aktuelle Kundenliste. Das Kundenspektrum reicht tatsächlich von Kameraprozessoren, wie in der neuen Casio EX-F1 Digitalkamera, bis zu Sicherheitslösungen á la Smartcard und PayTV-Zugängen.

1st Silicon, 5V Technologies, Accent Srl, ACCESS Co., LTD, Acoustic Technologies, Inc., Acrodea, Inc., Actel Corporation, ACTIMAGINE, Active Technology Co. Ltd., Adaptive Digital Technologies, Inc., Adeneo Adetel Group, ADTechnology Co., Ltd., Advantech Embedded Computing, Agnisys Technology Pvt. Ltd., AI, Inc, AIJI System Co. Ltd., AIL Co., Ltd., AKAE Research Center For Embedded Computing Systems, Alango Technologies Ltd., Alchip Technologies, Inc., Altera Corporation, Altia, Inc., Altium Limited, Alvaview Technology Inc, AMERICAN ARIUM, American Megatrends India Private Limited, Ammos Software Technologies Pvt Ltd.,, Amontec, Anacom Eletronica Ltda., Analog Devices Inc, Andor System Support Co., Ltd, Anglia, ANHUI USTC iFLYTEK CO. LTD, Antycip, Anyka Technologies Corporation, Apache Design Solutions, Aplix Corporation, Applause Technologies, Co., Ltd., Applied Data Systems, Ardites Ltd, Aricent Technologies US, Inc., ARKAMYS, Arphic Technology Co., Ltd., Arrow Electronics, Inc., Arrow UEC Japan,KK, ARTERIS, Ashling Microsystems Ltd, Atelier, Atmark Techno, Inc., Atmel, Atrenta Inc., Augmentum, Aurora VLSI, Inc., Avago Technologies, Avant Technology Inc., Averant Inc., Avnet ASIC Israel, LTD., Avnet Inc., AXE, Inc., Azingo, Azuro, Inc., BackDraft Technologies, BARCO SILEX, Beep Science AS, Beijing Farsight Technology & Information Co.(北京华清远见科技信息有限公司), Beijing Microtec Research (北京麦克泰软件技术有限公司), Beijing Universal Pioneering Technology Co.,LTD., Beijing Watertek Information Technology Co.,Ltd.(北京旋极信息技术有限公司), Binhai Integrated Circuit Design Service, BITRAN CORPORATION, Bluespec, Inc., Bluestreak Technology Inc, Bluewater Systems Limited, Broadcom Corporation, BSQUARE, Cadence Design Systems, Canonical, Caravel Info Systems Private Limited, Carbon Design Systems, Inc., CAST, Inc., Celestial Semiconductor, Ltd., Certicom, CEVA, Inc., CeWiDus Technologies Pvt Ltd, Chartered Semiconductor Mfg., Chipnuts Technology (Shanghai) Inc., ChipX, CHONGQING CYIT INFORMATION&TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD 重庆重邮信科通信技术有限公司, CIeNET Technologies(Beijing) Co,Ltd 瞬联软件科技（北京）有限公司, Cirrus Logic, Clabsys Co.,Ltd, Clearview Technology Inc., CMP, CMX Systems, Inc., Code Red Technologies, CodeSourcery, Inc., COMNEON GmbH, COMPUTEX Co.,Ltd., Conexant, Coresonic AB, CoreTek Systems Incorporated, CouthIT, Coverity, CoWare, Cranes Software International, CriticalBlue, Cwlinux Limited, D2 Technologies, Inc., Data Technology Inc., Datang Microelectronics Technology Co., LTD., Denali Software, Inc., Digi International K.K., Digital Blocks, Inc., Discretix Technologies Ltd., Dolby Labs, Inc., Dongbu Hitek, Doulos Ltd, Droplet Technology, Inc., Dubai Circuit Design, Duolog Technologies, EA Mobile LLC, eASIC, eCosCentric, EDA Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences (EDA CAS) 中国科学院EDA中心, eForce Co.,Ltd., eInfochips Inc, Electric Cloud, Electro Systems Associates Pvt. 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(深圳市亿道电子技术有限公司), eMemory Technology Inc., EMThink Co., Ltd., Enea Embedded Technology, Energy Micro AS, eSilicon Corporation, eSOL Co., Ltd., Esterel Technologies, Evatronix SA, EVE, EVEREST INFOCOM PVT LIMITED, Express Logic, Faraday Technology Corp., Flash Technology Trading (shanghai) Limited 飞思德晶华贸易（上海）有限公司, Fleasome, Floreat, Inc., FMC SOTA Design Technology, Inc., Fraunhofer IIS, FreeRTOS.org, Freescale Semiconductor, ftd solutions, Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc., Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics CO., Ltd., GAO Research Inc., GDA Technologies Inc, Genesys Testware, GENS Logic Co., Ltd., Global Unichip Corp., Goyatek Technology Inc., Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp., Grape Systems Inc., Green Hills Software, Inc., GuangDong Embedded Software Center (广东省嵌入式软件公共技术中心), Guangzhou ZLG Mcu Development Co.LTD, Haansoft, Inc., Handshake Solutions, HCL Technologies Ltd., HDA Technology, Inc., HDL Design House, HHTech. Co., Ltd., HI Corporation, Hilscher GmbH, HiSilicon Technologies Co., Ltd., Hitex Development Tools, Honestar, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation, HOYA Corp., Huins, Inc, HUONE INC., HYCTRON ELECTRONIC LTD., IAR Systems, ICDREC, Ideaworks3D, Imperas, Ltd., INDILINX, Infineon Technologies AG, Ingenient Technologies, Inmote BV, Intel Corp, InterDesign Technologies, Inc., International Business Machines, InterNiche Technologies, Inc., Intrinsity Inc., Intrinsix Corp., Intrinsyc Software International Inc., iPanel Technologies Ltd. 深圳市茁壮网络技术有限公司, Ipera Technology, ISB CORPORATION, ISINE INC., iSYSTEM AG, Ittiam Systems, Jasper Design Automation, Join Tech Limited, Kaben Wireless Silicon Inc., KADAK Products Ltd., Kawasaki Microelectronics, Keil - an ARM® Company, Keith & Koep GmbH, Khronos Group, KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd., KYOTO MICROCOMPUTER CO., LTD., Lauterbach, Legend Design Technology, Inc., Lineo Solutions, Inc., LiPS Forum, Logic Technology, LPC Tools, LSI Logic, Luminary Micro, Inc, Macraigor Systems, Magma Design Automation, MapuSoft Technologies Inc, Marvell Semiconductor Inc., MAZeT GmbH, Mentor Graphics Corporation, Micetek International Inc., Micrel Inc., Micrium, Micro Digital, Inc., MicroConsult GmbH, Micronas GmbH, Microsoft, Mindspeed Technologies, MindTree Consulting Ltd., Mistral Solutions Pvt. 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Hervorgehoben habe ich oben z.B. das gemeinsame Projekt mit Marvell, zur Ausstattung von sogenannten Steckdosenrechnern mit CPU's. Die Performance solcher CPU's, die häufig mit nur 300 MHz Taktfrequenz laufen, reicht aber häufig nicht für Datentransferraten aus, die auch nur annähernd das Potenzial von Gigabit-Ethernet ausschöpfen. Das gelingt bisher vorwiegend mit x86-Prozessoren, die aber meistens deutlich teurere Hardware erfordern und sehr viel mehr Leistung schlucken. ARM wird an dieser Stelle Intel aus dem Markt katapultieren.

Zur Erläuterung ein Link zu Marvells Plug-Computer-Seite: http://www.marvell.com/products/embedded_processors/kirkwood…

ARM ist wie ein Biotech-Unternehmen - jedoch mit hunderten Produkten in der Pipeline und stets Gewinne schreibend.

Herzliche Grüße

[A_Sosa]

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[sabotsy]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 36.675.785 von IchEmpfehleSembCorp am 01.03.09 12:15:17

hallo IchEmpfehleSembCorp

du warst gar nicht schlecht, die Aktie hat sich seit deinem Tip gut entwickelt. Ich habe nicht investiert weil ich mich zu wenig auskannt und deswegen die Finger davon gelassen habe.

Weisst du wie das Geschäft weiter gelaufen ist und welches Potential noch in der Aktie steckt?

Gruß s.

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Habe mir heute mal ein paar zugelegt.

Aktie ist fundamental teuer, aber mir gefällt:
-cash-flow
-wenig anlagenintensiv

[IchEmpfehleSembCorp]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 36.953.933 von sabotsy am 10.04.09 09:21:50

Seit Threaderöffnung zwar nicht der Brüller, aber doch eine ganz ansehnliche Performance!

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RNS Number : 3453S
ARM Holdings PLC
15 May 2009






Transfer of Treasury Shares


ARM Holdings PLC

15th May 2009


ARM Holdings plc ('the Company') announces that on May 14th, 2009 the following ordinary shares have been transferred from treasury stock for the purposes of employees' share scheme allotments:





10,000 ordinary shares at 0.47 pence per share



Following the above transfers of treasury stock, the Company held 80,391,341

Ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) was 1,263,664,355.

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20.05.2009 14:10
Atmel and ARM Expand Strategic Relationship With Subscription License Agreement
San Jose, California (ots/PRNewswire) -

- Subscription license grants Atmel access to ARM Cortex processor IP

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) and ARM [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMH)] today announced an extension to their strategic relationship with a new subscription license agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Atmel gains access to a number of existing and future ARM(R) Cortex(TM) processors for use in products aimed at a broad variety of applications and markets.

The subscription license agreement is an extension of the long-term relationship between the two companies and reinforces Atmel's commitment to the ARM architecture, complementing its existing licenses for the ARM7TDMI(R), ARM926EJ-S(TM), and ARM1176JZ-S(TM) processors, and most recently, the Cortex-M3 processor.

"The agreement with Atmel demonstrates the exceptional momentum behind the ARM Cortex family of processors," said Eric Schorn, vice president, marketing, Processor Division, ARM. "We look forward to working closely with Atmel as it introduces new designs and enhancements in products ranging from microcontrollers through to high-end system solutions."

"This new agreement is the next phase in the long-term and highly fruitful working relationship between Atmel and ARM," said Alfredo Vadillo, Atmel's managing director for ARM microcontrollers. "It secures the roadmap for future members of our industry-leading ARM processor-based product family. Our ARM products capitalize on the ease of application development thanks to the code compatibility across the ARM architecture, and to the vast and growing support ecosystem that exists around ARM processor-based microcontrollers and embedded microprocessors. This is a supplement to our strong AVR(R) and AVR(R)32 microcontroller portfolio," he concluded.

About Atmel

Atmel is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of microcontrollers, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and radio frequency (RF) components. Leveraging one of the industry's broadest intellectual property (IP) technology portfolios, Atmel is able to provide the electronics industry with complete system solutions focused on consumer, industrial, security, communications, computing and automotive markets.

About ARM

ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital products, from wireless, networking and consumer entertainment solutions to imaging, automotive, security and storage devices. ARM's comprehensive product offering includes 32-bit RISC microprocessors, graphics processors, video engines, enabling software, cell libraries, embedded memories, high-speed connectivity products, peripherals and development tools. Combined with comprehensive design services, training, support and maintenance, and the company's broad Partner community, they provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics companies. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com.

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ARM says 6 mil. netbooks may use its chips in 2010
ARM Holdings Plc said it expects its semiconductors to be included in as many as 6 million low-cost notebooks next year as the UK chip designer grabs a larger share of the fastest-growing computer market.

“We have a loose 1-in-5 target and we can guess volume will be around 30 million units,” Chief Executive Officer Warren East said in an interview today in Taipei.

ARM, whose products are used in video-game consoles, cameras, home appliances and Apple Inc.'s iPhones, said first-quarter sales fell 10 percent, outperforming a 20 percent decline for the overall chip industry. The market for smartphones, Internet-accessible handsets, will rise 15 percent this year, compared with a 10 percent drop in the wider handset market, East said.

“Can ARM do better than the semiconductor industry? Absolutely,” Arun George, who rates the stock “sell” at Noble Group in London, said before the interview. “They're getting an increasing mix of smartphones, and smartphones have on average four to six more ARM cores in them, versus a very basic phone, so that helps.”

The shares have climbed 24 percent this year, outpacing the 4 percent advance in the FTSE All-Share index. The company's stock rose 0.9 percent yesterday to close at 107.25 pence in London.

ARM, based in Cambridge, England, designs chip cores, the heart of a processor, which are then used in semiconductors by Qualcomm Inc., Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. and Texas Instruments Inc. Its main rival is Intel Corp., which offers chips for use in notebooks and smartphones.

ARM's products are compatible with mobile versions of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows and cannot run Windows XP, Vista, or Windows 7, while Intel's chips can be used on all the operating systems.

Qualcomm expects the first notebook featuring its Snapdragon processor, which uses ARM's core, to be released by the end of this year, Terry Yen, vice president of marketing at the San Diego, California-based company's chipset unit, said Monday.

Asustek Computer Inc.'s low-cost Eee PC was among computers that use Snapdragon and run on Google Inc.'s Android operating system, based on the Linux platform, on display at a Qualcomm press conference in Taipei Monday.

Google released its Android operating system for use in phones in September, pitching the software against Microsoft's Windows platform. HTC Corp. has introduced two Android-based phones featuring chips based on ARM technology.

Daniel Alegre, Google's vice president of Asia Pacific sales and operations, Monday declined to say when Android would be released on a notebook or which vendors will use the product.

Sales of netbooks, low-cost notebooks that sell for less than US$500, will almost double this year to 21 million computers as the overall PC market declines 12 percent, researcher Gartner Inc. said in March.

ARM is expected to post a 7.5 percent increase in profit this year to 46.9 million pounds, according to the median of eight analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Revenue will climb 3.7 percent to 311 million pounds, based on the median of 18 analyst estimates.

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OpenSolaris ported to ARM chips

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Sun Microsystems' OpenSolaris project has quietly announced the operating system that just added support for Sparc has now been ported to ARM - commonly used in embedded devices, handhelds and, increasingly, netbooks.

It is perhaps an indication of how just stressful things are at Sun these days, with the $5.6bn acquisition by Oracle hanging over it combined with what's shaping up as terrible fiscal fourth-quarter results coming ahead of the crucial July 16 vote by shareholders on the Oracle deal, that no one at Sun or OpenSolaris mentioned the ARM port was coming when announcing OpenSolaris 2009.06 last week.

The leader for the ARM port of OpenSolaris is William Kucharski, who leads the PowerPC and container development efforts for Solaris and who is also the leader of the port to IBM's System z mainframes.

IBM and Sun made some noise about this mainframe port last November when IBM finally and officially sanctioned the deployment of OpenSolaris on mainframe engines configured originally to run Linux. Since then, this Sirius variant of OpenSolaris has gone about as far as the Polaris port for Power iron: just this side of nowhere.

Late last year, Sun announced that OpenSolaris was supported on Intel's Atom processors.

It is hard to imagine there is a lot of room for OpenSolaris on the kinds of devices served bv Atom-based processors, a market where Linux is finding a home and Windows could extend its existing PC hegemony. Linux is being customized by many different projects - there's Google's Android and Intel's Moblin for netbooks and possibly for so-called "smartbooks" - plus the question of whether Microsoft will port the Windows client operating system commonly found on laptops and desktops to ARM. Windows Mobile already runs on ARM-based phones.

Then again, a good device can drive the operating systems’ sale. Look at the iPhone. End users and consumers buying these new classes of computers don't really care what the operating system is, even if the vendor does. And that means OpenSolaris might have a better chance on netbooks and smartbooks and other devices than it does on the desktop.

Of course, this would have to be true by definition, since OpenSolaris has very little chance on desktops outside of the Solaris developer community.

One problem with OpenSolaris on ARM-based machines is the relative lack of applications. OpenSolaris 2009.06 has 1,700 applications, as this review of the operating system at Ars Technica correctly pointed out, a lot lower than the 26,000 packages in the Ubuntu repository, for example.

While the OpenSolaris repository has most of what developers need to create code as part of their day jobs or hobbies, ARM-based machines are all about end-user applications.

The OpenSolaris ARM port, as you can see from the updated OpenSolaris 2008.05 release notes, is actually based on the initial 2008.05 Project Indiana release of OpenSolaris, which is now two releases behind.

The ARM port is specifically for NEC's NaviEngine 1 multicore system-on-chip ARM processor and a reference board outlined in the release notes. There’s no word on when the ARM port will catch up and be part of the standard releases, or when other ARM chips and products will get support. ®

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June 13, 2009 6:00 AM PDT
New ARM chips headed for iPhone, Palm Pre?
by Brooke Crothers


ARM, the company that designs chips for the world's smartphones, said handset makers will deliver the first models using more than one processor core next year, as high-end mobile phones begin to mimic the hardware attributes of PCs.

And that means top smartphone suppliers such as Apple and Palm, which both use ARM-based processors, will likely deliver models packing at least two cores inside the main processor--referred to as an application (or applications) processor.

This is a natural progression for high-end smartphones like the iPhone and Palm Pre as the software those phones run gets increasingly sophisticated.

"You'll definitely see handsets shipping with a dual-core A9 in 2010," James Bruce, wireless segment manager for ARM, said in a phone interview earlier this week, referring to the next-generation Cortex-A9 processor from ARM.

The Palm Pre uses a processor based on the current-generation Cortex A8. The iPhone also uses an Apple-branded chip that is based on an ARM design.

"The A8 is just a single core while the A9 will be dual-core, all the way up to quad-core to give smartphones an even bigger performance boost," Bruce said.

He said the move to dual-core phones should happen relatively quickly. "It's very aggressive. It's only going to be in a year's time that you're going to get these phones," he said.

And what about power consumption, a critical concern for smartphones looking to deliver all-day battery life? "What we've done on the A9 is actually make it more power efficient than the A8. The dual-core A9 will be coming out on 45-nanometer rather than the (current) 65-nanometer process," Bruce said. Generally, the smaller the geometries, the faster and more power-efficient the processor is.

Bruce continued. "With the dual-core running at maximum load there's probably going to be an increase of about 10 to 20 percent in power consumption but in general day to day use you're actually going to see better battery life."

Manufacturers are very strict about power-consumption caps, he said. "The manufacturers lay down the law that maximum power consumption of the processor is 300 milliwatts. In the mobile space, this is one of those golden rules that we have to live within," he said, speaking about the upcoming Cortex A9 processor.
An ARM diagram showing a quad-core Cortex-A9 processor

An ARM diagram showing a quad-core Cortex-A9 processor
(Credit: ARM)

By comparison, Intel's power-sipping Atom processor--used widely in Netbooks--is generally rated at more than 2 watts (2,000 milliwatts), though Intel is expected to get this down to smartphone territory with the future "Moorestown" processor.

Bruce also spoke about the speed of the current Cortex-A8 versus the previous ARM design. The principal reason for the performance boost is the A8's superscalar design, which means the processor can execute two separate instructions per clock cycle.

"You're getting a 2X increase (over the previous ARM design). "And actually the A9 takes that even further, It's a superscalar design but it's also an out-of-order design as well. There is some out-of-order aspects with the A8 but the A9 is a very aggressive out-of-order processor," he said. The ability to process instructions using an advanced out-of-order architecture typically results in better performance.

And graphics will follow suit. The upcoming multi-core OMAP 4 processor from Texas Instruments (the OMAP 3 is used in the Palm Pre) is based on the ARM Cortex-9 and will boast graphics that support 1080p video and high-definition record and playback, larger screen resolutions, and "digital SLR-like performance with 20 MP (megapixel) imaging," according to TI documentation.

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22.06.2009 11:02
ARM Provides Technology for LG Electronics Digital TVs

High Performance, Energy Efficient ARM11 MPCore and ARM Mali GPUs to Drive the Digitally Connected Home

ARM [(LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMH)] today announces that LG Electronics, one of the world�s largest digital TV brands, has licensed ARM� technology to power its digital TV (DTV) development revolution.

The ARM11� MPCore� multicore processor provides flexible and cost effective processing in next generation DTVs and enables LG Electronics to target a range of platforms with the same architecture simply by implementing single or multiple SMP cores. ARM Mali�-200 and Mali-400 MP graphics processors will open the path to true 1080p resolutions, affording consumers a home cinema experience that includes high-definition graphics, whilst vastly improving the browsing experience on DTV user interfaces.

Consumers are looking for a full Web 2.0 experience from their DTVs. With Adobe and Open source software platforms, and the emergence of tru2way� technology, consumers can receive interactive cable services, including video-on-demand, voting and polling, games, and e-commerce without the need for a separate set-top box. Additionally, manufacturers are striving to build intelligent AV processing and develop home devices that are truly energy efficient.

”By licensing ARM technologies, LG Electronics will be able to offer a future-proofed premium-quality digital TV experience for today�s connected home,� said Seung-Jong Choi, research fellow of Digital TV Lab, LG Electronics. ”The connected home relies on technology that is fully functional and that guarantees a high-quality, energy efficient multimedia experience. With Web 2.0 requirements moving into a connected and high definition home, LG Electronics has selected the ARM architecture to guarantee longevity for our own technology.�

”Today�s consumers are pushing manufacturers to produce home technology that allows an environment for sharing digital media and content services. End users are increasingly discerning and are demanding premium-quality experiences through digital TV,� said Mike Inglis, EVP and general manager, Processor Division at ARM. ”The combination of ARM CPU and Mali graphics processors clearly represents a compelling package for DTV and connected home technology manufacturers, who will be able to provide their customers with integrated, high-quality, Internet connected, multimedia-ready devices that are proven to be energy efficient.�

ARM innovations in high performance, energy efficient technology are supported by the industry�s largest network of Partners - the ARM Connected Community�. This combination of technology innovation and collaboration is extremely attractive. The ARM Connected Community of over 500 Partners brings together leading silicon, systems, design support, software and training providers to provide a complete solution for products based on the ARM Architecture.

About ARM11 MPCore

The market proven ARM11 MPCore synthesizable multicore processor provides a scalable solution that addresses the requirements of multiple designs. Devices can be configured to contain between one and four processors delivering up to an aggregate 5000 Dhrystone MIPS of performance at 1GHz while providing existing software portability across single CPU and multi-CPU designs. The ARM11 MPCore processor provides the memory throughput required of data intensive applications while delivering greater performance at lower frequencies than comparable single processor designs, so offering significant cost savings to system designers. The ARM11 MPCore processor also simplifies otherwise complex multiprocessor design, reducing time-to-market and total design cost.

About Mali Graphics Technology

The Mali GPU family scales from Mali-55, the world�s smallest OpenGL ES graphics processor to Mali-400 MP, the highest-performance embedded multicore GPU IP on the market which supports complex applications at up to 1080p high-definition resolution, thereby addressing the widest range of performance points for all embedded graphics needs. This diverse offering enables ARM to lead in conformance to numerous open standards and confirms the company�s unique position as a world-class supplier of the complete range of hardware and software graphics IP, enabling application developers and device manufacturers to create competitive and cutting-edge designs.

Mali graphics processors deliver stunning 2D and 3D graphics providing 4x and 16x full scene anti-aliasing (FSAA) without any noticeable drop in performance. In addition to providing content developers with the state-of-the-art programmable features in OpenGL ES 2.0, Mali products also support 2D scalable vector graphics through OpenVG for improved text, navigation, UI and web-browsing experiences. For more information, please visit http://www.arm.com/products/multimedia/graphics.

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ARM provides IP for LG Electronics DTVs

Press release, June 23; Michael McManus, DIGITIMES [Tuesday 23 June 2009]

ARM has announced that LG Electronics has licensed ARM technology to power its digital TV (DTV) development. The ARM11 MPCore multicore processor provides flexible and cost effective processing in next generation DTVs and enables LG Electronics to target a range of platforms with the same architecture simply by implementing single or multiple SMP cores.

ARM Mali-200 and Mali-400 MP graphics processors will open the path to 1080p resolutions, high-definition graphics, and an improved browsing experience on DTV user interfaces.

ARM stated that with Adobe and Open source software platforms, and the emergence of tru2way technology, consumers can receive interactive cable services, including video-on-demand, voting and polling, games, and e-commerce without the need for a separate set-top box. Additionally, manufacturers are striving to build intelligent AV processing and develop home devices that are energy efficient.

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Semicast-Studie
ARM führt im Digital-Home-Bereich vor MIPS und der Power Architecture



09.07.2009 | Redakteur: Holger Heller


Die Analysten des Embedded Processing Service bei Semicast stellen fest, dass ARM seine Position als führende Embedded-Prozessor-Architektur im Digital-Home-Markt auch im Jahr 2008 vor MIPS und der Power Architecture halten konnte.

Colin Barnden, Semicast: Harter Wettbewerb bei Prozessoren für den Consumer-Markt
Colin Barnden, Semicast: Harter Wettbewerb bei Prozessoren für den Consumer-Markt
Die Analyse zur Markteinschätzung der ARM-Architektur besagt, dass im Jahr 2008 etwa 60% aller ARM-basierten Embedded-Prozessoren in Mobiltelefonen installiert wurden. In den nächsten fünf Jahren rechnet Semicast hier mit einem Anteil von 50%, da ARM seine Präsenz in anderen Märkten weiter ausbauen wird.
Colin Barnden, Principal Analyst bei Semicast Research, erklärte dazu: „Für die Zukunft schätzen wir den Digital-Home-Bereich als wichtigen Wachtumsmarkt für die ARM-Architektur ein – hier wird ein harter Wettbewerb mit den anderen Anbietern von Embedded-Prozessoren stattfinden.“ In Digital-Home-Geräten hält ARM im Moment seine führende Position gegenüber MIPS sowie der Power Architecture und werde diese auch im krisengeschüttelten Jahr 2009 weiter ausbauen, so Barnden.
Vor allem ARM und MIPS leisten sich im Bereich Home Networking, Handheld-Spielekonsolen, Media-/MP3-Player, Digitalkameras, Digital-TV, Settop-Boxen und DVD-Rekorder einen erbitterten Wettbewerb. Kein Wunder: laut Barnden weisen diese Märkte in den nächsten Jahren starke Wachstumsraten auf.
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Im Vergleich dazu erreicht die Power Architecture bei verdrahteten Spielekonsolen große Erfolge, so z.B. mit Design-wins für die Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii und Microsoft Xbox 360. Der Power Architecture wird in anderen Digital-Home-Bereichen aber nur ein moderates Wachstum vorausgesagt.
x86-Architektur auf dem Vormarsch
Historisch gesehen war die x86-Architektur im Digital-Home-Bereich weniger präsent – und durch ihr Verhältnis zwischen Preis, Leistungsfähigkeit udn Stromaufnahme weniger geeignet für Consumer-Geräte. Mittlerweile stehen aber Strom sparende und kostengünstigere Varianten von x86-Prozessoren wie Intels Atom-CPU zur Verfügung, die durch die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Intel und TSMC sogar als Core in ASICs und ASSPs ihren Weg findet.

„Die x86-Architektur wird dadurch immer mehr im Digital-Home-Bereich präsent, der sich durch seine hoch kundenspezifischen Lösungen auszeichnet,“ so Barnden. Laut Semicast muss die x86-Architektur dabei aber noch einen weiten Weg gehen, um an ARM, MIPS und die Power Architecture im Digital-Home-Bereich heranzukommen.
Barnden dazu: „Auf kurze Sicht kann sie daher nicht als direkter Wettbewerber gesehen werden. Auf längere Sicht sei x86 jedoch nicht zu unterschätzen. Sollte AMD oder Intel die Power Architecture durch einen x86-Prozessor in einer der nächsten Generationen verdrahteter Spielekonsolen vertreiben, könnten die x86-Umsätze die Power-Architecture-Erlöse im Digital-Home-Bereich noch vor dem Jahr 2014 übersteigen.“
Während ARM-, MIPS- und Power-Architecture-basierte Embedded-Prozessoren im Digital-Home-Bereich vorherrschen, ist Broadcom der Marktführer in diesem Prozessorsegment. IBM, NXP, Samsung und Toshiba zählen hier mit zu den Top-5-Unternehmen, die zusammen 50% des gesamten Embedded-Prozessor-Marktes abdecken.

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July 8, 2009 10:10 PM PDT
ARM chip camp sees Google Chrome as opportunity
by Brooke Crothers


Texas Instruments and Qualcomm executives talked Wednesday about the opportunities they see for the just-announced Google Chrome operating system.
Prototype Qualcomm Snapdragon processor-based device

Prototype Qualcomm Snapdragon processor-based device
(Credit: Qualcomm)

The Chrome operating system is "lightweight," a term that Google uses, meaning the OS runs fine on less hardware. Chrome will initially be targeted at Netbooks--essentially ultra-small laptops--that will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010, according to Google.

Both TI and Qualcomm believe the Google OS will provide more opportunity for new-fangled devices to gain wider acceptance. And both believe this is an opportunity for their respective ARM processors--which power many of the world's cell phones--to gain more ground.

Analysts see the makings of a broad realignment in the computer industry. "What Google is betting on with the Chrome OS (is a) shift in computing and consumer behavior," Charles King, president and principal analyst at Pund-IT, wrote in a research note on Wednesday. "If that scenario truly comes to pass, it could disrupt the efforts of virtually every vendor focused on personal computing."

Texas Instruments, which has been working with Google on the Chrome OS, expects big changes in the design of devices, according to Ramesh Iyer, TI's head of worldwide business development for mobile computing.

"Netbooks are really the tip of the iceberg. We need to fast forward into the future and think of things beyond the Netbook thanks to this initiative from Google," Iyer said in a phone interview. TI's OMAP ARM processor powers a number of cell phones and smartphones including the recently-announced Palm Pre.

"We see the future being cloud computing really. You are walking around with a simple tablet, that is probably no thicker than the thickness of your display. It may have a (physical) keyboard, it may have a soft keyboard. A world where you're no longer carrying around a two-pound or five-pound notebook but a small tablet," he said.

These handheld computers, sometimes called mobile Internet devices, physically differentiate themselves from high-end handsets, like Apple's iPhone, by their size. They typically have screens about 1.5 to 2 times the size of an iPhones's and, in some cases, come with keyboards.

Qualcomm is already seeing new designs in the pipeline. "We've seen designs that are so thin that when people pick them up for the first time they're shocked by how light they are," Rob Chandhok, vice president of software strategy for Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, said in a phone interview.

For these devices, the focus will be the browser, not the OS underneath. "Probably one of the biggest things you can read into the Chrome announcement is that in this proposed world the browser is the platform," he said. "In Smartbooks (Qualcomm's terminology for a Netbook) you need a little bit more screen because you're reading documents and doing a lot of typing but not carrying around a four-pound laptop. In that environment, the most important platform is the browser," he said.

Chandhok also spoke to how the platform is different from Google's Android OS. "In Chrome, it is written as Java Script application," he said. "The difference is that the Gmail application on the Android phone is a separate application. (But) the way you would do that on a Chrome OS device is you would run that in a browser window. More of the computational environment is in the Web browser, like Google Maps."

None of this is lost on Intel. The world's largest chipmaker has been successful so far at squeezing its silicon into most of the world's Netbooks. And Intel is now going after the ultra-small device and smartphone market by hooking up with companies like Nokia and LG Electronics.

"We welcome Google's move. More choice in this area will benefit the industry and help to speed innovation," an Intel spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Will Google's Chrome technology result in a precipitous end to the domination of Windows-Intel-based laptops and Netbooks? King cautioned that Google has a lot of catching up to do. "We believe those assessments are deeply premature. By the time Chrome OS-enabled products (and their still-unknown tools and applications) reach the market Windows 7-based netbooks will have been available for the better part of a year," he wrote.

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Chrome OS Will Strengthen ARM’s Assault in the Netbook Market 2 comments
by: Robert Castellano July 14, 2009 | about: ARMH / CRM / HPQ / INTC / MSFT
Robert Castellano


Intel’s (INTC) Atom will hold more than an 80% share of the 23.5-million netbooks sold in 2009. However, the ARM processor will gain a 55% market share of the 96.0 million netbooks sold in 2012, according to The Information Network (www.theinformationnet.com).



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Technology changes are underway to undermine Atom’s grip on the market during a recessionary time when people don’t want, and can’t afford, a second laptop just to carry around. The movement is toward the original intention of a netbook, an inexpensive device for accessing the Internet.

We see two technology factors converging with the poor macroeconomic situation that will create a market for ARM, the release of the Cortex-9 microarchitecture and the emergence of cloud computing. Chrome OS is the first operating system built with cloud computing in mind.

ARM runs under the Linux operating system. Linux is free, whereas Microsoft (MSFT) charges a licensing fee up to $35 on each netbook.

Linux systems have struggled against Windows in the netbooks market because of the lack of adequate productivity software that is familiar to consumers, particularly Office-based solutions running on ARM-based platforms.

Google’s Linux-based Chrome OS offers an improved suite of productivity applications, which will influence netbook purchasers toward the ARM system.

In addition, to further keep costs down near the originally intended $100 price point of a netbook, enter cloud computing. Cloud computing is a web-based service that resides on the web, and is much cheaper than software packages that are purchased and stored on a netbook’s hard drive or solid state drive. Eliminating a drive will reduce the price of a netbook a further $55.

There is a wide array of open-source software that all Linux distributions share. It is reshaping the software industry by reducing the overall cost structure and represents the future of enterprise software. Some applications require a monthly fee, such as what is available from Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-leader Salesforce.com (CRM), which recently recorded a record financial quarter and its first billion-dollar year. As cloud computing become ubiquitous, competition will drive down monthly SaaS fees.

Along with the growing competition among software service providers, we stated in a Press Release in March 2009 that we will see a new infrastructure taking hold, modeled after Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) (cheap printer, expensive ink) and the mobile service providers (cheap cellphone, expensive monthly wireless charge). This subsidized bundle model will grow the ARM netbook to greater market shares. This strategy is now underway.

As cloud computing becomes more sophisticated, we will see an Internet Protocol-based convergence of audio, video, productivity applications, and IT data run on ARM-based netbooks.

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Jul 15, 2009, 3:05 a.m. EST
Intel move on mobile casts cloud on Britain's ARM
But threat of direct competition from Intel overdone, analysts say


By Aude Lagorce, MarketWatch

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- British microchip designer ARM Holdings has flourished as mobile phones have grown more sophisticated. But fears that it could be on a collision course with Intel on mobile devices have cast a cloud on its future -- even as some analysts say the U.S. chip giant's entrance is an opportunity as much as a threat.

Cambridge, U.K.-based ARM develops intellectual property for semiconductor chips found in many electronic devices including mobile phones, printers and digital televisions.

Apple's iPhone and Research in Motion's Blackberry, among other devices, use ARM technology.

ARM doesn't actually manufacture the microprocessors, but makes money in two ways: by licensing the technology upfront to semiconductor companies like Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics, and by charging a royalty fee every time a chip based on its technology is shipped.

Over the years, ARM's recipe for success has been simple: to sell the architecture cheaper than anyone else, thus making it advantageous for chip companies to outsource the function and freeing them to spend their R&D dollars elsewhere. The strategy has been so successful that today ARM technology is in 90% of mobile phones.

In 2008 ARM's revenue was 299 million pounds -- up from 62.1 million pounds in 1999.

"In everything that is portable, ARM is the reference," said Didier Scemama, analyst at Royal Bank of Scotland.

"The vast majority of systems engineers around the world are trained to work on ARM microprocessor software. Their dominance is unrivalled," he said.

So when computer-chip behemoth Intel last month announced it was partnering with mobile-phone maker Nokia Corp. to develop a new class of chips for the next-generation of smart phone-computer hybrid, concerns about ARM's future growth surfaced.

ARM's shares have risen 10% in the past three months in comparison to a 39% increase for CSR, for instance. Its U.S.-listed shares also have underperformed the Philadelphia Semiconductor index over that time.

But while industry veterans concede that ARM's grip on the mobile market would eventually loosen, they stressed that fears for its future were greatly overplayed.

The concerns stem from a misunderstanding of the size of the netbook opportunity, but also of ARM's business model, Scemama explained. He added that the doomsayers also pay too little attention to the growth potential of the microcontroller segment, where ARM is quickly gaining market share.
Intel needs ARM technology -- for now

The trend for mobile phones to get smarter has hugely benefited ARM in the past five years.

As the handsets have evolved into miniature computers capable of surfing the Internet, taking photos and playing videos, the number of semiconductors they contain has steadily increased, constantly expanding the company's market. And the trend shows no sign of abating.

"ARM has an extremely important role to play as mobile computers need ever higher levels of computing performance, but without compromising on battery life," ARM Chief Executive Warren East wrote in the company's latest annual report.

While a basic phone that does little beyond placing and receiving calls has just one chip, smart phones have four. And the latter category is growing rapidly.

In 2008, about 200 million smart phones were shipped worldwide. In 2013, ARM estimates that number will rise to 500 million units.

As boundaries between mobile phones and notebooks blur, the concern is that ARM's dominance of the handset market will dilute.

"Netbooks is the big market to conquer and both Intel and ARM are moving into it. So the two companies will soon be in much more direct competition than they have been in the past," said Jayalakshmi Janakiraman, research analyst in the semiconductor practice of Frost & Sullivan.

But others believe concerns of more direct competition are overdone because Intel will actually initially need to use ARM technology in any chip it develops with Nokia.

"Whatever Intel tries to do in mobile phones, they will need an ARM license," Scemama said.

At Jefferies, Lee Simpson made a similar forecast, saying that while the convergence of mobile phones and PCs is happening, and Intel will eventually have a share of the mobile market, it still needs ARM technology to build a 3G chip.

"This is really PCs and handsets colliding but I think ARM is more than well equipped to deal with the challenge," he said.

"They're not equivalent to Intel, obviously, so comparing their R&D budgets makes no sense, but they build the brains for the next-generation chips and have relationships with absolutely everyone. So they know what's coming," he added.
The netbook opportunity

Just as Intel is moving into the mobile-phone segment, ARM is stepping onto the U.S. giant's turf, bolstering its technology for chips used in smaller, pared-down computers, known as netbooks.

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20.07.2009 14:37
IAR Systems Adds Support For Atmel’s ARM Cortex-M3 Based SAM3U Microcontroller

IAR Systems has announced that IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM and IAR PowerPac for ARM now feature full support for the Atmel ARM Cortex-M3-based SAM3U microcontroller (MCU) family. In close cooperation with Atmel, IAR Systems has added new configuration files, flash loaders and project examples to IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM for Atmel’s new SAM3U Cortex-M3 based microcontroller. The device specific support achieved by these additions makes it quick and easy to get started with a project and allows the user to concentrate on application development tasks.

The latest update of IAR PowerPac includes the new Board Support Packages (BSPs) for the SAM3U as well as the new SAM3U evaluation kit available from Atmel and IAR Systems. The BSPs include all the drivers and low level routines needed for the operating system and communication software to interface the hardware and access the peripherals on the boards.

The IAR PowerPac USB stack takes full advantage of the 480 Mbps High Speed USB Device controller and benefits from the advanced DMA supported bus and memory architecture in the SAM3U device. The SDIO/SD-card interface is fully supported in the popular PowerPac File system with its powerful Multimedia support.

"IAR Systems development tools have for a long time been the tool set of choice for our ARM Flash-based microcontroller developments." said Jacko Wilbrink, Marketing Director for ARM-based Microcontrollers. "The well tested comprehensive IAR tools support the whole range of Atmel microcontrollers now including the new SAM3U device. Atmel and IAR pre- and post-sales engineers have full access to IAR tools and evaluation kits ensuring quick turn-around and high-quality support to customers."

"We have a long history of working closely with Atmel to provide our joint microcontroller customers with best in class development tools”, said Anders Flodin, Director of Business Development, IAR Systems. "The addition of this new high performance connectivity oriented device, will, in combination with the IAR Systems development tools, RTOS and middleware products, create new exciting opportunities for our customers in the embedded space."

IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM is a set of highly sophisticated and easy-to-use development tools. It incorporates an ARM Cortex-M3 C/C++ compiler, assembler, linker, librarian, text editor, project manager, and debugger combined in an integrated development environment (IDE) for programming embedded applications. In addition to supporting debugging through the JTAG port, IAR Embedded Workbench also supports Serial Wire Output (SWO), which is part of CoreSight, the on-chip debug and trace solution used in the Cortex processor family and in the Atmel SAM3U. The user has full freedom to configure the types of packets sent over the SWO channel that should be displayed by IAR C-SPY debugger. Additionally, debug log messages from a printf output can be also displayed by IAR C-SPY, without having to halt the execution.

IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM is developed to deliver high performance compiled code. The chip-specific code optimizer generates very efficient and reliable flashable code for the Atmel microcontrollers. Recently added, multi-file compilation is a feature that allows the compiler to treat several files as one compilation unit that means it can optimize over a larger scope of code.

IAR PowerPac is a family of real-time operating system, file system and USB and TCP/IP communication stacks. It is integrated with IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM to ensure quick and easy project start-up and application development.

Atmel’s SAM3U device is the industry's first ARM® Cortex™-M3 Flash microcontroller integrating high speed (480 Mbps) USB Device-and-Transceiver, 4-bit 192 Mbps SDIO/SDCard 2.0, 8-bit 384 Mbps MMC 4.3 Host and 48 Mpbs SPI interfaces on-chip. This connectivity, together with the SAM3U's 96 MHz/1.25 DMIPS/MHz operating frequency, makes the SAM3U the unique Cortex-M3 device suited to applications with intensive communications requirements, such high speed gateways in industrial, medical, data processing and consumer applications. The introduction of the SAM3U expands Atmel's 32-Bit MCU portfolio consisting of ARM and AVR32 products.

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20.07.2009 15:03
NXP Successfully Deploys Integrated CoWare and ARM Cortex Processor-based Solution in its Virtual Prototyping Environment

* CoWare Virtual Platform tightly integrates Fast Models from ARM for Cortex-M3, Cortex-R4, Cortex-A8 and Cortex-A9 processors;
* NXP uses the CoWare environment to port Linux on Cortex A9 processor-based designs ahead of RTL availability;
* NXP achieves significant savings for the software development and validation over traditional emulation-based development methods.

CoWare®, Inc., the leading supplier of Electronic System Virtualization™ software and services, and ARM® (LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMH), announced today that NXP has successfully deployed their joint software development solution, integrating Fast Models from ARM for Cortex™ processors™ in CoWare’s Virtual Platform technology. NXP uses the joint ARM-CoWare offering in their own SystemC based Virtual Prototyping Environment (VPE). The software development solution is enabling NXP to reduce development costs, improve software developer productivity and achieve faster time-to-market.

VPE is NXP’s internal development environment utilizing the virtualized representation of an electronic system. It removes the dependency on the availability of expensive hardware prototypes and development test benches and provides cost-effective software development capabilities for debugging and analysis. NXP’s VPE is based on CoWare’s technology. Using their VPE with the ARM® Cortex-A9 processor-based Fast Model, NXP ported Linux in record time, ahead of RTL availability and faster than with traditional emulation based development methods. Support by CoWare’s services organization combined with key VPE features enabled this productivity boost. Key VPE features include:

* Enhanced debug visibility combining CoWare Virtual Platform Analyzer
with a software debugger.
* Reproducibility and predictability through full scripting environment.
* High-speed simulation performance for the Cortex-A9 subsystem, including higher performance than traditional emulation methods.
* Ease of deployment across multiple engineering sites around the world.

”NXP is a world leader in developing advanced digital products--from portable media players, TVs and set-top boxes, to identification applications, cars and a wide range of other electronic devices,” said Barry Dennington, Senior Vice President, CIT Design and Flows, NXP Semiconductors. ”The cooperation between ARM and CoWare to enable VPEs for software development on Cortex processor-based designs made it possible for us to significantly save on the software development and validation effort for our next-generation consumer device, thus reducing cost while at the same time accelerating the time-to-market of the device.”

”ARM is dedicated to enabling developers to get the most out of their ARM processor-based designs,” said John Cornish, Executive Vice President and General Manager of ARM, System Design Division. ”In a close collaboration with CoWare, we have been able to combine the value of the Virtual Platform technology and Fast Models enabling NXP to distribute fast, trusted, and reliable virtual prototypes for software development.”

”Last year, NXP successfully established its powerful VPE environment based on CoWare technology and deployed it company wide for the development of its leading designs,” said Marc Serughetti, Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, CoWare. ”The tight partnership between CoWare and ARM, through the integration of the Fast Models for the ARM Cortex processors in CoWare Virtual Platform combined with expert support, has provided NXP with quantifiable results showing the benefits of electronic system virtualization.”

About CoWare Solutions for ARM Technology-based Designs

CoWare is the leading global supplier of Electronic System Virtualization solutions for software development, platform architecture design and platform verification of ARM processor-based platforms. CoWare combines ARM instruction-accurate processor models and implementation-accurate Carbonized ARM models within one standards-based SystemC design environment. The CoWare solutions enable engineers to take full advantage of the capabilities of the entire range of ARM system elements in the context of the actual design; from ARM memory controllers and interconnects to application and embedded processors and embedded firmware.

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Samsung and Intrinsity today jointly announced the industry's fastest mobile processor core implementation of the dual-issue ARM® Cortex™-A8 processor architecture in 45 nanometer (nm) Low Power (LP), low leakage process technology. This Cortex-A8 implementation, code-named Hummingbird, delivers 2000DMIPS at 1GHz. The Hummingbird comes with 32KB each of data and instruction caches, an L2 cache, the size of which can be customized, and an ARM® NEON™ multi-media extension. Performance and power consumption of the Hummingbird have been validated in silicon. Samsung is currently developing standard mobile SoC products using this new core.

To achieve a 1GHz operating clock speed in 45nm LP process, the Hummingbird utilizes a semi-custom design flow which involves custom designed circuit/memory structures, a set of customized primitive cells, and the enhanced RTL FastCore® and Fast14® high-speed domino logic from Intrinsity in its implementation. A multi-Vdd / multi-frequency design methodology was also used to ensure the Hummingbird can run at a high speed even at the minimum supply voltage of 1.0V. The low power consumption and the high operating clock performance make the Hummingbird an ideal processor core for use in advanced mobile devices.

“The biggest challenge in mobile processor core design and implementation is to achieve high clock speed performance while keeping the power consumption low,” said Dr. Jae Cheol Son, Vice President, SOC Platform Development, System LSI Division, Samsung Electronics. “Collaboration between Samsung and Intrinsity combines the best design and implementation technologies in the industry in successfully meeting the aggressive performance and power consumption targets of the Hummingbird. Samsung's forthcoming SOC products which are based on the Hummingbird will enable our customers to add many more advanced processing capabilities to their mobile products without sacrificing battery life.”

A highly effective synthesis flow which creates static logic with optimal timing and power was employed to generate the gate-level view of the Hummingbird. With this flow, standard cell gates are placed to minimize wire delay and maximize speed. Highly automated Vt and cell selection flows choose the best gates for speed while balancing power. Finally, a high performance physical design integration flow which includes automated and optimized bus routing, driving, and re-buffering is used to generate the final design.

According to Will Strauss, president of Forward Concepts, "The market for both stand-alone and embedded advanced cell phone application processors was $2 billion in 2008, and is expected to grow at 25 percent CAGR to the $6.1 billion level in 2013, with some growth even in recessionary 2009. Our forecast is that ARM's Cortex-A family could account for about half of the total market for mobile application processors by 2013, since ARM already has more than a dozen Cortex-A processor family licensees."

"A solution that can provide mobile devices with additional performance at lower power consumption is key to winning market share among mobile device consumers. The Hummingbird offers an advanced vehicle to achieve such capability," Strauss concluded.

According to Bob Russo, Intrinsity CEO, “Not only is it the fastest available Cortex-A8 processor in an LP technology on the market, but we believe it has the lowest leakage and dynamic power consumption of any high-end mobile processor core out there. Mobile device end-users want smoother video, faster gaming, and a longer battery life. Meeting these conflicting demands typically means building a new processor implementation from scratch. That can take as long as two or more years and hundreds of engineers -- a very expensive proposition. Intrinsity's FastCore solution could be available in as quickly as four months at a fraction of the cost. Cycle behavior changes are not viable because they require that all software and test suites be largely re-designed and introduce an unacceptable high level of risk. Add another year or more to the development time for that. Intrinsity has solved this problem by applying a semi-custom design flow and Fast14 technology to enhance a great core and potentially double its performance.”

Intrinsity's Cortex-A8 processor-based FastCore embedded core is cycle-accurate and Boolean equivalent to the original Cortex-A8 RTL specification. While most ARM processor cores are implemented with synthesized static logic and compiled SRAMs, the Hummingbird achieves the exceptional 1GHz clock rate in Samsung's 45nm LP process technology through the use of a semi-custom design flow which strategically applies Intrinsity's proprietary Fast14 1-of-n domino logic (NDL) technology as macros in the timing-critical paths of the Cortex-A8 RTL core. NDL provides low latency conversion between domino logic and static logic which allows NDL to be seamlessly applied to a standard cell synthesized design. NDL provides gates which are 25 to 50 percent faster than static logic gates.

Posted July 26th, 2009

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27.07.2009 15:48
Mirics targets ARM processor-based smartphones with FlexiTVTM

Mirics migrates its multi-standard, software-based broadcast TV receiver to the ARM Cortex platform

Mirics Semiconductor has today announced that it is developing mobile TV and radio solutions for smartphone applications by migrating its FlexiTVTM platform to the ARM® CortexTM-A8 and Cortex-A9 applications processors. In targeting the ARM Cortex applications processors, Mirics will enable low cost, region independent mobile TV and radio reception on media-rich phones, thereby marking Mirics’ first step into the cellphone market with software-based TV and radio solutions. Smartphones represent one of the fasting growing segments within the cellphone market, and market research firm ABI Research estimates that the total market size for such devices could exceed 200 million units in 2010 alone.

Following Mirics’ announcement last week of FlexiTV support for the Intel® AtomTM processor, this latest development for the ARM Cortex applications processors demonstrates Mirics' on-going commitment to enable platform agnostic broadcast content, whilst substantially reducing the cost and footprint of adding TV and radio reception.

Commenting on this latest innovation from Mirics, CEO Simon Atkinson stated: ”Rapidly growing consumer demand for the widest range of media-rich content on portable devices has seen the evolution of smartphones from voice-centric devices into multi-media entertainment platforms. Mobile TV and radio are therefore content applications naturally well suited for support on smartphones. The ARM Cortex-A8 and Cortex-A9 processors are the de-facto standard embedded applications processors for cellphones enhanced with multi-media functionality, so the architecture was the natural choice for us to target with FlexiTV.”

ARM executive vice president of marketing, Ian Drew commented, ”We believe that the combination of the Cortex applications processors’ low power multicore architecture and NEONTM media processing engine, together with Mirics’ software-based FlexiTV demodulator provides the low cost solution to the challenge of delivering multi-standard mobile TV reception on smartphones.”

Mirics stated that its initial smartphone-based solutions will address the Korean and Japanese mobile TV standards - T-DMB and ISDB-T OneSeg, respectively - which have achieved by far the greatest geographic penetration. Mirics expects to sample FlexiTV solutions based upon the Cortex applications processors to lead customers in the 4th quarter of 2009 with production being ready for early 2010.

About Mirics

Mirics provides total system solutions for converged wireless connectivity on portable consumer electronic devices such as Notebook PCs, Media Players and Cellphones. The initial focus of the company is the delivery of free-to-air broadcast services and content to portable computing and communications devices. With development, support and sales operations in USA, UK, Hong Kong, China and Taiwan, Mirics has brought together a strong team with extensive experience in delivering high performance integrated circuits and algorithmic IP into high volume wireless, broadcast and cellular applications.

Mirics has secured funding from an eminent investor team comprising Acacia Capital Partners, Intel Capital and Pond Venture Partners. Mirics secured $7 million of financing in January 2009, bringing total investor financial support to $22 million.

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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), the leader in global electronic design innovation, announced today that they have validated a new generation of ASIC libraries from ARM using the Cadence® Encounter® Digital Implementation System targeting IBM's 45-nanometer silicon-on-insulator (SOI) manufacturing process. The development marks another milestone in a multiyear collaboration enabling efficient utilization of IBM's low-power, high-performance SOI technology for next-generation designs.

"Our collaboration with Cadence on the early validation of their tools will ensure design readiness for customers of IBM's 45nm SOI technology. Collectively, ARM, Cadence and IBM offer a reliable design platform wherever speed, functionality and low power consumption are needed," said Tom Lantzsch, vice president, physical IP division, ARM. "These new silicon-validated 45nm SOI libraries enable the creation of power efficient SOCs, while reducing development time and cost."

The ARM 45nm SOI libraries were developed using the Cadence Virtuoso® custom design platform 6.1 and validated on multiple designs in the Cadence Encounter Digital Implementation System, a complete RTL-to-GDSII design environment that features the Si2 Common Power Format (CPF) for low power design, native signoff-in-the-loop for interconnect extraction, timing, power, and signal integrity plus fully integrated Cadence design-for-manufacturing (DFM) technology. The entire Cadence end-to-end design, implementation, and verification solution is proven to fully support the SOI manufacturing process.

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Leading EDA Companies Join New ARM Fast Models Enablement Program

Enables EDA vendors to provide access to Fast Models from ARM

ARM [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMH)] today announced at DAC, San Francisco, Calif., that CoWare, Mentor Graphics and Synopsys Inc. have joined the ARM® Fast Models Enablement Program. Members of the Program are able to integrate fully validated Fast Models from ARM, for a range of ARM® processors, into their virtual platform environments and deliver to their customers. This ensures that mutual customers can create complete ARM Powered® virtual platforms using the design flow of their choice. By using virtual platforms built around ARM processor Fast Models, engineers can develop software well in advance of final hardware implementation, with application and driver software running at near to real-time system performance.

The Fast Models product family from ARM includes programmer’s view (PV) models for the ARM9™, ARM11™ and Cortex™ families of processors, including the Cortex-A9 MPCore™ multicore processor. The Fast Model products also include configuration tools that enable the export of ARM processor-based subsystems with OSCI SystemC and TLM-2.0 compliant interfaces.

”We are seeing a growing demand for high-performance models in the industry,” said John Cornish, EVP and general manager, System Design Division, ARM. ”The TLM-2.0 interface enables our customers to combine our processor Fast Models with models of their other IP to create complete virtual platforms in the design environment of their choice.”

”CoWare has successfully delivered Electronic System Virtualization solutions for ARM processor-based designs for many years supporting architecture design, verification, software development, integration and test. With our further engagement in this broader program covering the ARM Cortex Fast Models, we continue to expand this position to serve the growing needs of our joint customers,” said Marc Serughetti, vice president of Marketing and Business Development at CoWare Inc. ”This integration and partnership is already proven and in use at several customers resulting in significant time-to-market benefits for those customers.”

”Mentor’s Vista technology offers a comprehensive architecture design and prototyping solution that relies on fast processor and peripheral models as an essential part of the solution. The integration of the architecturally accurate ARM Fast Models into our Vista Platform will deliver significant value to our mutual customers,” said Simon Bloch, Mentor Graphics vice president and general manager, design and synthesis division. ”In addition, ARM’s Fast Models are compatible with Vista’s TLM scalable modeling methodology that provides the timing and power layers essential for optimizing performance and power at the transaction level of abstraction.”

”As a leading IP provider, Synopsys already provides OSCI TLM-2.0 compliant transaction-level models for several processor families including ARM and Synopsys DesignWare® Cores and components for SoC infrastructure, AMBA® interconnect, CoreConnect and PrimeCell® peripherals in the Synopsys DesignWare System-level Library,” said Frank Schirrmeister, director product marketing for the Solutions Group at Synopsys. ”The ARM PV Enablement Program allows our users to draw from a larger number of models and enables Synopsys to validate interoperability of Synopsys’ Innovator development environment for virtual platforms with ARM processor-based subsystems using Fast Models from ARM.”

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ARM Holdings 2nd Qtr & Half Year ended 30 June 09
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ARM HOLDINGS PLC REPORTS RESULTS FOR THE SECOND QUARTER AND HALF YEAR
ENDED 30 JUNE 2009

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CAMBRIDGE, UK, 28 July 2009-ARM Holdings plc ((LSE: ARM);
(NASDAQ: ARMH)), the world's leading semiconductor intellectual property
supplier, announces its unaudited financial results for the second
quarter and half year ended 30 June 2009.


Key Highlights

- ARM has continued to outperform the semiconductor industry and gain
market share

- Seventeen processor licenses signed, growing total base of licenses
to 617

- ARM achieves an average of two ARM® technology-based chips per
mobile handset

- Eight leading semiconductor companies announced new ARM
technology-based microcontroller product lines

- Interim dividend up 10% year-on-year

- Reiterating guidance: ARM's full-year 2009 dollar revenues to be at
least in line with current market expectations

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ARM announces ultra low-power physical IP technology for next-generation MCU devices


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ARM has announced the availability of ultra low-power physical IP libraries to drive the next generation of energy-efficient microcontroller unit (MCU) devices.

The ARM 0.18-micron ultra low-power libraries (uLL), coupled with the inherent power management advantages of the ARM Cortex processor family and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)'s 0.18-micron embedded flash uLL/HDR "high data retention" process provides SoC designers with additional reduction in power leakage up to 10x compared to 0.18-micron G implementations, ARM said.

The ARM libraries, combined with the ARM Cortex-M and Cortex-R profile processors, provide an alternative to companies that are accustomed to a multiple MCU system approach. Utilizing an advanced ultra low-power, single 32-bit MCU and optimized ARM libraries for the TSMC 0.18-micron uLL embedded flash/HDR process, designers can increase their design efficiency and lower overall system cost, ARM said. This combination of physical IP, processor architecture and leading-edge manufacturing technology enables the development of enhanced 32-bit MCUs for automotive, consumer appliance, sensor, lighting, e-metering, smart control and gaming devices, the company said.

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ARM doesn't lose self and leg

But Q2 profits slump 26%

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Chip designer ARM Holdings has posted declining profits and revenues for the second quarter of 2009. But its outlook for the coming year is, yes, cautiously optimistic.

The Cambridge company - whose chip blueprints are used in Apple's iPhone - saw an 18 per cent year-on-year drop in revenues and a 26 per cent profit drop.

Despite the continued slumping profit, the fact that ARM didn't lose itself and a leg in Q2 seems to have provided the company with some comfort. Chief executive Warren East said in a statement that while ARM dollar revenue declined 14 per cent during the first half of the year, overall industry revenues declined 30 per cent.

ARM's second quarter spans from April to June, and it has a royalty revenue stream that generally lags the semiconductor sector by a quarter.

During Q2, the company made a net profit of £6.4m ($10.4m) compared to £12.2m ($20m) in the same quarter of 2008.

Sterling revenues of £64.8m during Q2 were down slightly from £65 the previous year due to the strengthening of the dollar. Total dollar revenues in Q2 2009 were $105.5m, down 18 per cent year-over-year.

ARM may see an upturn on the horizon, but it's hesitant to be overly bullish. "With recent signs of increasing industry activity we expect that ARM's trading performance will be on an improving trend in the second half of the year," East said in a statement.

The company adds: "Although the trajectory of the end-consumer demand remains unclear, prospects for the semiconductor industry in the second half are more positive." ARM said it expects its dollar revenue for the full year to at least be in line with current market expectations - "unless industry conditions in the second half are more challenging than is generally anticipated." ®

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29.07.2009 11:02
ARM Sees Demand for HD Mobile Media and Entertainment Grow as Mali GPU Licensing Momentum Continues

Rockchip and Telechips License ARM Mali GPUs to Offer Consumers Cutting-Edge Media Experiences While on the Move

ARM [(LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMH)] announces today that it is seeing demand for mobile devices offering a high-definition (HD) entertainment and browsing experience rapidly increasing in Asia, as two more licensing agreements for its ARM® Mali™ graphics processing units (GPUs) are made with mobile technology providers in the region, Rockchip and Telechips.

Leading mobile analyst house, Screen Digest, has highlighted the importance of a quality end-user experience in mobile entertainment provision. The analyst house estimates that as high-end mobile devices become more mainstream, the mobile gaming, video and TV market will grow 300 percent to €8.5 billion (approximately U.S. $12 billion) by 2013 in Asia Pacific, North America and Europe.

Rockchip has licensed three ARM technologies to enable OEMs to enhance the quality of graphics and to allow complex applications to be run on portable devices without jeopardizing battery life. The China-based semiconductor developer has licensed the ARM Mali-55 GPU, the ARM926EJ-S™ processor and the ARM Cortex™-M3 microcontroller for use in next-generation mobile phones and portable media players, offering consumers cutting-edge media experiences while on the move.

Korea-based Telechips has extended its license of the ARM Mali-200 GPU for its multimedia applications processor, now in silicon and set to deliver stunning interfaces and user-friendly navigation on a range of mobile and consumer electronics devices.

”Today's high-end mobile devices with large screens and computer-like capabilities are big drivers for mobile content consumption and especially for mobile games and mobile video,” said Ronan de Renesse, senior analyst at Screen Digest. ”Highly demanding applications and services such as TV, video and games on mobile devices are set to generate in excess of €8.5 billion by the end of 2013 in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific; three times more than it did in 2008. Quality of experience is key for the market to reach its full potential.”

Consumers today want to be able to enjoy next-generation entertainment on a range of mobile devices. By incorporating ARM graphics technologies into their solutions, ARM Partners are enabling OEMs to meet the demands of today’s discerning consumers by delivering spectacular, high-definition video, user-friendly browsing and console-quality gaming experiences on mobile devices.

"The combination of the ARM Mali-55 GPU and ARM processor IP enables us to meet OEM requirements for the right balance of low power, performance and area, bringing advanced end user experiences to consumers on a wide range of mobile phones and portable media devices," said Mr. Feng Chen, CMO, Rockchip. "The range of market-proven IP, supporting system elements and extensive ecosystem that ARM provides helps us to continue bringing end-to-end SoC solutions to market."

"Extending our relationship with ARM enables us to take further advantage of Mali graphics IP, delivering high performance OpenVG, OpenGL ES 1.1 and OpenGL ES 2.0 compliant mobile and consumer electronics solutions to our customers," said Jang-Kyu Lee, COO and VP, Telechips. "The Mali-200 GPU brings cutting-edge user interfaces and navigation experiences to devices, fulfilling the increasing demands of consumers."

”These two new licensing agreements demonstrate the growing demand for next-generation graphics expertise amongst semiconductor companies and OEMs in Asia. ARM’s collaborative approach to graphics acceleration solutions, combined with the strength of the Mali range and the reach of the ARM Partner ecosystem, has led to the adoption of Mali GPUs by 22 licensees to-date,” concluded Lance Howarth, general manager, ARM Media Processing Division.

About Mali Graphics Processing Units

The Mali GPU family scales from Mali-55, the world’s smallest OpenGL ES graphics processor to Mali-400 MP, the highest-performance embedded multicore GPU IP on the market which supports complex applications at up to 1080p high-definition resolution, thereby addressing the widest range of performance points for all embedded graphics needs. This diverse offering enables ARM to lead in conformance to numerous open standards and confirms the company’s unique position as a world-class supplier of the complete range of hardware and software graphics IP, enabling application developers and device manufacturers to create competitive and cutting-edge designs.

Mali graphics processors deliver stunning 2D and 3D graphics providing 4x and 16x full scene anti-aliasing (FSAA) without any noticeable drop in performance. In addition to providing content developers with the state-of-the-art programmable features in OpenGL ES 2.0, Mali products also support 2D scalable vector graphics through OpenVG for improved text, navigation, UI and web-browsing experiences. For more information, please visit http://www.arm.com/products/multimedia/graphics.

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Flood of ARM-based Snapdragon and Tegra smartbooks to hit market in 4Q09


Monica Chen, Taipei; Steve Shen, DIGITIMES [Monday 3 August 2009]

An array of smartbooks built around ARM-based Snapdragon or Tegra processors from a mix of players, including Acer, Foxconn Electronics, Pegatron Technology, Compal Electronics and Inventec Appliances, are expected to hit the market starting in fourth-quarter 2009, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

Acer is believed to have developed both ARM- and Android-based smartbooks which it is likely to unveil in the fourth quarter, the sources indicated.

Asustek noted that market demand for ARM-based smartbooks is still not strong enough and so it will not launch products until November or December at the earliest.

Taiwan-based mobile device maker Mobinnova will begin volume shipments of its 8.9-inch ARM-based Tegra smartbooks at the end of the year as it has landed orders from carriers in the US and Europe, according to the company.

Mobinnova plans to launch an ultra-thin 8.9-inch smartbook as well as a 10.1-inch model in the first half of 2010, said the company.

Mobinnova is outsourcing production to Foxconn and may see shipments top 500,000 units in 2009, according to an estimate by market sources.

Handset maker Inventec is also expected to launch its ARM-based Tegra 10-inch Rainbow smartbook at the end of the year, said market sources, indicating that the company is now in talks with a number of carriers for joint marketing of the devices.

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RNS Number : 7726W
ARM Holdings PLC
03 August 2009


The following replaces the Treasury Stock announcement released 31 July 09 at 14:30 under RNS number 6759W.

The transactions have been updated.

The full correct version appears below.






Transfer of Treasury Shares



ARM Holdings PLC

31st July 2009




ARM Holdings plc ('the Company') announces that on July 30th, 2009 the following ordinary shares have been transferred from treasury stock for the purposes of employees' share scheme allotments:


19420 ordinary shares at 0.19 pence per share

5000 ordinary shares at 0.25 pence per share

42000 ordinary shares at 0.38 pence per share

304447 ordinary shares at 0.4375 pence per share

5535 ordinary shares at 0.47 pence per share

5946 ordinary shares at 0.56 pence per share

13448 ordinary shares at 0.7 pence per share

15000 ordinary shares at 0.81 pence per share

3603 ordinary shares at 0.94 pence per share

4100 ordinary shares at 0.9475 pence per share

5000 ordinary shares at 1.005 pence per share

1875 ordinary shares at 1.0425 pence per share

382045 ordinary shares at 1.055 pence per share

7500 ordinary shares at 1.1475 pence per share

5000 ordinary shares at 1.185 pence per share

82971 ordinary shares at 1.25 pence per share


Following the above transfers of treasury stock, the Company held 77,584,300


ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) was 1,266,471,396.




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25.08.2009 18:11
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Eee PC mit Qualcomm-ARM und Android: Asus hat das Projekt gestoppt. Asus-Chef Jerry Shen sieht noch keinen Markt für Netbooks mit ARM-Prozessor und hat daher die Entwicklung des auf der Computex gezeigten Eee PC mit Qualcomm-CPU und Android gestoppt, wie IDG News meldet. Ähnlich äußerte sich schon Vizepräsident Jonathan Tsang bereits während der Computex; zudem war der Qualcomm-Prototyp nicht bei Asus selbst, sondern nur bei Qualcomm ausgestellt.

Ein gewisser Markt für billige Netbooks scheint aber dennoch vorhanden zu sein, und zwar hauptsächlich bei den Mobilfunkprovidern, wie auf der Computex zu hören war. Tatsächlich hatte Nokia gestern erst ein Netbook angekündigt. Gerüchteweise hat auch Sony Ericsson etwas in der Pipeline. Doch ob Net- oder Smartbook, ob also x86- oder ARM-Architektur, mag nicht die entscheidende Frage sein, sondern eher die Laufzeit und der Preis. Bisher kosten x86-Netbooks kaum unter 300 Euro, während die Mobilfunkprovider eher Preise von unter 200 Euro anpeilen, die bislang nur mit ARM-Technik zu erreichen sind. Vielleicht wissen Shen und Tsang ja, wie das auch mit x86-Technik hinzubekommen ist.

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Nokia to offer ARM-based smartbook in addition to Booklet 3G, say Taiwan makers


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Nokia, in addition to its recently unveiled netbook, the Nokia Booklet 3G, will offer an ARM-based smartbook and soon settle ODM orders, according to Taiwan-based handset makers.

For the initial smartbook orders, Nokia is likely to outsource the production to either Compal Electronics or Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), the sources speculated, noting that Nokia's first smartbook is not expected to hit the market until mid-2010.

The Nokia Booklet 3G, which will run on Microsoft Windows 7 and supports 3G/HSDPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and A-GPS, will be produced by Compal, and is expected to hit the market in early 2010, the sources noted.

In addition to expanding its product line, Nokia aims to extend its Ovi services from handsets to PC products as the Booklet 3G will come with Ovi features such as Ovi Music Store, Ovi Maps and also Ovi Suite, the sources said.

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08.09.2009 10:34
UPDATE 1-Hon Hai using ARM chips in low-cost PC projects

TAIPEI, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Taiwan's Hon Hai, the world's top electronics parts maker, said on Tuesday it was working on several projects to build low-cost PCs using UK-listed chip designer ARM Holdings' chips.

Netbook and smartbook PCs have been one bright spot in a struggling tech sector, appealing to cost conscious consumers wanting low-cost, portable devices to surf the web and perform relatively simple computing tasks.

U.S. chip giant Intel Corp dominates the sector, providing the bulk of chips to PC makers such as Taiwan's Acer , Hewlett-Packard and Dell.

'We have a few smartbook projects and I think there is demand for these sub-$200 devices,' Young Liu, special assistant to the CEO at Hon Hai, told reporters on the sidelines of an Intel event in Taipei.

He declined to name the companies interested in the project, but said several telecom operators in China had expressed interest, in a potential business opportunity for the firm in the world's second-largest PC market.

The new low costs PCs were likely to run on the open source Linux operating system due to its lower cost, he added.

'We won't be able to make a PC that costs less than $200 if it's running on Intel chips or Windows,' Liu said, referring to Microsoft's dominant operating system.

Hon Hai, which recently entered the notebook PC manufacturing segment, also makes gadgets such as Apple's iPhone and Nintendo's Wii console as well.

Most major tech brands typically do their own design work but outsource the labour-intensive manufacturing process to firms such as Hon Hai and Singapore-based Flextronics, which have large production facilities in lower-cost countries such as China and Vietnam.

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13.11.2009 21:36
Crossware Joins ARM Connected Community
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Crossware (www.crossware.com), a leading embedded software tools developer, today announced it is a new member in the ARM® Connected Community, the industry's largest ecosystem of ARM technology-based products and services. As part of the ARM Connected Community, Crossware will gain access to a full range of resources to help it market and deploy innovative solutions that will enable developers to get their ARM Powered® products to market faster.

Alan Harry, CEO of Crossware, said: ”We are delighted to be part of the ARM Connected Community. Our Development Suite for ARM is increasingly being selected by companies involved in rapid development of software for microcontrollers that use the ARM processor, and this membership will enhance our standing. Developers opt for Crossware because of our commitment to making tools that are easy to use. This means that developers can get started faster, finished quicker, and still achieve the outcomes they require in terms of program execution time and code size.”

Crossware's Development Suite for ARM, with its advanced C/C++ compiler, libraries, wizards, simulator and debugger, provides a complete and extremely user friendly development environment for a wide range of microcontrollers. These include the ARM7, ARM9 and Cortex™M3 families from Atmel, NXP and STMicroelectronics.

The ARM Connected Community is a global network of companies aligned to provide a complete solution, from design to manufacture and end use, for products based on the ARM architecture. ARM offers a variety of resources to Community members, including promotional programs and peer-networking opportunities that enable a variety of ARM Partners to come together to provide end-to-end customer solutions. Visitors to the ARM Connected Community have the ability to contact members directly through the website.

”The Connected Community is all about companies working together to provide the most complete solutions in the shortest possible time. By joining the Community, which now comprises more than 650 companies, Crossware increases the large portfolio of skills, products and services that are centered around the ARM architecture, and currently available to developers worldwide,” said Lori Kate Smith, partnership marketing manager for ARM.

For more information about the ARM Connected Community, please visit http://www.arm.com/community.

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ARM to Increase Lead Over Power Architecture in Automotive 32-Bit Embedded Processor Market, Says Semicast
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ARM is forecast to maintain its position as the leading architecture for 32-bit embedded processors in the automotive sector in 2009, ahead of Power Architecture, according findings from Semicast's Embedded Processing Service.

ARM is estimated to have overtaken Power Architecture as the leading 32-bit architecture in the automotive sector in 2008. Semicast judges that ARM will maintain its lead in 2009 and then consolidate its position in 2010 and over the medium term, with a growth rate of 16%. In comparison, the growth rate for Power Architecture is forecast to be 5%.

Power Architecture was introduced to the automotive sector almost 10 years ago, following the announcement from Motorola (now Freescale) of the MPC5xx family as a replacement for 68K in powertrain control. Today Power Architecture is established as one of the leading 32-bit architectures in powertrain, particularly in North America, although it faces strong competition from SuperH (Renesas) and V850 (NEC).

In contrast, ARM's presence in the automotive sector has developed in areas other than powertrain and today it is established in multiple systems across the vehicle, including airbag, body electronics, electronic braking, instrument clusters, infotainment and embedded navigation systems. Semicast says this diverse application base is the key factor behind the higher revenue growth forecast for ARM over Power Architecture in the automotive sector, as a wide range of suppliers work together to drive forward ARM in the vehicle.

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Marvell: Erster Quadcore-Prozessor auf ARM-Basis angekündigt


Mit dem auf ein Gigahertz getakteten Qualcomm MSM825, besser bekannt unter dem Namen Snapdragon, ist noch lange nicht Schluss bei Handys. Der weltgrößte Produzent von ARM-Prozessoren Marvell hat jetzt nämlich einen Chip angekündigt, der mit vier Prozessorkernen bestückt ist, von denen jeder eine Taktfrequenz von über einem Gigahertz haben kann.

Der namenlose Chipsatz basiert auf der ARMv7-Technologie und der Armada 500- und 600-Reihe von Marvell, die bereits letztes Jahr vorgestellt wurde. Weitere technische Informationen gibt der Hersteller nicht, verspricht aber „höhere Leistung, bessere Akkulaufzeit und attraktivere Preisgestaltung für den Massenmarkt als jemals zuvor.“ Hoffentlich bleiben das keine leeren Versprechungen.

[sabotsy]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 38.693.493 von R-BgO am 08.01.10 14:37:23

höhrt sich vielversprechend an, aber denkst du weitere Kussteigerungen sind möglich, mit einem KGV von 30 bei onvista scheint mir die Bewertung schon sehr ambitioniert?.

Gruß s.

[R-BgO]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 38.703.226 von sabotsy am 10.01.10 17:05:57

Beobachte den Wert erstmal in aller Ruhe und habe mir nur eine kleine Posi gekauft.

Er war IMMER schweineteuer bewertet.

Was mir gefällt, ist das Geschäftsmodell: kaum Kapitalbedarf, pures cash und dann fast noch ein Monopol im Kernbereich.

Sowas kann auf Dauer auch sehr profitabel werden.

Wie gesagt, ich schaue noch...

[sabotsy]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 38.703.720 von R-BgO am 10.01.10 19:29:23

was mich bisher davon abgehalten hat, war die Tatsache das das durchschnittliche Handelsvolumen pro Tag in den letzten 52 Wochen an allen deutschen Börsen zusammen nur 1370 Stück war. Kommst du dann wieder raus falls es abwärts geht?

Hast du zufällig eine Ahnung wer die Hauptaktionäre sind und wieviele Aktien sich im freefloat befinden, ich kann nichts darüber finden.

s.

[sabotsy]

14.01.2010 10:44
Intel muss liefern
Die Quartalsergebnisse des Chip-Giganten, die am Abend erwartet werden, dürften die Weichen für Aktien der gesamten Halbleiterindustrie stellen. Übertrifft der Branchenprimus die Erwartungen und gibt einen positiven

Die Kurse vieler Chip-Aktien haben in den vergangenen Tagen bereits kräftig zugelegt. Intel-Papiere selbst beendeten den Mittwochshandel bei hohen Umsätzen knapp zwei Prozent im Plus. Am Donnerstag kletterten die Notierungen der asiatischen Hersteller wie Samsung, Hynix oder Toshiba. Auch Aktien von Infineon sind derzeit von einer Fantasiewelle getragen, am Mittwoch schlossen sie den Handel mit einem Zuwachs von mehr als drei Prozent. Am Donnerstag ging es zunächst weitere 2,5 Prozent aufwärts.

Schätzungen und Flüsterschätzungen
Die Vorfreude auf die Zahlen zum Schlussquartal 2009, die Intel nach US-Börsenschluss vorlegen wird, ist groß, die Erwartungen hoch. Wie hoch sie wirklich sind, dürfte erst die Reaktion im nachbörslichen US-Handel zeigen, denn derzeit werden verschiedene Gewinnprognosen am Kapitalmarkt herum gereicht. Laut Reuters liegt die durchschnittliche Schätzung der Analysten für das Quartal bei einem Gewinn je Aktie von 0,30 Dollar. "Flüsterschätzungen", die etwa die Experten der Helaba zitieren, gehen von 0,33 Dollar je Anteilsschein aus. Beim Umsatz liegt die Konsensschätzung bei 10,2 Milliarden Dollar.

Den Vorjahreswert zu übertreffen wird Intel mühelos gelingen. Im vierten Quartal 2008 war der Konzern bereits von der Absatzkrise erfasst worden, die im Jahr 2009 tiefe Spuren in der Industrie hinterlassen sollte. Der Gewinn je Aktie lag nur bei 0,04 Dollar, der Umsatz bei 8,2 Milliarden Dollar.

Von der Chip-Krise zur Chip-Hausse?
2009 hatte die Halbleiterbranche den schlimmsten Umsatzrückgang in der Geschichte der Industrie zu beklagen. Laut dem Marktforschungsinstitut lag er bei elf Prozent auf 226 Milliarden Euro.

Für das laufende Jahr haben die Experten den Wiederaufschwung der Chip-Hersteller bereits vor Wochen ausgerufen. Die Investitionsbereitschaft der Unternehmen steigt, und mit ihr die Preise für Prozessoren, Speicher- und Handychips. Die Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) geht von einem Umsatzzuwachs von zehn Prozent aus. 2011 soll das Wachstum noch einmal acht Prozent betragen.

Windows 7 und mobile Prozessoren als Wachstumstreiber
Für Intel gibt es aber auch unternehmensspezifische Umsatztreiber. Die erfolgreiche Einführung des neuen Microsoft-Betriebssystems Windows 7 begünstigt vor allem Intel, denn dessen Prozessoren laufen auf der überwiegenden Mehrzahl der neu verkaufen Computer in Privathaushalten wie in Unternehmen.

Aber auch bei neuen Entwicklungen im Hardware-Markt ist der US-Konzern an vorderster Front dabei. Mit den stromsparenden "Atom"-Prozessoren dominiert Intel den Markt der kleinen Laptops (Netbooks). Und vor wenigen Tagen erst konnte das Unternehmen einen ersten Kunden für seinen Smartphone-Chip "Moorestown" gewinnen: Die koreanische LG wird zunächst eines seiner Mobilgeräte mit dem Prozessor ausstatten und gleich noch das von Intel mitentwickelte Betriebssystem Moblin mit dazu buchen.

Das könnte auch der ARM zu einem Kursschub verhelfen,

s.

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ARM-based CPUs will overtake x86 in ultra-mobiles in 2013, says ABI Research

DIGITIMES Research - quarterly shipments data

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While an estimated 90% of ultra-mobile Devices (UMDs) shipped in 2009 were based on an x86 processor architecture, the introduction of ARM-based systems introduces greater choice and differentiation for system vendors, according to ABI Research, which has forecast annual UMD shipments of netbooks, MIDs, smartbooks and UMPCs based on ARM instruction sets will overtake x86-based devices in 2013.

According to senior analyst Jeff Orr, "2010 will be pivotal for building momentum behind non-x86 solutions, and gaining adoption in both distribution channels and by end-user populations worldwide."

The important netbook segment of the UMD market is now moving into its second generation, and a growing number of netbooks based on ARM platforms are now appearing in the market, a trend no doubt helped by the perception that ARM-based systems are heavily oriented towards an "always connected" mode of operation. Additionally, ARM-based products are coming out in a growing variety of different form-factors including tablets, said ABI.

There is a further important implication of this trend. Much is made in the media of certain mobile operators' difficulties in providing sufficient network capacity to handle the growing demand for data. Users of devices such as the iPhone are often cited as the greatest source of that demand. Orr disagreed. "In fact, that's a distraction," he said. "In general, notebooks and netbooks with embedded or attached modems contribute a significantly greater amount of traffic to 3G networks than smartphones do."

The proliferation of netbooks and other mobile devices sporting ARM-based processors will only exacerbate this data demand, which Orr described as "not a tidal wave, but a rising tide. Operators are working out their strategies for capacity expansion based on today's best expectations of future demand from data-centric devices. The main issues revolve around backhaul, followed by increased 3G and 4G BTS deployments."

[R-BgO]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 38.726.658 von sabotsy am 13.01.10 14:17:35

Wenn der Preis fällt, will ich ja gar nicht raus, sondern nachkaufen;

Hauptaktionäre sind mir keine bekannt

[R-BgO]

SOURCE: ARM Holdings PLC

Feb 02, 2010 02:00 ET
ARM Holdings PLC Announces Final Results
CAMBRIDGE, UK--(Marketwire - February 2, 2010) -

ARM HOLDINGS PLC REPORTS RESULTS FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR
2009


CAMBRIDGE, UK, 2 February 2010-ARM Holdings plc announces its unaudited
financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended 31
December 2009, reflecting resilient trading performance and further
progress in delivering ARM's strategy.



Q4 Financial Summary Normalised* IFRS
Q4 2009 Q4 2008 % Change Q4 2009 Q4 2008
Revenue ($m) 140.0 149.4 -6% 140.0 149.4
Revenue (GBPm) 85.2 94.4 -10% 85.2 94.4
Operating margin 37.3% 34.6% 23.0% 23.8%
Profit before tax (GBPm) 32.3 33.4 -3% 20.1 23.2
Earnings per share (pence) 1.79 1.94 -8% 1.32 1.35
Net cash generation
(GBPm)** 30.7 28.3
Effective revenue fx
rate($/GBP) 1.64 1.58



FY Financial Summary Normalised* IFRS

FY 2009 FY 2008 % Change FY 2009 FY 2008
Revenue ($m) 489.5 546.2 -10% 489.5 546.2
Revenue(GBPm) 305.0 298.9 +2% 305.0 298.9
Operating margin 31.2% 32.7% 15.0% 20.1%
Profit before tax (GBPm) 96.8 101.0 -4% 47.3 63.2
Earnings per share (pence) 5.45 5.66 -4% 3.11 3.39
Net cash generation
(GBPm)** 86.1 93.1
Full year dividend (pence) 2.42 2.20 +10%
Effective revenue fx
rate($/GBP) 1.60 1.83



Progress against strategy in Q4

* Growth in mobile applications
o ARM opportunity increases as smartphone growth continues and first
ARM® technology-based mobile computers introduced
o 6 processor licenses signed for mobile phone and computing
applications
o ARM achieves an average of 2.4 chips per phone as capability of
mobile phones increases

* Growth beyond mobile
o ARM increases share in target markets such as consumer electronics
and embedded products
o Strong sequential growth with microcontrollers up 60% and
smartcards up 100%
o 19 processor licenses signed for a broad range of applications
including automotive, microcontrollers, printers and smartcards

* Growth in new technology outsourcing
o Leading semiconductor companies continue to license ARM's physical
IP and multimedia IP including: * GLOBALFOUNDRIES licensed ARM's advanced 28nm physical IP
* Samsung licensed ARM's Mali graphics processor for use in
next generation consumer products



Warren East, Chief Executive Officer, said:"We are pleased that in Q4 ARM has continued to outperform the
semiconductor industry as we gain market share. Throughout 2009 we
demonstrated the resilience of the ARM business model in a challenging
trading environment. Despite industry dollar revenues being down about
20% in the relevant period, ARM market share gains resulted in dollar
revenues being down 10% with on-going financial discipline maintaining
normalised operating margins over 30% and delivering strong cash
generation.

The company is well-placed for this strong performance to continue as
leading semiconductor manufacturers are increasingly designing ARM
technology into their products, and as ARM technology becomes ever more
pervasive in markets with long-term structural growth such as
smartphones, digital TVs and microcontrollers. Recently, Infineon and
STMicroelectronics have announced the intention to use, for the first
time, ARM processors in their smartcard and digital TV/set-top-box
product lines respectively."



Outlook

It is generally anticipated that the semiconductor industry will see
improving conditions in 2010 compared to 2009. The rate of improvement
is still unclear as it will be influenced by consumer confidence and
the broader macro-economic environment. Reflecting these generally
anticipated improvements in the semiconductor industry, and given ARM's
strong industry position coming into 2010, we expect group dollar
revenues for the full-year to be at least in line with current market
expectations.




Q4 2009 - Revenue Revenue ($m)*** Revenue (GBPm)
Analysis

Q4 Q4 % Q4 Q4 %
2009 2008 Change 2009 2008 Change

PD
Licensing 35.7 43.0 -17% 21.5 26.5 -19%
Royalties 63.5 65.5 -3% 38.4 42.5 -10%
Total PD 99.2 108.5 -9% 59.9 69.0 -13%
PIPD
Licensing 9.2 9.8 -7% 5.8 6.3 -8%
Royalties1 11.1 10.5 6% 6.7 6.8 -1%

Total PIPD 20.3 20.3 12.5 13.1 -4%
Development Systems 12.7 12.9 -1% 7.9 8.1 -2%
Services 7.8 7.7 1% 4.9 4.2 15%

Total Revenue 140.0 149.4 -6% 85.2 94.4 -10%


1 Includes catch-up royalties in Q4 2009 of $0.8m (GBP0.5m) and in Q4
2008 of $1.0m (GBP0.6m).


FY 2009 - Revenue Revenue ($m)*** Revenue (GBPm)
Analysis

FY FY % FY FY %
2009 2008 Change 2009 2008 Change

PD
Licensing 128.2 145.1 -12% 76.5 79.3 -4%
Royalties 208.1 226.5 -8% 132.5 125.5 6%
Total PD 336.3 371.6 -10% 209.0 204.8 2%
PIPD
Licensing 35.9 44.6 -20% 22.0 24.2 -9%
Royalties1 36.2 40.3 -10% 22.9 22.2 3%
Total PIPD 72.1 84.9 -15% 44.9 46.4 -3%
Development Systems 51.6 57.8 -11% 32.9 31.1 6%
Services 29.5 31.9 -8% 18.2 16.6 10%

Total Revenue 489.5 546.2 -10% 305.0 298.9 2%


1 Includes catch-up royalties in FY 2009 of $5.0m (GBP2.6m) and in FY
2008 of $4.6m (GBP2.5m).



* Normalised figures are based on IFRS, adjusted for
acquisition-related, share-based payment costs and restructuring
charges and profit on disposal and impairment of
available-for-sale investments. For reconciliations of IFRS
measures to normalised non-IFRS measures detailed in this
document, see notes 5.1 to 5.18.

** Before dividends and share buybacks, net cash flows from share
option exercises, disposals of available-for-sale investments,
investment and acquisition consideration and other items excluded
from normalised profits - see notes 5.9 to 5.13.

*** Dollar revenues are based on the group's actual dollar invoicing,
where applicable, and using the rate of exchange applicable on the
date of the transaction for invoicing in currencies other than
dollars. Approximately 95% of invoicing is in dollars.

**** Each American Depositary Share (ADS) represents three shares.




A presentation of these results will be webcast today at 9:30 GMT at
www.arm.com/ir



CONTACTS:

Nick Claydon/Daniel Thole Tim Score/Ian Thornton
Brunswick ARM Holdings plc
[phone] [phone]


Click on, or paste the following link into your web browser, to view the associated PDF document.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/5007G_1-2010-…

[R-BgO]

05.02.2010 14:45
heise online


ARM blickt selbstbewusst in die Zukunft
Meldung vorlesen und MP3-Download

Warren East, Chef der CPU-Schmiede ARM, hat gegenüber einer Runde von Analysten einige Codenamen kommender Coretex-Prozessoren verraten und wieder einmal ein paar Schüsse in Richtung Intel und Microsoft abgegeben. Innerhalb der nächsten 18 Monate will das Unternehmen die Prozessorkerne Eagle, Heron und Merlin fertigstellen, erste "Lead Customers" gebe es auch schon. Da ARM jedoch keine fertigen Prozessoren verkauft, sondern nur Lizenzen für deren Blaupausen vergibt, dauert es selbst nach der offiziellen Vorstellung des Kerns noch Jahre, bis Produkte damit im Handel erscheinen. So hat ARM den Cortex-A9 MPCore im Oktober 2007 präsentiert, aber erst voriges Jahr kündigten Firmen erste Chips damit an, zum Beispiel OMAP-4, Armada und Tegra-250.

Eagle soll das bisherige Multikern-Flaggschiff Cortex-A9 überflügeln und in Smartphones, Mobilrechnern, Fernsehern und Telekommunikationsinfrastruktur zum Einsatz kommen. Welche genaue Bezeichnung Eagle in der Cortex-A-Familie bekommt, steht noch nicht fest.

Heron wird voraussichtlich einen Namen tragen, der mit "Cortex-M" beginnt. Er soll in Festplatten-Controllern sowie der Motorsteuerung von Autos seinen Dienst tun. In die Cortex-R-Familie gehört der Merlin und ist für die Steuerung von Elektromotoren und Maschinen sowie Audioverarbeitung gedacht. Allein in diesem Marktsegment werden jährlich rund 16 Milliarden Prozessoren verkauft.

Kern-Familie Anteil Q4/09
ARM7 57%
ARM9 36%
ARM11 5%
Cortex 2%
Vor den Analysten schürte Warren East den schon länger schwelenden und nicht unbedingt von sachlichen Argumenten geprägten Streit mit Intel und rechnete vor, dass in einem Netbook ohnehin schon die meisten Mikroprozessoren von ARM stammen: "Derzeit steckt im PC nur ein Mikroprozessor, der wahrscheinlich nicht von ARM kommt und das ist der Applikationsprozessor. Sicherlich ist das, worüber wir in den nächsten paar Jahren bei den Netbooks – nicht den PCs – reden werden, die Möglichkeit, ARM zu nutzen." Um auf diese plakativen Verhältnisse zu kommen, zählt East allerdings die Mikrocontroller in der Festplatte, dem WLAN- und Bluetooth-Modul sowie der Webcam – und ganz nebenbei dem Drucker – schlicht als Mikroprozessoren.

Marktsegment Anteil Q4/09
Mobile 62%
Enterprise 15%
Home 5%
Embedded 18%
Auch in Richtung Microsoft schoß der ARM-Chef und prognostizierte, dass Netbooks in den kommenden Jahren bis zu 90 Prozent Marktanteil erreichen könnten, und zwar "mit oder ohne Windows". Er sehe zudem derzeit keinen besonderen Sinn darin, für seine Firma bei Microsoft an die Tür zu klopfen. ARM könne auch mit Linux Marktanteile gewinnen. Sein Unternehmen habe die vergangenen zwölf Jahre mit Microsoft zusammengearbeitet und in Redmond sei bekannt, welchen technischen Support ARM leisten könne, zumal alle Mobil-Produkte von Microsoft auf ARM laufen.

Lizenzverkäufe Q4/09 an Bestandskunden Lizenzverkäufe Q4/09 an Neukunden Summe Q4/09 Kummulative Summe
ARM7 2 1 3 172
ARM9 1 3 4 262
ARM11 3 1 4 76
Cortex-A 4 4 33
Cortex-R 17
Cortex-M 5 2 7 51
Mali 2 2 27
Sonstige 1 1 24
Summe 18 7 25 662
East hält die Frage, ob ein Standard-Windows auch für ARM-Netbooks erscheint, schlicht und ergreifend für eine operative Entscheidung, die Microsoft alleine treffen müsse. Eine kürzlich veröffentlichte Prognose geht davon aus, dass bereits 2013 mehr Mobilgeräte mit ARM- als mt Intel-Prozessoren bestückt werden.

Neben diesen Blicken in die Glaskugel hatte Warren East aber auch harte Zahlen zum vierten Quartal 2009 parat: Der Umsatz sank im Vergleich zum Vorjahresquartal um 10 Prozent auf 85,2 Millionen britische Pfund und lag damit aber immer noch 20 Prozent über den Erwartungen. Der Jahresgewinn vor Steuern lag bei 47,3 Millionen Pfund – ein Einbruch von 25 Prozent gegenüber 2008. 25 neue ARM-Lizenzen konnte der CPU-Enwtickler im vierten Quartal 2009 absetzen, 18 davon an bisherige Kunden, die restlichen 7 an neue. Diese sieben kauften aber nicht etwa Lizenzen für die dicken Cortex-Schiffe sondern für ältere und kleinere ARM-Kerne.

Bisher haben die Cortex-CPUs gerade einmal 2 Prozent Anteil an den ausgelieferten ARM-Kernen. Den Löwenanteil bestreiten mit 57 Prozent die ARM7-Kerne. Wichtigstes Standbein von ARM sind mit 62 Prozent die Mobil-CPUs; weit abgeschlagen liegen mit 18 Prozent die Embedded-Chips dahinter. (bbe)

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15.02.2010 15:04
NXP's New 120 MHz ARM Cortex-M3 Microcontrollers Top DSP Benchmarks

LPC1769 and LPC1759 with Free DSP Library Now Available from Distributors

NXP Semiconductors today announced availability of the LPC1769 and LPC1759 microcontrollers that operate at 120 MHz, the fastest ARM Cortex-M3 MCUs in the industry. At this level of performance, integration of microcontroller control and signal processing becomes a reality for cost constrained applications eliminating the need for dedicated DSP hardware.

With 256-point 16-bit FFT execution time of less than 190 µs, this is 54 percent faster than the nearest Cortex-M3 alternative and challenges low-cost DSPs in performance. For 1024-point 16-bit FFT the execution time is less than 0.89 ms. These times include the FFT initialization and overhead of the algorithm.

"With the availability of the LPC1769 and LPC1759, NXP's performance advantage increases up to 40 percent over other Cortex-M3 MCUs," said Geoff Lees, vice president and general manager, microcontroller product line, NXP Semiconductors. "We've simplified high performance embedded control for our users with the most extensive DSP library available."

The LPC1769 and LPC1759 MCUs feature 512 KB Flash, 64 KB SRAM, USB 2.0 Host/On-The-Go/Device, CAN 2.0B interfaces, 12-bit ADC, 10-bit DAC, I2C, SPI, UARTs and many other peripherals. The LPC1769 also adds a 10/100 Ethernet controller with a dedicated Ethernet Direct Memory Access (DMA) controller.

The LPC1700 series is already supported by a large number of development tools, real-time operating system (RTOS), middleware, and technical support services from industry leading tool vendors including IAR, Keil, Hitex, Code Red, and many others, such as:

* LPCXpresso - Provides customers with an end-to-end solution from initial prototype evaluation to final production. This development tool platform focuses on ease-of-use and faster product development time and supports all derivatives of Cortex-M0/M3 families and specific devices from the LPC2000 and LPC3000 families including the LPC1700 series.
* mbed (online rapid prototyping tool) - Enables engineers to create functioning prototypes for quick experimentation and more inventive and productive development.

* "Using the FreeRTOS Real Time Kernel; A Practical Guide, LPC17xx Edition" (Feb 2010) - Recently released, this eBook provides code examples for beginners to advanced users, including topics like how to use the memory protection unit (MPU) in conjunction with an RTOS. It is now available at http://www.FreeRTOS.org/Documentation.

A complete DSP Library is available on http://ics.nxp.com/find/LPC1769 including:

* License and royalty-free source code libraries
* Highly optimized 16- and 32- data width FFT, PID control with documentation
* FIR&IIR Filters: IIR (ARMA), biquad, 16- and 32-bit single stage for both
* Random number generator and resonator function
* Dot product&cross product of vectors

* License- and royalty-free VDE IEC 60335 Class B test libraries - Approved by the VDE (Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik e.V.: German Association for Electrical, Electronic&Information Technologies) testing and certification institute. These free NXP libraries eliminate the need for the designer to develop their own self-test routines. http://ics.nxp.com/find/LPC1769

Pricing and Availability

Parts are currently available from Digi-Key and other NXP distributors worldwide with recommended distribution pricing in 10,000 quantities starting at just over US $4. LPCXpresso and mbed development tools are available at all NXP distributors worldwide.

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Chiphersteller ARM erwartet mehr als 50 neue Tablet-PCs in diesem Jahr
Andrew Nusca, Stefan Beiersmann
|
11.03.10, 09:36 Uhr

Die ersten Modelle sollen im zweiten Quartal in den Handel kommen. Die Mehrheit erscheint erst im dritten Vierteljahr. ARM begegnet Intels Konkurrenz mit einem größeren Stand auf der im Juni beginnenden Computermesse Computex in Taiwan.

Nach Ansicht eines ARM-Managers wird der Verkaufsstart von Apples iPad im kommenden Monat den Weg für mehr als 50 neue Tablet-PCs in diesem Jahr ebnen. Wie Computerworld berichtet, wird das Unternehmen auf der Anfang Juni beginnenden Computermesse Computex mit einem größeren Stand vertreten sein, um der Konkurrenz durch seinen Hauptrivalen Intel zu begegnen.

Die ersten Tablets erwartet ARM im zweiten Quartal 2010, erklärte Roy Chen, World-Computing-ODM-Manager bei ARM, dem Bericht zufolge auf einer Pressekonferenz in Taipeh. Der Vertrieb der Geräte erfolge über Mobilfunkprovider. Der größte Teil komme aber erst im dritten Quartal auf den Markt.

Das Unternehmen präsentierte in Taipeh zwei Tablet-PCs, die beide Googles Betriebssystem Android nutzen. Eines der Modelle verfügt über einen 7-Zoll-Bildschirm und wird von einem Tegra-2-Prozessor von Nvidia angetrieben. Hersteller ist das chinesische Unternehmen Compal Electronics, das das Gerät auch mit einem 10,1 Zoll großen Bildschirm und Windows CE anbietet. Das Tablet kann über einen HDMI-Anschluss direkt an einen Fernseher angeschlossen werden.

Das andere Gerät ist mit einem Chip von Freescale Semiconductor und einem kleineren Bildschirm ausgestattet. Es kommt unter dem Namen Armadillo in den Handel. Auf der Pressekonferenz demonstrierte ARM das Gerät aber nicht mit Android, sondern mit einem QuickBoot genannten Betriebssystem des japanischen Anbieters Ubiquitous, das nach dem Einschalten sofort verfügbar ist.

Gartner schätzt, dass in diesem Jahr 10,5 Millionen Tablets verkauft werden. Die Voraussage gilt für klassische Tablet-PCs und eine sogenannte neue Tablet-Generation, zu der die Marktforscher Apples iPad zählen.

[wilmore]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 39.114.798 von R-BgO am 11.03.10 15:45:14

ich bin nur mal gespannt wie lange es sich Microsoft noch leisten kann ein "grosses" Windows nicht für ARM platformen anzubieten. Für mich stehen da ARM goldene Zeiten bevor. Mit den Cortex-A9 cores bekommen die Intels ernstzunehmende Konkurrenz im PC Bereich. Das ist unschlagbar heute was dieser Core von ARM Bietet.

- 2 GHz dual core
- 1,9W Verlustleistung bei 2GHz (das ist der HAMMER)
- integrierte graphic Beschleunigung für Display Anwendung

Da wundert einen nicht, dass immer mehr Tablet-PC mit ARM Prozessoren bestückt werden. Und wir reden da nicht von irgend etwas was in 5 JAhren einmal auf den Markt kommt. Mit TI und deren OMAP4440 ist das schon heute Realität.

alah.

[R-BgO]

http://seekingalpha.com/article/196907-arm-holdings-should-m…

[R-BgO]

Lenovo delays ARM-based netbook?

Extra wait for all-day, always-on mini laptop

By Tony Smith • Get more from this author

9th April 2010 07:34 GMT

Lenovo may have delayed its eagerly anticipated ARM-based netbook, the Skylight, it has been claimed.

Originally scheduled to appear on US shop shelves this month, the mini notebook will not now debut until July, transatlantic title Laptop Magazine has alleged, citing moles from within Lenovo.


Lenovo's Skylight: delayed?

They said the company is taking a "little extra time... to get [the Skylight] right".

The Lenovo website still says the machine will arrive in "Spring 2010".

Unfortunately, Lenovo has yet to say when - or if, even - the Skylight will be released in the UK, but a three-month slip in the company's launch market means the ARM-book's appearance over here is now even further off.

Skylight sports a netbook-style 10.1in display but with a 1280 x 720 resolution. No Atom inside, it's powered by a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. Designed for all-day, always on internet access, the netbook contains just 8GB of SSD storage, though it also features a removable 4GB USB Flash drive and has a Micro SD card slot.


Very thin for easy portability

Skylight weighs in at 900g and measures a skinny 253 x 201 x 17mm. At the machine's first appearance, at January's Consumer Electronics Shows (CES), Lenovo said the lapto's battery will run for ten hours on a single charge. ®

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12.04.2010 11:02
Global Unichip Licenses Comprehensive ARM IP Portfolio

Agreement includes broad range of ARM Cortex and Mali family processors

Global Unichip Corporation (GUC; TW:3443), a world-leading Fabless ASIC service provider, and ARM [(LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMH)], today announced that GUC has licensed a comprehensive ARM IP portfolio including all the available ARM® Cortex™ and Mali™ family processors, a wide range of ARM Physical IP, system design IP including CoreSight™ debug and trace technology and AMBA®-compliant peripherals.

By combining the highest quality IP from ARM with the fully verified SoC flow from GUC, the collaboration will help streamline and optimize the advanced SoC supply chain and speed up the development of next-generation internet-enabled devices for the cloud computing environment.

"With the coming era of cloud computing, connectivity and energy efficiency is critical for end devices to be able to deliver content anywhere, anytime. Consumers today desire their devices to be "always on" without worrying about battery life while at the same time delivering superior multimedia features and a high quality entertainment experience," said Jim Lai, president of GUC. "This agreement with ARM will enable us to accelerate the time-to-market for device manufacturers aiming to meet these demands."

"This partnership with a recognizable market leader in IC design service will help enable ARM's vision of 'Internet Everywhere' by providing a consistent experience across a wide range of mobile devices with multiple screen sizes," said Eric Schorn, vice president of marketing, Processor Division, ARM. "By taking advantage of a comprehensive ARM IP portfolio, GUC customers will be able to develop next-generation, low-power, connected devices delivering a compelling multimedia experience."

About GUC

Global Unichip Corp. (GUC), a dedicated full service Fabless ASIC provider based in Taiwan, was founded in 1998. GUC is now publicly traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under the symbol 3443 with annual sales close to 300MUSD. GUC provides total solutions from silicon-proven IPs to complex time-to-market SoC turnkey services. GUC is committed to providing the most advanced and the best price-performance silicon solutions through close partnership with TSMC, GUC's major shareholder, and other key packaging and testing power houses. With state of the art EDA tools, advanced methodologies, and experienced technical team, GUC ensures the highest quality and lowest risks to achieve first silicon success. GUC has established a global customer base throughout Greater China, Japan, Korea, North America, and Europe. Its track-record in complex SoC designs has brought benefits to customers in time to revenue at the lowest risk.

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FTSE in-depth: ARM boosted by Apple bid gossip
Geoff Foster, Daily Mail
21 April 2010, 8:27am

Chip-maker ARM's tenure in the Footsie as the only representative of the technology hardware sector could be brief.


Geoff Foster
Foster: Rumours of an imminent mega-bid helped the Footsie shrug off fears of a hung parliament


Recently promoted after chocolate giant Cadbury was controversially swallowed by Kraft, rumours now suggest its days of independence are numbered. Its shares rose 4.2p to 243p on hot gossip that its biggest customer, American multinational corporation Apple, could be lining up a £5.2bn or 400p-a-share cash bid for the company.

As many as seven chips based on ARM designs are deployed in top-end iPads, which can connect to the internet via the mobile phone network. Apple's new all-singing, all-dancing touch-screen tablet computer sold north of 500,000 units when they went on sale in the US on April 3. Analysts expect Apple to sell roughly 5m iPads this year.

Consumers in the UK can't wait to get their hands on them and ARM stands to pocket an estimated 30p in royalties for every iPad forecast to be sold between now and Christmas.

Apple bosses know that over the next five years or so ARM's technology will be found in all manner of laptops, portable personal computers and internet servers, so it is keen to get the Cambridge-based group on board. A 'friendly' deal could very well soon be on the cards.

Rumours of an imminent mega-bid certainly helped the Footsie shrug off fears of a hung parliament and worries that the Goldman Sachs SEC fraud charge could escalate and drag other major US banks into similar investigations. It jumped 55.78 points to 5,783.69, while Wall Street initially rose 30 points in the early stages after the 'vampire squid' reported forecast-beating first-quarter profits of $3.46bn.
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[R-BgO]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 39.372.676 von R-BgO am 21.04.10 09:39:53

nachdem ich mir jetzt ein Loch in den Bauch gewartet hab', dass es mal ein Dip gibt, habe ich jetzt eine volle Posi aufgemacht; normalerweise geht's dann ab jetzt runter....

[R-BgO]

RS Components/ARM
mbed-Modul stärkt EDP-Produktlinie

Katalogdistributor RS Components kooperiert mit ARM, um die EDP-Produktlinie (Embedded Development Platform) durch die Integration von Mikroprozessoren des neuen mbed-Programms von ARM zu stärken. Die Erweiterung umfasst ein mbed-Modul zur schnellen und einfachen Erstellung von Prototypen und Teststrecken für neue Designs.

»Mit unseren EDP-Modulen lassen sich Prototypen und Machbarkeitsprüfungen von embedded Systemen schnell erstellen«, erläutert Mark Cundle, Technical Marketing Manager von RS Components. Die Plattform umfasst eigens entwickelte wiederverwendbare und neu konfigurierbare Personality- und Anwendungsmodule, die eine Vielzahl von Bearbeitungs- und I/O-Funktionen bieten. Im Rahmen der Partnerschaft mit ARM wird ein mbed-Modul für EDP eingeführt, mit dem Entwickler »dank der Flexibilität und der vielseitigen Konfigurationsoptionen schnell und einfach« mbed-Designs in einer Hardware-Umgebung verschieben, erstellen und testen können. Geplant ist zudem die Einführung weiterer neuer EDP-Module. Die Plattform werde »dann im Rahmen einer wichtigen Maßnahme zur Kooperation mit Universitäten zum Schlüsselelement, indem kostengünstige und leistungsstarke Tools zur Unterstützung des Lehrprozesses bereitgestellt werden«.

Die Möglichkeit, Prozessoren anderer Anbieter auf einer allgemeinen Plattform testen zu können, ist laut Cundle »einer der wesentlichen Vorteile« von EDP. Die beim Erstellen eines Prototyps resultierende Zeitersparnis lasse sich dann für die Entwicklung einer Anwendung nutzen. Ein wichtiger Aspekt sei überdies, dass auch künftig entwickelte Personality- und Anwendungsmodule »allesamt nahtlos« im EDP-Baseboard interoperieren: »Ziel der Entwicklung von EDP-Baseboard und der Module war die Gewährleistung von Zuverlässigkeit, Erschwinglichkeit und Flexibilität«, führt Cundle aus. Alle PCB-Plattformen erfüllen die strengen Integritätsanforderungen und garantieren somit einen zuverlässigen Betrieb, zumal sich die verwendeten Komponenten »bereits alle bewährt haben«. Sämtliche Module erfüllen die EDP-Norm und können in beliebiger Position, Kombination und in EDP-Baseboards mit zwei oder vier Steckplätzen integriert werden. Die Herstellung erfolgt bei führenden Anbietern wie Infineon Technologies, NXP Semiconductors, Microchip und ST Microelectronics.

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Was zur Geschichte:



Apple iPhone

ARM Holdings, whose chips are in the iPhone, is rumoured to have become a potential acquisition target for Apple.

Chip designer ARM Holdings has come under the market spotlight as rumours do the rounds that it could be an acquisition target for Apple.

The Cambridge-based firm, whose microchips can be found in most of the world's mobile phones, including Apple's iPhone, would likely cost more than £3bn according to reports, such as one on Techradar.com this morning.

Shares in ARM are currently hovering around the unchanged mark at 250.2p but had pushed up to 255.4p earlier today.

Arm Holdings has grown into a multibillion-pound business with 1,700 employees worldwide. Last year almost 4bn chips based on Arm's designs were shipped worldwide. Consumer demand for smartphones means that Arm is getting more and more of its designs into phones. In the last quarter of 2009 the company was averaging 2.4 chips per handset.

As our Communications Editor Richard Wray recently explained, Arm and Apple go way back. Arm is a product of the home-computing boom of the 1980s that pitted Acorn against Sinclair. Having used off-the-shelf processors to power its early models, Acorn decided to create its own microprocessor for a new range of computers with a Californian silicon company called VLSI Technology, and in 1983 the Acorn Risc Machine (Arm) project was born. The chip was a success, but the products Acorn built around it were not. But the chip also met the requirements of Apple and in 1990, Arm was spun off as a separate company with Acorn, Apple and VLSI as founding shareholders.

Part of the reasoning behind the Apple rumours is that as smartphones get smarter, they will need more of Arm's designs. Having said that, Apple now owns its own chip designer – PA Semi.

Apple has declined to comment on the rumour while ARM could not be reached for comment.

[DR.ZEISSLER]

hmm, das könnte noch interessant werden, ob apple die mit 7 USD einsackt ?
ist nun schon verdammt gut gelaufen. besser man wäre unter 2 EUR dabei...

ich traue mich nicht, ich denke wir haben die highs erstmal gesehen ?
mk und kgv erscheinen ausgereizt...

was meint ihr ?

[DR.ZEISSLER]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 39.411.712 von DR.ZEISSLER am 27.04.10 19:49:01

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=ARM.L+Basic+Chart&t=my

Ich denke AAPL schluckt den Laden für 5-7 EUR.

Doc

[hungryWolf]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 39.429.073 von DR.ZEISSLER am 29.04.10 22:01:23

Bei einem Übernahmeversuch kann es zu einer Schlacht kommen. ARM ist essenziell wichtig für Nokia, da in jedem der Handys ein ARM-Chip steckt. Nokia wird es um jeden Preis zu verhindern versuchen. Würde mich nicht wundern, wenn man in Finnland jetzt schon ARM-Anteile vorsichtshalber aufbaut.

[DR.ZEISSLER]

das mag zwar sein, aber dennoch sieht mir das ganze etwas ausgereizt aus, was mk, kuv und kgv angeht...sofern das mit apple aktuell bleibt könnte noch was gehen...

[DR.ZEISSLER]

das zahlenwerk haut mich jetzt nicht gerade vom hocker und die bewertung "erscheint" ambitioniert. glaube dass hier schon das meiste durch ist.

Das Interesse ist hier quasi auch gegen null und ohne die spekulation um apple wäre der kurs nicht von 1 auf 3.

Doc

[R-BgO]

ARM: "Smartbooks" verzögern sich wegen Flash-Problemen
David Meyer, Florian Kalenda
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06.05.10, 13:08 Uhr

Außerdem hat der Tablet-Trend eine Reihe von Herstellern verunsichert. ARM sieht sich durch die Schwierigkeiten gestärkt. Vor allem mit Softwareherstellern will man künftig anders umgehen als früher.

Eine Reihe von Problemen hat die Einführung sogenannter "Smartbooks" verzögert: Probleme mit der Implementierung von Flash, eine unerwartet niedrige Adoptionsrate von Linux bei Netbooks und die plötzliche Wende hin zu Tablets. Das sagt der für Marketing zuständige Vice President des Chipdesigners ARM, Ian Drew.

Als "Smartbooks" bezeichnen ARM und seine Partner besonders leichte und schlanke Netbooks, die unter Linux und mit einer ARM-CPU laufen. Allerdings meldet die Kölner Smartbook AG ältere Rechte an der Bezeichnung an und untersagt anderen Firmen die Benutzung des Begriffs, zumindest im deutschen Markt.

"Wir hätten gedacht, dass diese Gerätekategorie zu diesem Zeitpunkt auf dem Markt sein würde, aber das ist nicht so", sagte Drew gegenüber ZDNet. "Ein Grund ist meiner Meinung nach die Ausgereiftheit der Software. So gibt es immer noch Probleme mit Adobe-Software, deren Fertigstellung für 2009 geplant war."

ARM und Adobe hatten Ende 2008 eine Partnerschaft geschlossen, um Flash Player 10 und die Laufzeitumgebung AIR auf ARM-basierte Systeme zu bringen. Das wird erst in der zweiten Jahreshälfte 2010 realisiert werden - in Form von Versionen für Android. Wie Apple-CEO Steve Jobs kürzlich erwähnt hatte, war die Einführung von Flash für Smartphones ursprünglich für die erste Hälfte des Jahres 2009 geplant gewesen.

Flash ist für ARM wichtig: "Unser Ziel sind hauptsächlich Internet-Systeme - das ist eine Hauptanforderungen, dass Webanwendungen darauf laufen", so Drew. Es habe einer großen Kraftanstrengung bedurft, aber jetzt werde Adobes Rich-Media-Software auf ARM "sehr leistungsstark" sein.

Als weiteren Grund für die Verzögerung bei ARM-basierten Tablets gibt Drew an, dass die Tablet-Welle einige Hersteller "verwirrt" habe. "Zum Teil liegt es auch daran, dass es überhaupt nicht sehr viele Linux-Netbooks gibt."

Dennoch ist der ARM-Manager "alles andere als enttäuscht" von der Entwicklung. "Ich glaube sogar, dass uns diese Probleme gestärkt haben. Wir wissen jetzt vieles, was wir vor zwei Jahren nicht wussten. Vor allem die Zusammenarbeit mit Softwarefirmen konnten wir verbessern." Enttäuscht sei er nur, weil er heute nicht in einen Elektromarkt gehen und dort ein "Smartbook" kaufen könne.

[R-BgO]

Michael Kanellos: May 6, 2010
The Quiet Giant in Smart Meters

And how Apple could screw it up

The long arm of ARM is making its name known in the smart grid, too.

Microprocessors based around designs from England's ARM are becoming an increasingly frequent presence in the smart grid world and seem destined to loom larger in the future. A line of modular system-on-a-chip processors for smart meters from Europe's Accent that came out this week are based around a processor core called the ARM Cortex M-3. Accent makes processors for Itron's Centron meters. The new integrated chips cut the number of parts needed for a smart meter by half and the cost by 30 percent.

Grid Net, which designs and licenses WiMax smart meter, employs ARM cores in its products. General Electric resells Grid Net's meters. Ember puts ARM chips into its networking processors. IAR has a deal with ARM and IAR supplies development tools to Landis + Gyr. On-Ramp Wireless similarly relies on ARM cores for its long-range communication grid chips.

Other longtime ARM fans include Freescale, which makes a plethora of networking silicon for the grid, and Samsung, which wants to be one the leading companies in renewable energy, Cypress Semiconductor, which is moving into building management and waste heat recovery and National Semiconductor. The list goes on. (You'll hear more about smart meter architecture at The Networked Grid taking place May 18 and 19.)

ARM's early position and potential dominance in the market comes as a result of three factors. First, the company is the biggest name in embedded microprocessors. Over 90 percent of the world's smart phones and the vast majority (80 percent plus) of regular cell phones run on chips based on ARM designs. The company also enjoys a huge footprint in industrial machinery, digital cameras, security cameras, etc. Thus, smart meter makers have a lot of silicon and software to choose from to get to market quickly. ARM chips are particularly well regarded for their low energy consumption.

Second, ARM and its partners are coming into a market starving for performance. The Cortex M3 is a 32-bit processor, which means it can handle far more memory and thus undertake far more complex tasks than the 8-bit microprocessors commonly found in meters and a lot of other grid equipment today. The 32-bit microprocessors were pretty much the standard in PCs until the first half of the decade, when Advanced Micro Devices and Intel began to produce more 64-bit chips.

"A lot of people are interested in improving from 8 to 32 bits," said Edward Pazino, director of marketing at Accent. "ARM has picked up quite a bit of popularity."

But don't think the meters get shortchanged by being 32 bits in a 64-bit world. Most computer users only really take advantage of 32-bit-like performance.

Third, and perhaps most importantly, ARM remains one of the few semiconductor companies to really license its intellectual property well. ARM does not make chips. Instead, it designs processor cores and then licenses the blueprints to companies, which go on to produce chips under their own names.

Most companies that try this fail. Rambus, which created a high-speed form of memory, has been embroiled in lawsuits for over a decade. Tessera Technologies started collecting royalties for its chip packaging technology after it emerged victorious in a few major lawsuits.

ARM, by contrast, has enjoyed success after success in many ways by emphasizing diplomacy and customer service. At times, it has had nearly as many employees as support centers.

"We have something like 2,200 global offices. We're in Shanghai, we're in Tokyo, we're in Taipei, we're in Tel Aviv," former CEO (Brave) Sir Robin Saxby told me in 2002. "We need to be close to our customer base in real time and to make something suitable for reuse as an IP company. You've got to design something that everybody can use in lots of different ways. You can say that to support the product is 10 times more expensive than to invent the product."

Saxby has since retired, but the company continues to function on the same principles. At the time, ARM only had a 70 percent share in phones.

This last characteristic -- "plays well with others" -- is also the one that many fear could disappear if the somewhat hard-to-believe rumors about Apple considering an acquisition of ARM come to pass.

Apple actually helped found ARM and was one of its first investors. (Guess what chip was inside the Newton?) However, the two companies have since taken divergent paths. Apple likes to control things. It also does not like to license technology. One of the first actions Steve Jobs took when he became CEO back in the late '90s was to kill the OS licensing program. ARM, of course, lives to license.

ARM CEO Warren East told the Guardian not to put too much stock in the Apple rumor.

"Exciting though it is to have the share price pushed up by these rumors, common sense tells us that our standard business model is an excellent way for technology companies to gain access to our technology. Nobody has to buy the company," he said.

It would be a difficult marriage all the way around -- sort of like when Mia Farrow married Joey Bishop. (Made you look: it was really Frank Sinatra, but still a monumentally bad combo.) I don't put much stock in it.

But I do put stock in this: when it comes to smart meters, one of the more prominent figures will be the silent Englishman.

[R-BgO]

ARM HOLDINGS PLC - ANALYST AND INVESTOR DAY


CAMBRIDGE, UK, 19 May 2010-ARM Holdings plc will be hosting analyst and investor presentations today in London.

The presentations will cover the following topics:


1.ARM Overview
Warren East, Chief Executive Officer


2.Ongoing Innovation Drives
Royalty Growth
Mike Inglis, EVP and GM Processor Division


3.Growth in Mobile and Mobile Computing
Tom Lantzsch, EVP Corporate Development


4.Gaining Share in Target Markets
Ian Drew, EVP Marketing


5.Financial Impact of Increasing
Market Share
Tim Score, Chief Financial Officer


The presentation will be held at The Lincoln Centre, 18 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A, and commences at 10am, with registration from 9:30am. There will be a simultaneous live audio webcast from the company's website at www.arm.com/ir.

Copies of the presentation and replay of the audio webcast will be available from the website by 5pm BST on 19 May 2010.

[AMDlong]

Die ARM-Architektur wird damit auf eine noch breitere und harmonisierte Software-Basis gestellt:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ARM-Freescale-IBM-Samsung-bw-…

[R-BgO]

ARM AND TSMC SIGN LONG-TERM STRATEGIC AGREEMENT
Enables broad processor and Physical IP optimization on TSMC’s most advanced technology nodes

Cambridge, UK and Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. – July 20, 2010 - ARM and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today jointly announced a long-term agreement that provides TSMC with access to a broad range of ARM processors and enables the development of ARM physical IP across TSMC technology nodes. This agreement supports the companies’ mutual customers to achieve optimized Systems-On-Chip (SoC) based on ARM processors and covers a wide range of process nodes extending down to 20nm.

The agreement provides TSMC access to optimize the implementation of ARM® processors on TSMC process technologies, including ARM Cortex™ processor family and CoreLink™ interconnect fabric for AMBA® protocols. It also establishes a longterm relationship with ARM for the development of physical IP, including memory products and standard cell libraries targeting the most advanced TSMC 28nm and 20nm
processes.

“The signing of this agreement is a significant semiconductor industry milestone because it formalizes a forward looking, long-term relationship between two of the industry’s
leading companies,” explained Mike Inglis, executive vice president and general manager, ARM Processor Division.

“I am pleased that ARM and TSMC will be working together
to enable ARM processor based SoCs leveraging both companies’ advanced technologies.”

ARM and TSMC will collaborate on creating TSMC technology optimized processor core implementations for benchmarking of optimal power, performance and area.

Typical implementations will target consumer-centric market segments including wireless, portable computing, tablet PCs and high performance computing....

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21.07.2010 14:32
Cadence and ARM Collaborate to Create an ARM-Optimized System Realization Solution / Joint Effort Will Streamline Development Time of ARM Processor-Based Devices

SAN JOSE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 07/21/10 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), a leader in global electronic design innovation, today announced a broadening of its existing collaboration with ARM to develop an optimized System Realization solution for ARM processors that will enable an end-to-end flow including a full set of interoperable tools, ARM® processor and physical IP, services and methodology from embedded Linux to GDSII. To accelerate adoption of this solution, Cadence will provide a full complement of tutorials and education materials including two methodology reference books and extend their ecosystem of service, methodology and training providers.

"As software complexity continues to escalate driving system costs up, industry leaders need to join forces to provide proven and cost effective end-to-end design solutions," said Mike Muller, ARM, chief technology officer. "Only a comprehensive approach from application software through silicon can successfully address the challenges facing our design community. This collaboration with Cadence will not only address the rapidly rising cost of integrated hardware and software system development, but will also accelerate time-to-market for next-generation consumer products."

To deliver this solution, Cadence will take the following actions:

* support embedded software optimized for ARM processor-based devices in the company's recently announced IP stacks
* enhance the interoperability of ARM tools and IP including ARM DS-5 and RealView® Development Suite, Fast Models, and VSTREAM transactor with Cadence Virtualization technologies
* expand its existing collaboration on AMBA IP-VIP pairs and interconnect fabric, and reference methodologies for design, verification, and implementation

"As our business is expanding into the mobile market segment, ARM processor-based designs are becoming a larger part of our development," said Narendra Konda, director, Hardware Engineering at NVIDIA. "The Cadence/ARM collaboration provides the right approach for the industry by addressing application-driven flow. This integrated flow will help us to improve our system validation process which is one of the most critical components for our success."

Beyond its work with ARM, Cadence is extending the System Realization ecosystem through new collaborations with service, methodology and training providers that will help accelerate customers' deployments of system-level solutions. The new companies include Australian Semiconductor Technology Company (ASTC), Chubu Toshiba Engineering Corp, CircuitSutra, CM Engineering Co. Ltd., HDLAB Inc., NIPPON SYSTEMWARE CO. LTD., and Toshiba Information Systems (Japan). The full list of members can be found at www.cadence.com/alliances/system_realization.

"Cadence continues to build our System Realization solution through collaboration with others and delivery of new methodologies," said John Bruggeman, chief marketing officer, Cadence. "The Cadence and ARM solution will combine industry leading IP to help break down the cost and development barriers that are preventing consumer devices from achieving breakaway market success. ARM IP is prevalent in current and future consumer devices, and the jointly developed solution will unleash new, compelling innovation."

To further help customers achieve efficient, cost-effective adoption of System Realization aspects, Cadence has developed the industry's first transaction-level modeling (TLM) design and verification methodology, available to the industry in its newly published book titled, "TLM-driven Design and Verification Methodology." To accelerate SoC integration and verification based on the recently standardized Universal Verification Methodology (UVM), Cadence also has released another new book titled, "A Practical Guide to Adopting the Universal Verification Methodology (UVM)." Together, they provide a pragmatic set of best practices to help accelerate solution deployments.

[R-BgO]

kann man das als Ritterschlag werten...?:

ARM and Microsoft Continue Relationship With Closer Access to ARM IP

ARM and Microsoft Corp. today announced that they have signed a new licensing agreement for the ARM® architecture. The agreement extends the collaborative relationship between the two companies. Since 1997 Microsoft and ARM have worked together on software and devices across the embedded, consumer and mobile spaces, enabling many companies to deliver user experiences on a broad portfolio of ARM-based products.

"Microsoft is an important member of the ARM ecosystem, and has been for many years," said Mike Muller, CTO ARM. "With this architecture license, Microsoft will be at the forefront of applying and working with ARM technology in concert with a broad range of businesses addressing multiple application areas."

"ARM is an important partner for Microsoft and we deliver multiple operating systems on the company's architecture, most notably Windows Embedded and Windows Phone," said KD Hallman, general manager, Microsoft. "With closer access to the ARM technology we will be able to enhance our research and development activities for ARM-based products."

ARM licenses processor IP under a flexible licensing model, enabling highly integrated solutions for a variety of applications ranging from mobile devices to home electronics and industrial products. ARM customers can license the ARM architecture or specific processor implementations.

Details of the agreement will remain confidential.

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LONDON (SHARECAST) - Revenues and profits continued soaring at ARM in the second quarter as the chip-designer continued to see strong demand for its technology from makers of mobile ‘phones and other must-have gadgets.

ARM, whose chips are used in some of the tech giant Apple’s products, posted a pre-tax profit of £43.5m in the three months to June 30, up from £16.3m over the same period the previous year. Revenues climbed to £150.3m from £105.5m. The interim dividend was upped to 1.16p from 0.97p at the same time last year.

The company said it is seeing more opportunities as ‘smartphone’ ownership increases, adding that it saw strong growth in shipments of chips using ARM technology for use in digital TVs and disk drives.

‘Major semiconductor vendors and consumer electronics companies are making long-term commitments to using ARM technology in their future products,’ said chief executive Warren East.

‘Freescale, Microsoft and TSMC all recently announced adoption of ARM's latest technology which will further increase ARM's market penetration, and royalty potential, in a broadening range of end applications.’

He said ARM was continuing to grow market share in all target markets.

ARM said that enters the second half of the year with a record order backlog and a robust ‘opportunity pipeline.’ While the economic environment and consumer demand outlook remains uncertain, ARM expects revenues for the full year to be in line with expectations.

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By Eric Savitz

William Blair analyst Anil Doradla launched coverage of ARM Holdings (ARMH) with a Market Perform rating, expressing admiration for the company’s business, while expressing caution on the stock’s valuation.

“ARM is the leading provider of microprocessor intellectual property, a key building block for digital electronics in the home, at work, on the road, and everywhere in between,” he writes in a research note. “Our Market Perform rating is not driven by any structural or competitive concerns, but rather straightforward concerns related to the company’s premium valuation levels. We believe the company’s stock is ‘getting ahead’ of its fundamentals and, in many ways, fits the bill for ‘a great company but not-so-great stock’ at current levels, in our opinion. In turn, we prefer to stay on the sidelines until valuation levels become more reasonable.”

He notes that the stock trades at 35x 2011 estimates EPS, and 10x sales, or 33x EPS ex-cash, sporting premiums of 150%-350% of other IP and chip stocks.

ARMH is down 78 cents, or 5.1%, to $14.74.

[R-BgO]

ist jemand Techniker genug, das hier einordnen zu können?:

http://www.elektroniknet.de/bauelemente/technik-know-how/hal…

[AMDlong]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 40.005.310 von R-BgO am 18.08.10 14:56:21

Zu groß um zur Zeit preisgünstig hergestellt werden zu können.
Zu energiehungrig für mobile Navis oder Smartphones.
Kaum Software verfügbar, kaum Softwareumgebung.
Nicht wesentlich leistungsfähiger als ein ARM9.

-> zur Zeit keine Konkurrenz.
Längerfristig im kleinerem SOI-Prozeß vielleicht.
Aber ARM schläft ja nicht.

Grüße
AMDlong

[R-BgO]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 40.022.547 von AMDlong am 20.08.10 18:49:57

Dank Dir!

[R-BgO]

http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/ARM-knackt-die-4-GByt…

[R-BgO]

MIPS Technology Challenges ARM's Cell Phone Chip Design Monopoly
1 comment | by: Barry Bazzell September 15, 2010 | about: ARMH / MIPS


MIPS Technologies' (MIPS) stock has skyrocketed recently as it lays the groundwork to challenge ARM (ARMH), the dominant player in cell phone chip design. Savvy investors see the small Silicon Valley company as an emerging threat to ARM, the Cambridge, England firm that licenses the processor designs used in nearly all the leading mobile phones.

MIPS is the top maker of semiconductor designs that are used in routers and home entertainment electronics such as televisions, Blu-Ray players, set-top boxes and DVRs. Cisco (CSCO) routers, Sony (SNE) TVs and Motorola (MOT) set-top boxes all use MIPS processors. Broadcom (BRCM) is MIPS largest customer. NetLogic Microsystems (NETL) and Cavium Networks (CAVM), the leading makers of fast growing multicore networking chips, are also key customers.
But MIPS has its eyes on a much bigger prize. The first smart phones with MIPS processors are scheduled to hit the market in early 2011. The popularity of Google's Android mobile phone operating system made it possible for MIPS to enter the cell phone market.

"Android represents an opportunity that comes around once in a generation," says CEO Sandeep Vij. "We're going to take advantage of it." Vij points out that "with Android, we can bring all of MIPS' architectural advantages to handsets. There was previously a barrier to entry for MIPS in mobile handsets because the operating system was tied to the processor. With Android, that barrier has been removed because applications can run on an Android system regardless of the processor architecture." Vij also notes that Nokia's popular Symbian cell phone operating system never ported to MIPS.

Another major reason why the timing is right for MIPS, says Vij, is the "growth of 4G (fourth generation) cell phones. The 4G processors have more Wi-Fi wireless than 3G processors. MIPS is the number one provider of wireless chip designs for Wi-Fi routers and other devices.

"By using a MIPS processor, we enable cell phone makers to have more processing power in the cell phone chips," says Vij. "MIPS has 32-bit and 64-bit processors. ARM does not have 64-bit. MIPS has single and multithreaded designs. ARM does not have multithreaded," he points out.

A research team at the University of California, San Diego is developing a cell phone chip that dramatically improves power conservation. The prototype chip is called GreenDroid and uses a MIPS processor and the Android operating system.

Vij, 44, recently took over the helm at MIPS. Before taking over at MIPS, Vij was an executive at Cavium.

Vij studied as a graduate student at Stanford University under John Hennessy. Hennessy, who is now the president of Standord, co-founded MIPS Computer Systems, which later became MIPS Technologies.

[R-BgO]

http://www.channelpartner.de/channelcenter/mobilecomputing/2…

[R-BgO]

Grins...

http://www.elektroniknet.de/bauelemente/news/article/29650/

Intel muss neue ARM-Lizenzen erwerben

Es klingt schon fast paradox: Nach der Übernahme von Infineons Wireless-Geschäft muss Intel von Konkurrent ARM neue Lizenzen erwerben, um weiterhin Basisband-Chips verkaufen zu können.

Bislang hatte Intel schon Lizenzen für den ARM11MPCore sowie ARM946 erworben. Dies hilft allerdings nicht, wenn es um die von Infineon erworbenen Basisband-Chips geht.

Diese nutzen nämlich ARM926EJ-S-, ARM7TDMI-S- und ARM1176-Prozessor-IP, für die zwar Infineon, aber nicht Intel eine Lizenz besitzt. Diese Lizenzen gehen mit dem Kauf des Wireless-Geschäftes von Infineon durch Intel nicht in den Besitz von Intel über und müssen daher neu verhandelt werden.

Ob Intel bereits an ARM herangetreten ist und welche IP genau erworben werden soll, wollte ARM nicht verraten.

Konkret geht es um folgende Infineon-Chips: Der XMM-Dual-Core arbeitet mit einem mit 200 MHz getakteten ARM926EJ-S-Applikationsprozessor, dazu für die EDGE-Kommunikation noch - neben einem mit 150 MHz getakteten DSP16000 - ein mit 100 MHz getakteten ARM7TDMI-S-Prozessor. Bei den HSPA-Chips wie dem X-Gold 618 kommt ein mit 416 MHz getakteter ARM 1176-Protzessor zum Einsatz.

[mannheimer1]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 40.222.885 von R-BgO am 28.09.10 12:43:32

wo seht ihr die kursziele auf 1-2 jahre und wo verbergen sich die risiken in diesem Geschäft sagt aber nicht es gibt keine wie Focus money

ich bin auch in dialog investiert

[R-BgO]

By Eric Savitz

Has the rally in ARM Holdings (ARMH) shares gotten, well, out of hand?

The Wall Street Journal’s Heard on The Street column takes a look at the stock, and concludes that “the irrationally exuberant seem smittent” by smart phone chips. Reporter Rolfe Winkler notes that the chip IP licensing company is up 125% this year, getting an extra boost last week after Oracle (ORCL) CEO Larry Ellison said he might buy a chip company.

But Winkler notes that the stock already trades at 44x next year’s earnings, and contends that ARM isn’t an obvious takeover candidate. “If Oracle wants processors for its servers, for instance, it probably needs high performance, not low power,” he writes, adding that other rumored acquirers, like Apple (AAPL), “risk eliminating ARM’s neutrality and driving away customers.” Not least, he notes that insiders have been selling: the CFO in August sold 41% of his shares, while the CEO sold 14% of his holdings, and the general manager of the processor division unloaded 33% of his stake.

[R-BgO]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 40.238.264 von mannheimer1 am 30.09.10 10:57:27

Hauptsächlich Bewertung;

evtl. für Mobile-Anwendungen auch noch MIPS, aber mit einem long-shot


Das perverse ist, dass ich mit Zukäufen, bei denen ich jedesmal dachte "zu teuer" insgesamt bei +84% liege...

Es juckt mich (siehe Vorposting) aber ich werde wahrscheinlich halten.

[R-BgO]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/02/dell_dcs_arm_risc_se…

[R-BgO]

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/can-arm-really-t…

[PanicAttack]

Microsoft Is Said to Announce Version of Windows for ARM Chips at CES Show

Quelle: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-21/microsoft-is-said-t…


Naja, ist ja nicht ganz unwichtig...

[R-BgO]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 40.748.049 von PanicAttack am 22.12.10 03:26:00

Stimmt!

[PanicAttack]

ARM, NDS team on OTT delivery
Peter Clarke
1/5/2011 6:19 AM EST

LONDON – Digital rights management and conditional access software company NDS Ltd. has announced that it has entered into a partnership with processor IP licensor ARM Holding plc to enable the delivery of content and services to internet-connected TVs using NDS' Infinite TV.

The Infinite TV suite enables delivery and optimization of so-called over-the-top (OTT) content. The details of the ARM-NDS partnership were not disclosed. OTT is typically used to refer to programming delivered over the internet to a set-top-box that is used for the broadcast decoding such as terrestrial or satellite.

"Building on ARM's momentum in the home entertainment market, we believe that a platform based around a dual ARM Cortex-A9 processor and ARM Mali-400 MP GPU will provide connected TV manufacturers with the very best in performance and outstanding graphics capability. We look forward to working with NDS to drive OTT opportunities in this space," said Lance Howarth, senior vice president and general manager of the media processing division at ARM, in a statement issued by NDS.

Jonathan Beavon, director of segment marketing at NDS, said: "Infinite TV provides an end-to-end delivery mechanism for OTT services on connected devices. With a thin-client approach, the possibilities for manufacturers are taken to a new level; easy integration and a sophisticated architecture will ensure an optimal service with a short time to market."

Quelle: http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4211892/ARM--NDS-tea…


Ein bisschen Leben in diesem Thread, kann ja nicht schaden.

[PanicAttack]

Einen habe ich noch:

Challenging Intel, Nvidia Announces Supercomputer Processor

Jan. 5 2011 - 4:49 pm
By BRIAN CAULFIELD

Graphics specialist Nvidia said Wednesday it is building a supercomputer processor based on the same ARM design used in smart phones.

The announcement comes as both Intel and AMD announced new versions of their computer processors incorporating powerful graphics processing capabilities.

Those processors, however, rely on the x86 design shared by most of the world’s desktop computers and servers, rather than the ARM design used by most smart phones.

Nvidia’s announcement came just hours before Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer takes the stage at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas, and Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang hinted at more news to come Wednesday.

Microsoft is reportedly readying a new version of its Windows desktop and server software that will run on ARM processors.

Code-named Project Denver Nvidia’s effort will put a CPU running the ARM instruction set on the same chip as an Nvidia graphics processing unit.

“The energy around the ARM architecture is absolutely enormous,” Huang said, setting up a shot at Intel. It’s clear that ARM is “the new standard,” he added.

Nvidia and South Korea’s LG also announced a handset running Nvidia’s Tegra 2 smart phone processor. The phone boasts support for Adobe’s Flash multimedia software and 1080p high-definition video.

Quelle: http://blogs.forbes.com/briancaulfield/2011/01/05/challengin…

oder in Deutsch: http://www.computerbase.de/news/hardware/prozessoren/2011/ja…

[PanicAttack]

Nun ist es raus:

Microsoft Announces Support of System on a Chip Architectures From Intel, AMD, and ARM for Next Version of Windows

News Press Release
Microsoft Announces Support of System on a Chip Architectures From Intel, AMD, and ARM for Next Version of Windows
January 5, 2011

LAS VEGAS — Jan. 5, 2011 — Microsoft Corp. today announced at 2011 International CES that the next version of Windows will support System on a Chip (SoC) architectures, including ARM-based systems from partners NVIDIA Corp., Qualcomm Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc. On the x86 architecture, Intel Corporation and AMD continue their work on low-power SoC designs that fully support Windows, including support for native x86 applications. SoC architectures will fuel significant innovation across the hardware spectrum when coupled with the depth and breadth of the Windows platform.

At today’s announcement, Microsoft demonstrated the next version of Windows running on new SoC platforms from Intel running on x86 architecture and from NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments on ARM architecture. The technology demonstration included Windows client support across a range of scenarios, such as hardware-accelerated graphics and media playback, hardware-accelerated Web browsing with the latest Microsoft Internet Explorer, USB device support, printing and other features customers have come to expect from their computing experience. Microsoft Office running natively on ARM also was shown as a demonstration of the full depth and breadth of Windows platform capabilities on ARM architecture.

Windows will continue its industry-leading support across the widest possible set of devices, delivering the breadth and choice that customers demand. Intel and AMD continue to evolve and improve the x86 platforms, including new low-power systems, and advance new designs such as the recently announced 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ processor family and AMD’s Fusion accelerated processing units (APUs). NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments are joining Microsoft to provide ARM-based designs for the first time.

“With today’s announcement, we’re showing the flexibility and resiliency of Windows through the power of software and a commitment to world-class engineering. We continue to evolve Windows to deliver the functionality customers demand across the widest variety of hardware platforms and form factors,” said Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows and Windows Live Division at Microsoft.

SoC architectures consolidate the major components of a computing device onto a single package of silicon. This consolidation enables smaller, thinner devices while reducing the amount of power required for the device, increasing battery life and making possible always-on and always-connected functionality. With support of SoC in the next version of the Windows client, Microsoft is enabling industry partners to design and deliver the widest range of hardware ever.

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

Silicon Partner Quotes

AMD

“We are entering a new era of computing where HD content and 3-D user interfaces are commonplace, from high-end gaming and content creation to video playback and Web browsing. Together, AMD and Microsoft enable these vivid and engaging PC experiences on x86-based devices, ranging from high-resolution, multidisplay desktops to ultrathin notebooks, netbooks and tablets, and we look forward to a new wave of innovation made possible by Windows and AMD Fusion APUs. Windows and AMD Fusion APUs bring to life outstanding Internet experiences, smooth video playback of HD and 3-D content, and acceleration of popular productivity applications.”

Manju Hegde
Corporate Vice President, Fusion Experience Program
AMD (NYSE: AMD)

ARM Holdings plc

“We are excited by today’s announcement, which marks a significant milestone for ARM and the ARM Partnership, and we look forward to working with Microsoft on the next generation of Windows. Windows combined with the scalability of the low-power ARM architecture, the market expertise of ARM silicon partners and the extensive SoC talent within the broad ARM ecosystem will enable innovative platforms to realize the future of computing, ultimately creating new market opportunities and delivering compelling products to consumers.”

Warren East
CEO
ARM

Intel Corporation

“Even conservative predictions show billions of devices coming online in the next few years. One need only look at the creation and rapid growth of the netbook category to grasp what an Intel and Microsoft combination can deliver. While still in the future, what is so exciting is how our two companies will be able to match a tailored, low-powered Windows operating system with future generations of our popular Intel® Atom™ processors to deliver unique, PC-like experiences that offer the best battery life, performance and security around.”

Douglas L. Davis
Vice President, General Manager, Netbook and Tablet Group
Intel

NVIDIA Corp.

“Windows on ARM represents a seismic shift for the computing industry. ARM is already the largest and fastest-growing CPU architecture in the world, and today’s major news of Windows will only accelerate its adoption. We look forward to working with Microsoft to create amazing new computing devices with Windows.”

Jen-Hsun Huang
President and Chief Executive Officer
NVIDIA

Qualcomm Inc.

“Today signals a significant step forward for the future of computing. We at Qualcomm are excited about continuing our relationship with Microsoft to extend the reach of Windows to more Snapdragon-powered devices, offering high-performance mobile solutions with always-on connectivity.”

Rob Chandhok
President, Qualcomm Internet Services
President, Qualcomm Innovation Center Inc.

Texas Instruments (TI)

“Texas Instruments (TI) is pleased to collaborate with Microsoft to make Windows on mobile devices a reality. TI has long believed that low power is the fundamental of fundamentals when it comes to mobility, and we look forward to taking our popular OMAP™ platform, with the ideal balance of high performance and low power, into exciting new mobile computing devices.”

Remi El-Ouazzane
Vice President and General Manager, OMAP Platform Business Unit
TI

For more information, press only:

Rapid Response Team, Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, [phone], [e-mail]

Note to editors: For more information, news and perspectives from Microsoft, please visit the Microsoft News Center at http://www.microsoft.com/news. Web links, telephone numbers and titles were correct at time of publication, but may have changed. For additional assistance, journalists and analysts may contact Microsoft’s Rapid Response Team or other appropriate contacts listed at http://www.microsoft.com/news/contactpr.mspx.

Quelle: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2011/jan11/01-05SOC…

[kamig01]

wie seht ihr bei dem aktuellen Kursniveau noch potenzial oder wo seht ihr das kursziel in 1-2 jahren ?

Gruss

[PanicAttack]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 40.809.148 von kamig01 am 06.01.11 11:11:42

Ich finde seriöse Kursziele sollte man bei diesem Niveau nicht nennen.
Die Aktie ist nun mal teuer.

Es gibt aber auch viel Phantasie.

- bessere, schnellere Smartphones
- Tablets, aller Art (siehe CES 2011)
- hybrid TV + andere Consumer Elektronik
- Google TV (zur Zeit Intel / Atom)
- Microsoft TV ?
- erobern des Servermarktes
- Alternative zum x86

Gerade die letzten beiden Punkte sind grosse Maerkte. Die dauern aber auch noch Jahre.
Windows 8 ist noch nicht am Markt und es dauert auch noch. Die Eroberung des Servermarktes soll laut Vorstand bis zu 4 Jahre dauern.
Man sieht aber an NVidia und anderen Experimenten, das es vielleicht auch schneller gehen kann.

Kurzfristig ist halt alles möglich und jeder sollte sich seine Ziele selber stecken.

[PanicAttack]

Windows supported Platforms

- Intel Atom
- ARM Qualcomm Snapdragon
- ARM Texas Instruments OMAP
- ARM Nvidia Tegra-2

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[R-BgO]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-07/arm-may-receive-mic…

[PanicAttack]

Hallo,

So wie es aussieht bekommt die neue Playstaion Phone (Smartphone) einen 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon. Die Playstation portable hat eine MIPS R4000.


Sony Ericssons Playstation-Smartphone in China getestet: Android 2.3 und Supergrafik?
Am: 08. Januar 2011 um: 07:44 von: Benedikt Niederschmid

Schon bald werden sich Gaming-Freunde wohl über ein neues Lieblingsspielzeug freuen können: Ein Test des zuletzt als Xperia Play angekündigte Playstation-Smartphones von Sony Ericsson ist auf der chinesischen Webseite IT168 aufgetaucht. Die Kollegen von Engadget hatten glücklicherweise ihr Mandarin-Wörterbuch griffbereit und geben einen ersten Überblick über die technischen Features des Geräts.

Als Prozessor dürfte ein 1 Ghz Snapdragon-Prozessor verbaut sein, flankiert von einem Qualcomm Adreno 205-Grafikchip. Verschiedene Benchmark-Tests attestieren der Grafik-Performance des Smartphones höchste Qualität. Gespielt wird auf einem 4 Zoll LCD-Display (854×480 Pixel), dazu gesellen sich 512 MB Arbeitsspeicher und 512 MB interner Speicher. Vermutlich läuft das Phone mit Android 2.3 (Gingerbread).

Gesteuert wird das Spielgeschehen über einen PS-Typischen Controller, der bei dem Slider statt einer QWERTZ-Tastatur verbaut wurde. Einige neue Fotos des Smartphones waren bereits vor wenigen Tagen durchgesickert.

Unklar bleibt, wann das Playstation-Xperia offiziell gemacht wird. Erste Meldungen zu dem Gerät gab es schließlich bereits im August. Das Xperia Play als das „Chinese Democracy“ der Tech-Welt? Noch besteht Hoffnung: Angeblich plant Sony Ericsson die Präsentation im Vorfeld des Mobile World Congress im Februar.

Quelle: http://www.androidapptests.com/sony-ericssons-playstation-sm…

[ernestof]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 40.826.818 von PanicAttack am 08.01.11 22:47:17

Microsoft lockert seine Allianz mit Intel/ Britische Arm Holdings sieht sich im Vorteil
http://www.faz.net/IN/INtemplates/faznet/default.asp?tpl=com…
FAZ v. 8.01.2011/Wirtschaft/Unternehmen S.14 sowie Kommentar :
http://www.faz.net/IN/INtemplates/faznet/default.asp?tpl=com…
und
http://www.faz.net/s/RubD16E1F55D21144C4AE3F9DDF52B6E1D9/Doc…
Das sollte doch der Aktie Arm Holdings auf die Sprünge helfen !

[dieterB]

Nvidia bindet sich eng an ARM.

http://www.ftd.de/it-medien/it-telekommunikation/:interview-…

[R-BgO]

ARM-Microsoft: Big Headlines, Smaller Cash Flows

Brian Colello, CPA, 10/01/11 10:01

While the ARM-Microsoft deal makes for juicy headlines, we don't see the deal as a shocking game-changer for ARM


We are maintaining our fair value estimate for ARM Holdings (ARM) after the announcement that Microsoft's next version of Windows will be developed for ARM-based chips. While the deal certainly makes for juicy headlines, since it strays from Microsoft's long, well-publicised partnership with Intel x86 chip architecture over the years in the PC space, we don't see the deal as a shocking game-changer for ARM.

ARM is already poised to benefit from the tablet market via Apple's iPad and a variety of Google Android-based devices. We think Microsoft's deal with ARM will help Microsoft better compete with these two platforms, but ARM will continue to be agnostic if any of these three platforms win. ARM stands to benefit from the deal only if Windows-based tablets help to grow the tablet market at an even faster pace than the exponential growth already expected from these devices. A poll by NPD indicates that most early adopters of tablets have bought these products as additional devices, either in lieu of eReaders or as a third device in the home in addition to PCs and smartphones. Looking ahead, however, we do expect tablets to cannibalise x86-based PCs at an accelerating pace. However, Intel continues to work on lower power chips, and we believe Intel has the size, scale and wherewithal to succeed in these designs down the road. It is certainly possible that any incremental revenue from ARM-based tablets could be offset by ARM losing a portion of its mobile market share to Intel in the coming years.

Finally, ARM's IP is the backbone of low-power chip architectures, but the company's licensees, such as Qualcomm and Nvidia , don't gain much differentiation from ARM's library as they compete against one another. In turn, ARM's pricing power is limited, which is the main reason why we consider ARM to have a narrow, rather than wide, economic moat. We'd also like investors to bear in mind that the company earns royalties as a percentage of the price of each ARM-based chip sold, and although these tablet processors will be sold at higher prices than most other ARM-based chips, ARM's revenue growth from tablets will still likely hinge on higher semiconductor unit sales. Since annual unit sales for tablets (which may reach hundreds of millions down the line) will pale in comparison to handsets (estimated 1.3 billion units sold in 2010), we don't believe that tablets will be ARM's core market any time soon. In short, the recent deal with Microsoft will make for nice headlines and publicity for ARM in the years ahead, but we don't think it will lead to stellar profitability beyond our already-optimistic valuation assumptions for the company.

Brian Colello, CPA is an equity analyst with Morningstar.

[PanicAttack]

Guten Morgan Stanley,

Morgan Stanley hebt Ziel für ARM Holdings von 530 auf 600 Pence

Morgan Stanley hat das Kursziel für ARM Holdings von 530 auf 600 Pence angehoben und die Einstufung auf "Overweight" belassen. Analyst Francois Meunier hob die Aktien des Chipdesigners in einer Studie vom Mittwoch auf die "Best Ideas List" der US-Investmentbank. Die Entscheidung von Microsoft, die Technologie der Briten bei Windows 8 und Office einzubeziehen, sollte die Tür für weitere Zugewinne von Marktanteilen bei Computern öffnen.

AFA0145 2011-01-12/15:40

Quelle: http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2011-01/19057469…

[R-BgO]

habe mal ein Drittel gegeben;

bei der Gelegenheit festgestellt, dass ich zu 3 Preisen gekauft habe: 1,29; 1,45 und 2,90

Leider, leider erst beim letzten Mal eine nennenswerte Stückzahl.

Glaube unverändert an die Story, aber mir war die Bewertung schon bei 1,29 hoch...

Werde bei Dips wieder bereitstehen..

[PanicAttack]

IBM and ARM to Collaborate on Advanced Semiconductor Technology for Mobile Electronics

Agreement established to provide comprehensive design platform down to 14nm targeting low-power, high-performance for advanced consumer electronics

Press Release Source: ARM On Monday January 17, 2011, 3:51 pm EST

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ARM® [(LSE:ARM.l - News); (Nasdaq:ARMH - News)] and IBM (NYSE:IBM - News) today announced an agreement between the two companies to extend their collaboration on advanced semiconductor technologies to enable the rapid development of next generation mobile products optimized for performance and power efficiency. The resulting technology will provide a suite of optimized physical and processor IP by ARM tuned to IBM’s advanced manufacturing process down to 14nm; providing streamlined development and earlier introduction of advanced consumer electronics into the marketplace.

As the consumers’ requirements increase for high-end features on mobile devices including; extended battery life, uninterrupted internet access, high end multimedia and secure transactions, the chip design becomes increasingly more challenging. Designers must consider nanometer -scale effects in terms of lithography, variability, and so on while simultaneously meeting performance, power and area (PPA) targets across hundreds of millions of transistors. This increased complexity potentially results in additional in-house design time.

Through this agreement ARM and IBM will collaboratively develop design platforms aligning the manufacturing process, microprocessor and physical IP design teams. This collaboration will minimize the risk and barriers to migrating to smaller geometries while enabling optimized density, performance, power and yield in advanced SoC designs; accelerating the introduction of advanced electronics into the marketplace.

“The ARM Cortex processor family has become the leadership platform for the majority of smart phones and many other emerging mobile devices,” said Michael Cadigan, general manager, IBM Microelectronics. “We plan to continue working closely with ARM and our foundry customers to speed the momentum of ARM technology by delivering highly advanced, low-power semiconductor technology for a variety of new communications and computing devices.”

“IBM has a proven track record of delivering the core research and development that is relied upon by major semiconductor vendors worldwide for their advanced semiconductor devices. Their leadership of the ISDA alliance, which features a diverse set of top-tier companies as members, is growing in importance as consolidation trends in the semiconductor manufacturing industry continue,” said Simon Segars, EVP and general manager, ARM physical IP division. “This agreement will ensure we are able to deliver highly tuned ARM Artisan Physical IP solutions on advanced ISDA process technologies to meet the early time-to-market our customers demand.”

Past collaboration with IBM and ARM on advanced geometries has been underway since 2008, resulting in the implementation of extensive process and physical IP refinements to improve SoC density, routability, manufacturability, power consumption, and performance. Moreover, through the previous collaboration on the 32nm and 28nm nodes, ARM has already delivered 11 test chips that provide concrete research structures and early silicon validation. In addition, ARM has developed specific optimizations targeting ARM processor cores including most recently a complete ARM Cortex-A9 processor core implemented on 32nm High-K Metal Gate technology.

Today’s agreement reinforces the aligned co-development of semiconductor process, foundation Physical IP building blocks, and microprocessor core optimization necessary to achieve market-leading system-on-chip (SoC) solutions. Furthermore, it extends access for ARM to continue this systematic test chip roadmap and assure early time-to-market readiness of the necessary platform of physical and processor IP solutions for nodes ranging from 20nm through 14nm.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/IBM-and-ARM-to-Collaborate-on-…

[R-BgO]

http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2011/01/18/arm-gold…

[R-BgO]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 40.877.313 von PanicAttack am 17.01.11 23:00:22

This Is the Key to ARM's Future
By Anders Bylund (TMF Zahrim) | More Articles
January 19, 2011 | Comments (1)

Pay no attention to the big blue man behind the curtain.

You might be astonished at how ARM Holdings (Nasdaq: ARMH) has worked its chip architectures into every corner of the mobile world. From giants Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) and Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM), to smaller players NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) and Marvell Technology Group (Nasdaq: MRVL), ARM's licensees are sprinting toward collective dominance of mobile computing. Now they're casting bedroom eyes at the data-center space, too -- low power and high performance is a killer combination for corporate IT as well.

But ARM didn't do it alone. Not only does the company have the aforementioned army of license holders and manufacturing partners, but IBM (NYSE: IBM) also plays a big role in how the technology develops.

Big Blue and ARM just renewed their shared commitment to processor technologies several generations into the future. Under this agreement, ARM's processor blueprints will be tuned and optimized for manufacturing under IBM's umbrella of semiconductor process technologies, and vice versa.

The partnership started in 2008 and is already close to bearing fruit. More specifically, IBM's expertise accelerated the progress toward the 32-nanometer and 28-nanometer processes, which will be used to churn out the monster processors powering next year's tablets and smartphones at speeds up to 2.5 gigahertz. That's under the old IBM-ARM cooperation -- the new agreement takes processor traces to half the width at 14nm with all the concomitant efficiency and performance benefits.

Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) plays hardball in the processor tech space, but ARM should be able to keep up thanks to support from its very capable friends in Armonk. Add ARM Holdings to your Foolish watchlist to keep tabs of this arms race over the next few years.

[R-BgO]

http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2011/01/24/arm-tegr…

[suffkopf]

diese aktie ist ja in der performance nicht zu toppen...aber recht teuer vom heutigen standpunkt da man aber immer in die zukunft schauen sollte ist die bewertung ok...werde wohl mal einsteigen ...

[PanicAttack]

Q&A: ARM President Talks Windows, Mobile Growth, And Competing With Intel

http://www.crn.com/news/components-peripherals/229100356/q-a…

[PanicAttack]

CSR signs A5, A9 multicore deals with ARM

CSR signs A5, A9 multicore deals with ARM
Peter Clarke
1/26/2011 5:26 AM EST

LONDON – Wireless and audio chip vendor CSR plc has signed a deal with ARM Holdings plc under which it has licensed both the Cortex-A5 and the high-end Cortex-A9 cores in multiprocessing form. CSR says it wants to use the cores in automotive navigation and location-aware consumer equipment, especially in Brazil, Russia, India and China.

CSR (Cambridge, England) is best known as a vendor of Bluetooth chips but its technology portfolio includes Bluetooth, GPS, FM, Wi-Fi (IEEE802.11), UWB, NFC and the company is already an ARM licensee.

The Cortex-A5 and Cortex-A9 processors can contain up to four independently configured coherent cores, carrying out multiple tasks. However, that complexity is hidden from the programmer and the processors can be programmed like a single-core processor by utilizing one of the many SMP-aware operating systems.

The Cortex-A series processors feature power management features including adaptive gating, dynamic voltage and frequency scaling and the ability for each core to go independently into standby, dormant or power-off energy management state. The A5 and A9 are mutually compatible so applications can run on either and have access to third-party products and services including Android, Adobe Flash, Java, Linux, Microsoft Windows Embedded and Symbian.

"This licensing agreement expands our existing ARM processor portfolio, and is a clear demonstration of our commitment to enhance consumer experience with our platforms by investing in leading edge IP," said Kanwar Chadha, chief marketing officer of CSR, in a statement.

"Combining our state of the art location and connectivity expertise with two software-compatible processors, based on the standard ARM architecture will enable us to reduce our development costs while delivering leading edge products to market in a timely manner," added Babak Bastani, vice president of global chip design for CSR, in the same statement.

http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4212531/CSR-signs-mu…

[PanicAttack]

Sony's next-gen PSP (NGP) has a quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor

Sony's next-gen PSP (NGP) has a quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, quad-core GPU as well
By Vlad Savov posted Jan 27th 2011 2:48AM

You know that crazy next-gen PSP (NGP) with multiple touchpads, dual analog sticks, and quadrupled resolution that Sony just trotted out? Yeah, it's got a quad-core Cortex-A9 and a quad-core Imagination Technologies PowerVR SGX543MP4+ GPU doing the grunt work within. We've never seen a handheld this powerful. Then again, considering the darn thing won't be launching until this holiday season, maybe quad-core parts will be the least Sony will need in order to match up to the "super phones" coming up this year. We're just wondering how long any of these souped-up portables will last on a charge. Full spec sheet after the break.

Quelle: http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/27/sonys-ngp-psp2-has-a-quad…

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Apple vervierfacht Prozessorbestellung bei Samsung

30.01.2011 11:12

Bericht: Apple vervierfacht Prozessorbestellung bei Samsung


Angeblich will Apple in diesem Jahr viermal so viele mobile Prozessoren bei Samsung kaufen wie 2010. Dies berichtet The Korean Times unter Berufung auf mehrere Quellen. Demnach soll Samsung statt der letztjährigen Liefermenge von 5000 "Sheets" Apple dieses Jahr mit 20000 Sheets versorgen. Es ist unklar, wieviele Mobilprozessoren auf ein Sheet passen, zumal die Zahl auch von der Ausfallrate abhängt. Auf einem Sheet befinden sich immer auch defekte Chips.

Sollte der Bericht stimmen, würde Samsung etwa die Hälfte seiner Mobil-CPU-Produktion an Apple liefern. Das wären mehr Prozessoren als der koreanische Hersteller für seine eigenen Mobilprodukte, namentlich das Smartphone Galaxy S und das 7-Zoll-Tablett Galaxy Tab, verwendet.

Solch ein Deal mit Apple könnte auch Auswirkungen auf andere Smartphone- und Tablett-Hersteller haben. Die hätten dann unter Umständen massive Probleme, die nötigen CPUs für ihre Produkte zu bekommen. Eigens um Apple zu versorgen, soll Samsung sogar im US-Bundesstaat Texas eine 3,6 Milliarden US-Dollar teure Chip-Fabrik bauen.

Apple ist dafür bekannt, langfristig zu planen und vorausschauend einzukaufen. Vor ein paar Jahren hat das Unternehmen, in Erwartung hoher Nachfrage, langfristige Lieferverträge über Flash-Speicher für seine iPods abgeschlossen und blieb so von steigenden Preisen weitgehend verschont.

Quelle: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Bericht-Apple-vervier…

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ARM Holdings steigert Umsatz und Gewinn

Dienstag, 1. Februar 2011, um 13:18

Cambridge (E2:J91U.SI - Nachrichten) (aktiencheck.de AG) - Der britische Halbleiterhersteller ARM Holdings plc (ISIN GB0000595859/ WKN 913698) konnte im vierten Quartal aufgrund der starken Nachfrage nach Prozessoren ein Umsatz- und Gewinnwachstum erzielen.

Wie der Konzern am Dienstag erklärte, erhöhte sich der Konzernumsatz von 85,2 Mio. Britischen Pfund (GBP) im Vorjahresquartal um 34 Prozent auf 113,9 Mio. GBP.

Ferner lag der Vorsteuergewinn bei 47,6 Mio. GBP, nach zuvor 32,3 Mio. GBP. Die operative Marge verbesserte sich dabei im Vorjahresvergleich von 37,3 auf 41,1 Prozent. Der Gewinn je Aktie kletterte von 1,79 auf 2,90 Pence.

Quelle: http://de.finance.yahoo.com/nachrichten/ARM-Holdings-steiger…

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 40.934.790 von suffkopf am 27.01.11 11:57:38

siehe #97

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LONDON (SHARECAST) - The chief executive and finance director of chip designer ARM have taken advantage of the strong share price to sell a large portion of their respective shareholdings.

The ARM share price has risen by 185% in the past year. In the past month it has increased by 24%. Strong demand for smartphones and tablet computers has pushed ARM’s revenues to new highs.

Revenues for the quarter to December 2010 jumped to £114m from £85m, giving a total for the year of £407m, which was well above forecasts. Underlying 2010 profits jumped by 73% to £167.4m.

Chief executive Warren East sold 290,000 shares at 574.69p each, raising £1.67m in total. He is left with 714,279 shares, although the vesting of shares under the Long Term Incentive Plan and the deferred annual bonus plan happens on 8 February so his holding will rise again.

Finance director Tim Score has sold more than two-thirds of his stake. He disposed of 197,250 shares at 581.5p each. That raised £1.15m. He still owns 86,053 shares.

Score is also likely to receive additional shares next week.

Executive director Mike Inglis sold his entire holding on Wednesday. That raised £1.13m. He raised £402,000 from a share sale in September.

East raised £1.38m and Score £1.39m from their disposals in September.

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ARM Holdings could penetrate PC marketplace say RBS

ARM Holdings could penetrate PC marketplace say RBS PDF Print E-mail
Written by Sam Coventry
Thursday, 10 February 2011 12:38
ARM in PCs potentially coming earlier than planned.


RBS (LON:RBS) have today advised that they remain buyers of ARM Holdings Plc (LON:ARM) in light of recent developments at HP.

Last night, HP announced it would use the Palm/WebOS in its PCs later this year. According to RBS this could help ARM penetrate the PC market as the WebOS is based on ARM CPUs.

Didier Scemama at RBS says:

"We believe this announcement is potentially significant for ARM as HP, the leading PC vendor, intends to use a different OS than MSFT’s Windows, in its PCs.

"Currently all HP’s PCs are based on x86 processors from INTC or AMD.

"While it is unclear which architecture (x86 or ARM) these webOS PCs will use, we believe.

"ARM would be a logical choice since all existing WebOS smartphones and tablets run on ARM CPUs.

"HP commented that its strategy going forward would be to link all devices (PCs, smartphones, tablets, printers, ...) so that they can communicate seamlessly. They see WebOS as the way to achieve this vision.

"We also note that the HP slide that supported the WebOS-based PC announcement showed not only a notebook PC but also a desktop PC, suggesting that HP has got big ambitions for WebOS."

RBS have a target price of 625 on ARM Holdings Plc.


Quelle: http://www.economy-news.co.uk/arm-holdings-plc-10201102.html

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Hier noch etwas, auf deutsch, zu diesem Thema.
Ich bin ja mal gespannt, ob webOS ARM basierend bleibt, oder ob es auf x86 portiert wird. So wie es zur Zeit aussieht, wird es am Anfang eine Softwarelösung für Windows 7 geben.
Mal sehen, vielleicht sehen wir nächstes Jahr den ersten ARM / webOS PC.

HP kündigt PC-Revolution an

http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/gadgets/0,1518,744684,00.html

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11. Februar 2011

»ARM Cortex« in SOI-Technologie aufgebaut

Niedrige Verlustleistung bei möglichst hoher Rechenleistung – das ist das Mantra moderner mobiler Konsumelektronik. Ein Industriekonsortium hat nun einen »ARM Cortex-M0« in einem besonderen Silicon-on-Insulator-Prozess aufgebaut, um die nächste Stufe in diesem Rennen zu erklimmen.


SOI Industry Consortium

So sieht eine SRAM-Zelle in der FD-SOI-Technologie (Fully-Depleted Silicon-on-Insulator) aus.
Das SOI-Industriekonsortium hat die Ergebnisse einer Prüfung und Charakterisierung der FD-SOI-Technologie (Fully-Depleted Silicon-on-Insulator) veröffentlicht. Es konnte gezeigt werden, dass dieser moderne CMOS-Siliziumprozess die steigenden Anforderungen an niedrige Verlustleistung bei hoher Rechenleistung bei mobiler Konsumelektronik adressieren kann. Als Demonstrator haben die Unternehmen ARM, Globalfoundries, IBM, STMicroelectronics, Soitec und CEA-Leti gemeinsam einen »ARM Cortex-M0«-Prozessor in dieser Prozesstechnik implementiert.

Eine besondere Herausforderung bei mobiler Konsumelektronik ist es, die Stabilität der SRAM-Bit-Zelle trotz sinkender Betriebsspannung weiter zu gewährleisten. Benchmark-Messungen an der FD-SOI-Technologie zeigten, dass sich damit SRAM-Betriebsspannungen bis hinunter zu 100 mV bis 150 mV realisieren lassen. Dadurch ließe sich die Leistungsaufnahme des Speichers um 40 Prozent reduzieren, ohne die Stabilität des SRAMs zu gefährden.

Ein weiterer Vorteil von FD-SOI ist, dass sich damit die Systemperformance deutlich schneller steigern lässt, als bei traditionellen Low-Power-Prozessen auf Siliziumwafern. Während dies bei Letzteren bei etwa 20 bis 30 Prozent liegt, wenn man von einem Prozessknoten zum nächsten geht, liegt die Verbesserung laut dieser Studie bei FD-SOI bei zusätzlich 80 Prozent. Das weckt Hoffnungen, dass sich Handheld-Produkte deutlich weniger Leistung verbrauchen werden, sodass sich neue Features deutlich einfacher implementieren lassen.

Auch produktionstechnisch soll die FD-SOI-Tecnologie einige Vorteile bieten: Es lassen sich einige Maskenlagen während des Transistor-Formierung einsparen. Dies vereinfacht und beschleunigt den Herstellungsprozess, was letztendlich auf die Kosten positiv beeinflusst. Auch bestehende Designwerkzeuge und Methoden lasen sich vollständig weiterverwenden.

Hersteller von SOI-Wafern haben bestätigt, dass die ultradünnen Wafer, die für FD-SOI nötig sind, alle Spezifikationen erfüllen, und man sei startklar für die Massenproduktion.

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 41.027.764 von R-BgO am 11.02.11 20:33:51

Interessant, in diesem Zusammenhang, ist auch folgendes:

02. November 2006
Vorstoß in die SOI-Technik: ARM kauft Soisic
Quelle: http://www.elektroniknet.de/bauelemente/news/article/2520/0/…

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10/8/2009 5:48 AM EDT
ARM reports 45-nm SOI test chip with 40% power-saving
Quelle: http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4085007/ARM-reports-…

Das scheint ja langsam marktreif zu sein.
Das gefällt mir auch:

February 10, 2011, 11:23 AM ET
Intel, which has focused on advancing what the industry sometimes calls bulk silicon rather than SOI, remains unconvinced.
Quelle: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/02/10/fans-of-new-chip-maki…

Naja, wer nicht will.

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ARM Processor Technology and ARM Partners Continue to Lead in Wireless Connectivity with the Transition to LTE and LTE-Advanced Markets

* ARM processors now used in 95% of LTE baseband designs world-wide
* Strong legacy in 2.5G and 3G, as well as success in LTE/4G market for ARM Partner Community is reflected in range of devices, news and speeches at Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona
* ARM Partner Community voices its opinions on succeeding with ARM in the LTE and LTE-Advanced markets, including Qualcomm, Renesas Mobile, Samsung, Xincomm, Marvell, Cognovo, ST-Ericsson, MediaTek and Broadcom


BARCELONA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ARM and a number of its Partner Community, which includes all the leading silicon vendors in wireless connectivity, today highlighted their ongoing activity in baseband modem designs and momentum in the LTE and LTE-Advanced markets. The group also welcomed the acceleration of LTE / 4G technologies that will provide consumers with improved mobile experience based on the ARM® architecture. Over the last 20 years ARM processors have proven to be almost ubiquitous in 2.5G and 3G handsets, with all current 3G baseband shipments incorporating the technology. ARM processors are now used in 95% of LTE baseband designs world-wide.

Weiter auf: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ARM-Processor-Technology-and-b…

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Zur MWC 2011 in Barcelona gibt es massiv News. Wenn man die alle hier einstellt, wuerde das zu viel des guten.
Aber interessante Highlight sollte man doch kennen lernen.

LG Optimus: world's first 3D tablet debuts at MWC

LG announced the latest contender for the title of iPad 2 killer at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today, in the shape of the 'world's first 3D tablet', the LG Optimus Pad.

The 8.9-inch widescreen tablet is one of the first to boast Android 3.0 'Gingerbread', the first version of Google's OS designed from the ground up for tablet computing.

Powered by a 1GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core processor, the LG sports a 1280x768 capacitive touchscreen display with an aspect ratio of 15:9. But the company's biggest boast for its new proddable computer is that it's the world's first to feature a 3D camera and screen.

Weiter auf: http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/2/14/lg-optimus-worlds-first-3d-…

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Broadcom and ARM Extend Relationship with Strategic Licensing Agreement

Press Release Source: ARM On Tuesday February 15, 2011, 5:00 am EST

IRVINE, Calif. & CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Broadcom and ARM today announced the signing of a broad reaching license agreement, enabling Broadcom to access the entire range of ARM processors, from the smallest, lowest-power ARM® CortexTM-M0 processor, through to the newly introduced, high-performance Cortex-A15 application processor and beyond.

As part of this long-term agreement, Broadcom has access to both current and future ARM processors to use across product lines. This includes the Cortex-A15 processor for use in high performance mobile and networking applications, the specialized security hardened SC000 processor core for security applications, and the newly announced Cortex-R5 and Cortex-R7 processors for high performance real-time applications.

“ARM’s wide portfolio of cores enhances Broadcom’s strategy of designing cost- optimized high performance solutions for a wide range of applications from Bluetooth headsets to high-end application processors for tablets,” said Scott McGregor, president and CEO of Broadcom. “Broadcom and ARM have already established a successful partnership in smartphones and other exciting mobile devices. Today’s agreement will help expand that success into many new and exciting high-growth opportunities.”

“The growing partnership with Broadcom brings new opportunities” said Warren East, CEO, ARM. “Broadcom’s strength across diverse markets and their expertise in highly integrated systems brings a breadth of knowledge to the ARM Partnership. Our expanded relationship shows the universal benefits that scalable, low-power ARM IP can bring to market leading solutions across a wide range of end devices and equipment.”

Quelle: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Broadcom-and-ARM-Extend-bw-389…

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Ist zwar schon älter, aber mir war es neu. Vielleicht interessiert es ja jemanden.

An dem Projekt arbeiten ARM, Nokia, IMEC, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne und University of Cyprus.


EuroCloud-Forschungsprojekt mit ARM-Prozessoren

EU-Mittel für die Entwicklung energiesparender Serverkonzepte

Erscheinungsdatum: 1 Juli 2010

Die Europäische Kommission wird ein gemeinsames Forschungsprojekt teilweise finanzieren, das die Anwendung von ARM-Prozessor-Architekturen in Rechenzentren untersucht, um eine Verringerung des Energieverbrauchs zu erzielen.

Das EuroCloud genannte Projekt wird gemeinsam von ARM, Nokia, IMEC, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) und der Universität von Zypern durchgeführt.

Das Projekt soll untersuchen, ob sich durch Daten-Server mit Low-Power-Prozessoren und 3D-Chip-Packaging eine signifikante Verbesserung der Kosten- und Energieeffizienz im Vergleich zu bisherigen Serverlösungen erreichen lässt.

Technologische Basis des Projekts ist die Verwendung von Cortex-A9-MPcore-Multicore-Prozessoren in Verbindung mit 3D-DRAM-Strukturen, um ausreichend leistungsfähige Knotenrechner mit deutlich verringertem Platz- und Energiebedarf zu realisieren.

Die an diesem Programm beteiligten Unternehmen und Forschungseinrichtungen glauben, dass sich eine kosten- und energieeffiziente Skalierung der System-Performance sich an den erwarteten Anforderungen künftiger Unternehmensrechenzentren orientieren muss und nicht an den bisherigen Serverlösungen für kommerzielle Anwendungen.

Nach Aussage von Krisztian Flautner, Vizepräsident der Forschungsabteilung bei ARM, erreichen die neuesten ARM-Prozessoren einen solchen Stand an Performance und Funktion, dass es sinnvoll ist, zu untersuchen, ob die ARM-Technologie geeignet ist, die geforderte massive Verringerung des Energieverbrauchs von Netzwerksystemen und Rechenzentren zu erzielen.

Quelle: http://www.elektor.de/elektronik-news/eurocloud-forschungspr…

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Zur Abwechselung, mal was anderes als Smartphone oder Tablets.

Aquiba wählt stromsparenden Mikrocontroller von Energy Micro für die nächste Generation seiner intelligenten Wasserzähler

Oslo, Norwegen, 17. Februar 2011 – Energy Micro gibt bekannt, dass Aquiba, ein Joint Venture zwischen Sentec und Takahata Precision, sich für Energy Micros stromsparenden Mikrocontroller EFM32 Gecko entschieden hat, der in Aquibas intelligenten Wasserzähler A200 integriert wird. Die EFM32G890F128 MCU wurde aufgrund ihrer Datenverarbeitungsleistung, Peripherie und äußerst geringen Stromaufnahme ausgewählt und steuert die genaue Durchfluss-messung des A200, die Messdatenerfassung, sichere Datenkommunikation und Firmware-Upgrades.

Der Aquiba A200 stellt eine komplette Plattform für intelligente Wasser-versorgungsnetzwerke dar und übertrifft mechanische Wasseruhren. Er enthält keine beweglichen Teile und bietet höchste Messgenauigkeit – selbst bei geringen Durchflussraten und über die gesamte Produktlebensdauer. Damit Wasserversorger für zukünftige Änderungen der Netzwerk-Infrastruktur gewappnet sind, bietet der A200 eine flexible Anpassungsmöglichkeit an zukünftige Zähleranforderungen.

Mark England, CEO bei Sentec, erklärte: „Bei der Entwicklung des A200 war seine Zukunftstauglichkeit ein entscheidender Faktor, genauso wie die Wahl des richtigen Mikrocontrollers. Wir wollten eine MCU, die uns 32-Bit-Daten-verarbeitung bietet, aber einen Stromverbrauch aufweist, der eine Batterie-lebensdauer von 15 Jahren garantiert. Außerdem wurde sichergestellt, dass unser Betriebssystem, die modulare Software und Over-the-Air Upgrades im Feld unterstützt werden. Energy Micros Lösung bietet uns alle erforderlichen Leistungsmerkmale. Der ARM Cortex-M3 Core stellt dabei eine etablierte, nicht proprietäre Architektur dar, die eine Entwicklung von Produkten der nächsten Generation vereinfacht.“

Geir Førre, CEO bei Energy Micro, fügte hinzu: „Aquibas Entscheidung, den EFM32 in den intelligenten Wasserzähler A200 zu integrieren, unterstreicht die Vorteile unserer stromsparenden 32-Bit-Datenverarbeitungslösung für das energiebewusste Metering-Umfeld. Der A200 zählt zur Spitzentechnologie, die sämtliche Funktionen des EFM32 nutzt und demonstriert, wie die Kombination aus modularer Software und flexibler MCU-Architektur die Markteinführung erheblich beschleunigen kann.“

Geir Førre, CEO bei Energy Micro, fügte hinzu: „Aquibas Entscheidung, den EFM32 in den intelligenten Wasserzähler A200 zu integrieren, unterstreicht die Vorteile unserer stromsparenden 32-Bit-Datenverarbeitungslösung für das energiebewusste Metering-Umfeld. Der A200 zählt zur Spitzentechnologie, die sämtliche Funktionen des EFM32 nutzt und demonstriert, wie die Kombination aus modularer Software und flexibler MCU-Architektur die Markteinführung erheblich beschleunigen kann.“

Benchmark-Tests unter realen Bedingungen zeigen, dass Energy Micros EFM32 Gecko MCU nur ein Viertel der Batterieenergie benötigt als dies bei anderen 8-, 16- und 32-Bit-MCUs der Fall ist. Auf der Basis des 32-Bit ARM® Cortex™-M3-Cores bietet die MCU eine äußerst geringe Aktiv- und Standby-Stromaufnahme, schnelle Datenverarbeitung und Wake-up-Zeiten sowie flexible Low-Power-Modi. Es steht eine Vielzahl energieeffizienter Peripherie bereit, die autonom arbeiten kann. Über das Advanced Energy Monitoring System und Simplicity Studio Toolset bietet der Baustein außerdem ein Energy-Debugging.

Quelle: http://www.energymicro.com/news-archive/aquiba-w-hlt-stromsp…

[Dadak]

Hallo zusammen
hat jemanden eine Erklärung für das Absacken ?
Trotz gute News........
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/arm-holdings-ceo-is-bullish…

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Zitat von Dadak: Hallo zusammen
hat jemanden eine Erklärung für das Absacken ?
Trotz gute News........
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/arm-holdings-ceo-is-bullish…

Ganz einfach: Das globale Marktumfeld

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Zitat von PanicAttack: Es gibt aber auch viel Phantasie.

- Google TV (zur Zeit Intel / Atom)

Neue Phantasie zu diesem Thema:

Samsung eyeing Google TV gear with ARM processors according to source

By Shane McGlaun on Fri Feb 25th, 2011

Google TV launched with lots of high hopes from Google, Logitech, and Sony the original partners for the service. All was good for a short while until all the major networks and Hulu promptly banned Google TV from their websites making the future of Google TV questionable in my mind. Sony is still committed to Google TV and now Bloomberg Businessweek reports that Samsung is mulling entry into the Google TV clan.

Interestingly the Samsung offerings are apparently going to use ARM-based processors other than the Intel Atom processors the other gear uses if/when it comes to market. That really makes sense considering that Samsung makes its own ARM chips. Businessweek reports that Samsung had previously considered Google TV and then pulled away when the use of Intel Atom processors was required.

Samsung has offered no official comment and Businessweek gets it information for an unnamed source close to the plans. Samsung reportedly came back to the idea of Google TV when Google removed the requirement to use Intel chips. An insider tipped that ARM-based Google TV devices were coming back in mid-January.

Quelle: http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-eyeing-google-tv-gear-with-…

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Fujitsu Semiconductor and ARM Sign Comprehensive License Agreement

Press Release Source: ARM On Monday February 28, 2011, 5:00 am EST

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom & YOKOHAMA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited and ARM today announced that they have signed a comprehensive license agreement for ARM IP products. Through this strategic agreement, Fujitsu Semiconductor will offer platforms featuring the latest ARM technology including the Cortex™-A15 processor, Mali™ graphics and CoreLink™ systems IP, in order to help accelerate its customers’ product development.

The two companies have been collaborating for more than a decade. More recently, Fujitsu Semiconductor launched sales of its FM3 family of general-purpose microcomputers equipped with the Cortex-M3 processor last November.

The agreement will enhance and deepen the companies’ partnership, and Fujitsu Semiconductor will provide its customers with cutting-edge ARM technology at an early stage as it develops new products in order to accelerate its customers’ product development.

The combination of compatible and scalable low-power processor IP, including the recently launched Cortex-A15 processor, graphics and fabric IP, will enable Fujitsu Semiconductor to continuously provide its customers with complete, full function SoC platforms featuring ARM technology, while significantly reducing time-to-market.

“Fujitsu Semiconductor is working to enhance its product appeal and boost its IP lineup,” said Corporate Senior Vice President Haruyoshi Yagi of Fujitsu Semiconductor. “One of the major ways in which we are doing this is with this comprehensive license agreement we have signed with ARM. This will allow our customers to select the ARM technology most suited for their application, and use a platform that combines it with other IP provided by us. These platforms will use our proven design and authentication technology, meaning we will be able to achieve high levels of quality and functionality, as well as a dramatic reduction in LSI development time.

“Fujitsu Semiconductor provides products that meet its customers’ needs in a timely manner over a wide range of applications. We are already moving ahead with the provision of IP to ASIC customers and the development of our ASSP, which are scheduled to be rolled out sequentially in the second half of 2011.

“In addition, we will share the Fujitsu Semiconductor product roadmap with ARM, and closely collaborate in the development of future ARM technologies, from the specification setting stage and up. As a strategic partner, we look forward to an even closer relationship with ARM.”

“In a constantly evolving marketplace, ARM is committed to empowering its Partners with the resources they need to not only remain competitive today, but to meet future technology challenges head-on,” said Tudor Brown, president, ARM. “The combination of ARM’s advanced processor, system and graphics technology and Fujitsu’s leadership in advanced SoC development forms a solid foundation for the development of pioneering semiconductor products.”

Quelle: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Fujitsu-Semiconductor-and-ARM-…

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ARM erlaubt Fujitsu den Zugriff auf Chip-Technologie

01.03.2011 | 13:43 von Ralf Müller

Die frisch vereinbarte Kooperation zwischen Fujitsu Semiconductor und ARM Holdings dürfte den Japanern helfen, demnächst schneller modernere Prozessoren zu entwickeln.

Fujitsu lizenziert insbesondere das ARM-Design der energiesparenden Cortex-A15-Architektur sowie Mali-Grafik- und die CoreLink-Microprocessing-Technologien. Auf dieser Basis plant Fujitsu frische Halbleiter zu designen, zu fertigen, zu verbauen und sogar auch an Dritte wie PC-Hersteller oder Smartphone-Bauer zu verkaufen.

Für die britische ARM ist die Kooperation mit dem japanischen Konzern eine Chance, gegenüber den großen Konkurrenten Intel und AMD etwas aufzuholen. »Fujitsu ist im Bereich der Halbleiter einer der aggressivsten Spieler im Markt«, zollt ARM-Marketing-Manager Roy Chen den Japanern seine Anerkennung. Seit über einem Jahrzehnt arbeiten die beiden Unternehmen ohnehin schon zusammen. Die erfolgreichen FM3-Mikrocontroller für den Automobilbau basieren etwa auf dem Cortex-M3-Prozessor.


Quelle: http://www.itespresso.de/2011/03/01/arm-erlaubt-fujitsu-den-…

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Progress on key growth drivers in Q2

• Growth in adoption of ARM® processor technology
o 29 processor licenses signed across a broad range of target markets
o 9 CortexTM-A series licenses signed, including a further 2 licenses for Cortex-A15 for use in server infrastructure, and mobile computing applications
o 12 Cortex-M series processor licenses signed as the momentum behind ARM processor-based microcontrollers continues

• Growth in mobile applications
o 1.1 billion ARM processor-based chips shipped into mobile phones and tablets

• Growth beyond mobile into consumer electronics and embedded products
o 0.8 billion ARM processor-based chips shipped into a broad range of consumer and embedded digital devices

• Growth in outsourcing of new technology
o Physical IP: 4 Processor Optimisation Pack licenses signed for Cortex-A series processors o MaliTM Graphics: 5 Mali licenses signed, including two next generation Mali graphic processors


Warren East, Chief Executive Officer, said:
“In the first half of 2011, we have seen strong license revenues driven by an increase in design activity around ARM technology across a broad range of end applications. Major semiconductor vendors and consumer electronics companies are making long-term commitments to using ARM technology in their future product developments, underpinning growth in ARM’s long-term royalty revenues.

As the addressable market for ARM technology grows, we continue to invest in the development of innovative technology, whilst simultaneously increasing revenues, profits and cash.”

Outlook
ARM enters the second half of 2011 with a healthy order backlog and a robust opportunity pipeline, which are expected to deliver strong performance in license revenues. Relevant data for the second quarter, being the shipment period for ARM’s Q3 royalties, points to a small sequential increase in industry-wide revenues. Q4 royalties are harder to predict as continuing macroeconomic uncertainties may impact consumer confidence.

Given ARM’s relative mix of license and royalty revenues, we expect overall Group dollar revenues in the second half of 2011 to be in line with current market expectations.

[iLuxxZero]

Was denkt Ihr, ist bei dem Kurs eine Konsolidierung angesagt, und damit Platz nach oben, oder ist hier die Zukunft schon mit eingepreist? Möchte investieren, bin aber etwas zu vorsichtig und würde gerne Eure Meinungen zu ARM Holdings erfahren. Gruß iLZ

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 42.882.346 von iLuxxZero am 10.03.12 16:49:36

gegenüber März haben sie jetzt konsolidiert

[R-BgO]

habe eben einen Teil der in Jan2011 verkauften Stücke minimal günstiger zurückgekauft

[R-BgO]

und jetzt in London veroptioniert; bessert meine "Divi" auf...

[stephanwiesbaden]

die Kursentwicklung und die letzten nachrichten bzgl Apple und Intel lassen den Schluss einer Übernahme durch apple zu.

nur meine meinung keine handlungs- oder kaufempfehlung

[R-BgO]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 43.790.294 von stephanwiesbaden am 06.11.12 10:54:35

oder: http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/gadgets/prozessoren-apple-sol…

[hinkelstone]

23.11.2012

Chip-Designer ARM will PC-Markt erobern

BERLIN (dpa-AFX) - Der britische Chip-Designer ARM setzt zum Sprung in den PC-Markt an und fordert damit frontal den langjährigen Marktführer Intel heraus. Allein im traditionellen PC-Markt werde sich ARM bis 2015 mehr als zehn Prozent Marktanteil sichern, zitiert das 'Wall Street Journal' ARM-Marketing-Manager Ian Drew. Bereits für das kommende Jahr visiere das Unternehmen sowohl bei traditionellen PCs als auch bei Tablets einen zweistelligen Zuwachs an.

'Windows RT ist einer unserer großen Strategien', sagte Drew der Zeitung. Microsoft hatte zum Start von Windows 8 erstmals eine Version des neuen Betriebssystem auf die Chiparchitektur von ARM aufgesetzt. Windows 8 RT, das etwa auf dem Surface-Tablet des Softwarekonzerns läuft, ist das erste PC-Betriebssystem von Microsoft überhaupt, das nicht für die x86er Prozessoren von Intel ausgelegt ist. ARM arbeite aber auch daran, seine Chips fit für Googles Chromebook zu machen, sagte Drew der Zeitung.


Derzeit arbeiten in rund neun von zehn Personal Computern Prozessoren des kalifornischen Herstellers Intel. Den Markt für Smartphones und Tablets dominieren dagegen Chips, die auf der Architektur der britischen Design-Schmiede aufsetzen und von Herstellern wie Qualcomm, Nvidia oder Samsung produziert werden. ARM-Prozessoren sind deutlich günstiger, aber auch lange nicht so leistungsfähig. Dafür verbrauchen sie viel weniger Strom, was bei kleinen, mobilen Geräten ein wichtiges Kriterium ist.



/gri/DP/enl
dpa-AFX

[hinkelstone]

06.03.2013

Berenberg hebt Ziel für ARM auf 1.150 Pence - 'Buy'

HAMBURG - Die Privatbank Berenberg hat das Kursziel für ARM von 1.000 auf 1.150 Pence angehoben und die Einstufung auf "Buy" belassen. Das Analystenteam um Adnaan Ahmad zeigte sich in einer Branchenstudie vom Mittwoch pessimistisch für die Aussichten der internationalen Halbleiter-Produzenten, Netzwerkausrüster und Smartphone-Hersteller. Ausnahme sei der britische Hersteller von Mobilfunkchips, der von einem steigenden Anteil der Lizenzerlöse sowie von sich verbreiternden Endmärkten profitieren dürfte. Deshalb sprachen die Experten für ARM als einzigen der 22 betreuten Sektorwerte eine Kaufempfehlung aus.


/edh/ag NNNN
dpa-AFX Analysen

[Teke]

Nix los in diesem Forum?

[R-BgO]

Digitimes Research: ARM server shipments to break 1 million units in 2017
Danny Kuo, DIGITIMES Research, Taipei [Monday 16 December 2013]


ARM-based server shipments worldwide are expected to reach 20,000 units in 2013, accounting for 0.2% of total server shipments and the volume is estimated to grow to 1.06 million by 2017 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 170%.

ARM-based servers started becoming available at the end of 2012 and as more vendors are promoting their related products in 2013, Digitimes Research expects ARM-based server shipments to gradually increase every year.

ARM has unveiled its objectives for the server business, including having ARM-based server shipments account for 5-10% of global volume by 2016 and 10-15% by 2017.

Digitimes Research believes that Windows Server operating system's support for the ARM architecture is the key factor deciding the growth of ARM-based server shipments.

Poorer than expected support could result in ARM-based server shipments only achieving a CAGR (2013-2017) of only 150%. However, stronger than expected support could result in a CAGR of 180%.

[R-BgO]

ruhig hier;



Digitimes Research: Qualcomm rethinks AP development strategy
Eric Lin, DIGITIMES Research, Taipei [Thursday 17 April 2014]


Qualcomm has received recognition from brand vendors for its mobile application processors (APs) based on its in-house developed architecture. However, its competitors have started to pick up their pace in releasing new products, and the CPU cores have become less important in SoC products. Amid such developments in the industry, Qualcomm has been forced to rethink its in-house AP development.

Qualcomm has been using its asynchronous Symmetrical Multi-Processing (aSMP) technology to build multi-core processors. With the technology, each core can function independently, providing reasonable performance and power consumption without the need for substantial integration of processor cores. It has helped Qualcomm products stay popular in the market.

However, ARM has also integrated a similar technology into its processor design and has been improving its structures rapidly. Qualcomm's in-house R&D is now hardly able to keep up with the pace. As a result, in addition to mid-range and entry-level product lines, Qualcomm has also decided to start adopting ARM's native structure design for its high-end products, Digitimes Research explains.

[Mustang66]

Die Zukunft sieht hier auch nicht schlecht aus nach dem die neue Prozessoren die Akkulaufzeit deutlich halten, kann die nächste Handy Generation damit auftrumpfen.
Womit sich das in der Kasse deutlich bemerkbar machen dürfte.

[R-BgO]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 43.344.368 von R-BgO am 02.07.12 18:26:57

das war keine gute Idee

wurde damals ausgeübt und habe jetzt ein paar Stücke -wesentlich teurer- zurückgekauft...

[R-BgO]

u-blox selects ARM mbed IoT Device Platform for IoT wireless connectivity applications

u-blox demonstrates ARM mbed connectivity with ODIN-W2 wireless module at ARM TechCon, Santa Clara, November 10 – 12

Thalwil, Switzerland – November 10, 2015 – u-blox (SIX:UBXN), a global leader in wireless and positioning modules and chips, today announced it has selected the ARM® mbed™ IoT Device Platform for customers creating host-less Internet of Things (IoT) wireless applications. By adopting the open ARM mbed environment and the u-blox ODIN-W2 module, designers can rapidly develop and deploy wireless IoT applications with ease.

Initially aimed at u-blox’s ODIN-W2 multiradio module, the availability of the ARM mbed development environment, tools and libraries, allows embedded developers access to the wireless module’s ARM Cortex®-M4 based microcontroller. This means that an extremely broad range of sensor and actuator-based IoT designs can be implemented on a single compact certified wireless module. Without the need for an external host, MCU designers can not only save significant bill of materials cost, development resources and specialist wireless design capabilities, but also keep the board footprint to an absolute minimum. In addition, the module’s open standard approach ensures ease of IoT connectivity, yet maintains type approval certification by restricting access to the communications stacks.

“It makes great business sense for u-blox to provide IoT developers access to the ARM processor powering its ODIN-W2 multiradio module,” said Coby Sella, vice president, products and technology, IoT business, ARM. “Having the ability to base a design on a pre-certified wireless module can accelerate the development process and have a significant impact on costs.”

The ODIN-W2 module is very compact, measuring just 14.8 x 22.3 mm, and is capable of multiple concurrent dual-band Wi-Fi and dual-mode Classic and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) connectivity. The module features the core Bluetooth and Wi-Fi stacks, and the Wi-Fi function can operate in either infrastructure (STA) or access point (AP) modes. Peripheral support for connecting sensors and other devices includes GPIO, an ADC and DAC together with SPI, I2C, UART and CAN. In addition to supporting multiple communication standards, the mbed development environment provides built-in security features such as secure boot, hardware-enforced secure domains and SSL/TLD capability.

During ARM TechCon, u-blox will be demonstrating the ODIN-W2 wireless module with mbed connected by GPIO to an Arduino board collecting various sensor data. The ARM mbed application running on ODIN-W2 transfers this data via Wi-Fi to the IBM Bluemix cloud-based analysis platform. There the data is made available for real time viewing, as well as more advanced analysis with developed server applications.

“By selecting the ARM mbed platform, our customers will gain access to a development platform providing a range of library and security features that are important to develop reliable IoT applications. With the ODIN-W2, developers are provided wireless connectivity using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy without having to develop or integrate the communication stacks themselves,” said Mats Andersson, Technical Director, Short Range products, u-blox.

[R-BgO]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 50.688.387 von R-BgO am 23.09.15 10:39:28

verdoppelt

[Popeye82]

Es war Baronin Patrizia von Porz im Bad mit dem Fön

[Popeye82]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 51.967.323 von Popeye82 am 12.03.16 21:56:21

eigentlich der Toaster

[R-BgO]

http://seekingalpha.com/article/3966962-arm-holdings-seizing…

[R-BgO]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 51.967.323 von Popeye82 am 12.03.16 21:56:21

alles klar bei Dir?

[R-BgO]

ARM announces 10nm test chip
Press release; Jessie Shen, DIGITIMES [Thursday 19 May 2016]


ARM has announced the first multicore, 64-bit ARMv8-A processor test chip based on TSMC's 10FinFET process technology. Simulation benchmarks show impressive power and efficiency gains relative to TSMC's 16FinFET+ process technology.

The successful validation of the test chip (tape out completed in fourth-quarter 2015) is an important milestone in ARM and TSMC's successful ongoing collaboration, ARM indicated. The fully validated complete design enablement solution includes IP, EDA tools, design flow and methodology to enable new customer tape-outs on TSMC's most advanced FinFET process. In addition, SoC designers can now use the foundation IP building blocks (standard cell libraries, embedded memories and standard I/Os) to develop their most competitive products, ARM said.

"Efficiency is a primary guiding principle in SoC design for premium mobile applications due to increasing demands on device performance," said Pete Hutton, executive VP and president of product groups, ARM. "TSMC's 16FFLL+ process and ARM Cortex processors have already set new standards for efficiency. Our collaboration with TSMC on 10FinFET ensures SoC-wide efficiency that will allow our silicon partners even greater room to innovate while staying within strict power budgets."

"Our partnership with ARM offers our ecosystem rapid advances in process and IP and accelerates customer product development cycles," said Cliff Hou, vice president, R&D, TSMC. "Together, we are defining processor technologies that continue to propel the mobile market. Our latest endeavor, enabling ARM processors on TSMC 10FinFET technology, is transformative for the end user experience across premium mobile and a diverse range of consumer electronic goods."

The latest test chip is the result of ARM and TSMC's long-standing commitment to advanced process technologies, building on the initial 10FinFET partnership announced in October 2014. Mutual ARM and TSMC silicon partners have also benefitted from early access to ARM Artisan physical IP and 16nm FinFET+ tape-outs of the ARM Cortex-A72 processor.

[R-BgO]

WOW!

sie wollen sich von SoftBank übernehmen lassen...

[R-BgO]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 52.855.078 von R-BgO am 18.07.16 11:30:30

SoftBank to acquire ARM
Michael McManus, DIGITIMES, Taipei [Monday 18 July 2016]


The boards of directors of SoftBank and ARM have announced that they have reached an agreement on the terms of a recommended all-cash acquisition of ARM for GBP24.3 billion (US$32.2 billion).

Japan-based SoftBank's GBP17 per share offer price gives ARM shareholders a 43% premium on Friday's closing share price and a 41.1% premium on the all-time high share price.

SoftBank has also provided assurances it will maintain the headquarters of England-based ARM in Cambridge, while doubling ARM's UK headcount in the next five years and increasing headcount outside the UK. SoftBank will also preserve ARM's existing senior management team, brand and partnership-based business model.

Led by chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son, SoftBank has stated that it is focused on the transition from a Japanese company with some international assets to a global entity that can grow sustainably over the long-term. The company issued a release indicating it targeted ARM because it is one of the world's leading technology companies, with strong capabilities in global semiconductor intellectual property and the Internet of Things (IoT), and has a proven track record of innovation.

SoftBank added that it will support and accelerate ARM's position as the global leader in intellectual property licensing and R&D outsourcing for semiconductor companies by leveraging SoftBank's deep industry expertise and global network of relationships to accelerate adoption of ARM's intellectual property across existing and new markets.

SoftBank's operating businesses currently consist of companies in the advanced telecommunications and consumer Internet sectors, including SoftBank Telecom, Sprint and Yahoo! Japan, as well as growing initiatives in robotics, clean energy and other emerging, technology-based industries.

[R-BgO]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 52.855.285 von R-BgO am 18.07.16 11:58:11

heute kam die Ausbuchung

over-and-out