Tag Archives: ARM

FD-SOI: A process booster for ST-Ericsson’s next generation NovaThor – Part 2

In the last post we explored the performance vs voltage benefits of FD-SOI. In this post we look at the other two key benefits – competitive speed/leakage trade-offs, and optimized power efficiency Competitive speed/leakage trade-off Not only does FD-SOI bring … Read more »

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ST-Ericsson joined the last Linaro Connect in Redwood City, USA, from 6th till 10th February

Linaro has grown to some 130 engineers and is now recognized as a key driver for ARM Linux consolidation in many areas: device tree, power management, memory management, etc. Indeed, Google is following Linaro developments with interest and four engineers … Read more »

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WebGL in Android – Ice Cream Sandwich on NovaThor U8500

Today many smartphones and tablets users spend a significant proportion of their time with the mobile web browser in their devices. The web browser has been the most important application on desktops and laptops for some time and I think … Read more »

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Our Linux kernel for ARM now weighs in at a mere 20.000 lines

A few weeks ago, I had a closer look at how the ARM sub-architectures of the Linux Kernel have developed since the consolidation effort in the Linaro community started. It was quite an eye-opener for us in the ST-Ericsson Linux … Read more »

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