[Yr7-10it] ARM architecture is coming to netbooks

[Wayne Hewett]

Bill

Some of us remember the ARM in its original form, within the BBC Archimedes in the late 1980s. This was the first PC to have a 1 mips capability!  

Wayne Hewett
Rosebud Secondary College. 


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Subject: [Yr7-10it] ARM architecture is coming to netbooks
 
thinner, cheaper (from US$199), longer battery life (8 hours) ...

coming soon:
Because of their low price and power saving features (which extends the
battery life) ARM is the dominant chip (32 bit) architecture in mobile
phones, mp3 players, PDAs, handheld gaming units, calculators, computer
peripherals (hard drives, routers) and ebook readers such as Kindle (
ARM_architecture <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture>) The ARM
chip has now evolved into being incorporated into netbooks...

more at
http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2009/03/arm-architecture-is-coming-to-netbooks.html

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