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I'm currently building 4.10-rcX Linux kernels for MiQi devices (RK3288 ARMv7 boards), integrating the latest Mali Kernel drivers r15p0-00rel0. In order to integrate these drivers, various patches are…

There seems to be a constant mood of scepticism* in the wearables industry. Ever since they first appeared, and in spite of massive advances, people just love to say they’re not going to happen. Whilst…

Until I get a recent Mali User-Space drivers build from Rockchip or the Rockchip Mali User-space drivers DDK, here's how to compile an official (read Linus Torvalds git branch) 4.9 kernel, with the official…

360 degree video is changing not only the way we consume content, but the way we create it. We’re no longer restricted to sharing our experiences in selfies, single photos or even panoramas to capture…

As the days get shorter and the cold weather begins to creep in, we know it’s that time of year when we can start to get excited about the brand new devices for the upcoming year. A major announcement…

This week, Unreal Engine released their latest UEv4.14 upgrade and it includes several cool mobile features:VR Multiview Support for MobileVR Multiview is an extension of OpenGL ES available on Android…

Welcome to our VR hub page - your one stop shop for all the VR content across the ARM Connected Community. VR  blog series:   VR technical tips and tricks: VR product coverage: Events…

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This guide provides instructions to build and run a GNU/Linux distribution on the Samsung Chromebook devices as an alternative to the Chrome OS operating system. Some experience with Linux as a programmer…

Welcome to sunny Shenzhen for the third and final day of the China leg of ARM Tech Symposia 2016. There’s a very different feel to this city from the moment you leave the airport. Just a few short decades…

Following a fantastic first event in Shanghai it was off to the airport for a short hop to a much chillier Beijing for round two of 2016’s Tech Symposia. On Monday we talked about the keynotes and…

The first of this year’s ARM® Tech Symposia kicked off this morning on a rather damp day in Shanghai. With the rain coming down outside it was a perfect opportunity to check out our latest demos before…

It’s no secret that everything in China moves fast. At ‘China Speed’ in fact. From building a skyscraper in 19 days, to the fastest trains in the world, China is all about embracing change…

It’s not just high-end mobile devices which need to work like a dream, we expect a certain level of performance and a relatively advanced feature set even from a more modest, mainstream handset budget…

Reducing power consumption and optimizing CPU utilization in a multi-core architecture are key to satisfy the increasing demand of delivering sustained high-quality graphics meanwhile maintaining a lasting…

Tools such as ARM DS-5 Streamline provide developers access to the GPU hardware performance counters, the principle means to determine the behavior inside the black box beneath the API and identify any…

On the 29th September, as promised at Google I/O, Unity released the first developer preview for their upcoming Vulkan renderer. Developers have been eagerly awaiting the release since Android Nougat…

In previous blogs we’ve looked at the scalability of the Mali™ family of GPUs which allows partners’ implementations to be tailored to fit all levels of device across multiple price, performance and area…

I lost a few days wondering why some textures were completely distorted when loaded in OpenGL.The thing is, they were only distorted when the colours components were packed as GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_5_5_1…

In a previous blog we talked about running Mali Graphics Debugger on a non-rooted device. In this blog we will focus on how you can add support for Mali Graphics Debugger, on a non-rooted device, to your…

In the 27 years since its inception, Hot Chips has become one of the world’s leading high performance microporocessor event. Attracting more than 500 attendees from across the world, Hot Chips presents…