GNU Tools for ARM embedded processors, or GCC ARM Embedded for short, version 4.7 is now available.
The 'big' impact of 'LITTLE' processing to electricity bills everywhere
The ARM Cortex-A7 processor and big.LITTLE processing announcement are game changers for the "always on' home networking and consumer applications. Developers can now choose the right size processor for…
ARM Cortex-M0+: More than a low-power processor
This week sees the launch on the Cortex-M0+ processor-based Freescale Kinetis L family of MCUs just two months after the official launch of this latest addition to the Cortex-M processor series.
The…
The un'NXP'ected LPC800
I take a deeper look at NXP's mini-tiny-LPC800. With NXP being one of our lead-partners on the ARM Cortex-M0+, and also previously on the Cortex-M0, I was really excited to see what they came up.
Killing Pixels - A New Optimization for Shading on ARM Mali GPUs
Invisible pixels are expensive ...
OpenGL ES 3.0 Takes Mobile to the Next Level
When I was asked how OpenGL® ES 3.0 would improve my buddy's ARM® Mali™-T604 powered Nexus 10 I sighed, looking in exasperation at my unknowing friend. How could he, a self-proclaimed…
Mali-V500 video processor: reducing memory bandwidth with AFBC
ARM's new video processor was publicly launched at Computex recently and we introduced a bunch of new technology in that device. Here I'd like to discuss just one of these new features: …
Highly Efficient Video Coding with ARM
H.265, more popularly known as HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding), is the newest addition to the long list of video codecs that have evolved in the last two decades. HEVC promises improved video quality…
OpenGL ES 3.0 on Mali GPUs - Business as usual
Last year I had an opportunity to cover the award-winning products based on ARM MaliTM-T604 including Google's Chromebook and Nexus 10. Since then, those devices have reached millions of consumers…