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vinceASPECT:
Hello,

ultra low power quad core mobile cpu chips seem thin on the ground.

I have only seen that VIA make one for netbooks.

http://www.viagallery.com/index.php?option=com_flickr4j&Task=sets&Set=72157626788947791&Page=1&Photo=5810895993

Nvidia Kal EL chip which is kind of a "tegra 2" idea beefed up to "quad core" but i am not sure if it is available yet.

Arm have the "a15 cortex" quad core chip which has been shown in some tablets
but is very very thin on the ground...it seems.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_Cortex-A15_MPCore

i was looking at ultra low power UMPC styled cpu chips.

I realize that there are quad core mobile cpu chips like core-i7 chips.


Vince.

curaga:
Aren't the quad ARMs only coming in 2012 (Nvidia's possibly in late 2011)? Via's quad should be available now, but it's a normal x86.

vinceASPECT:
Yes Curaga.

It seemsyou are exactly correct.

The via quad is available now and is x86.

There is arm cortex a9 family of chips which can reach up to quad cores.

Then there is the Arm cortex a15 family which are yet due out and reach
quad core and maybe more.

The Kal El by nvidia isdue out late 2011 and that is also quad core for
slates and things.

There are, ofcourse, other types of cpu's by other brands but the
ones that cross my path are listed above.

it just interested me to see how things are going. Prices versus
performance and what is available out there.

Although with cloud computing now, it's pointing to less need
for horsepower on the host machine. CLoud computing appears
to be very cheap and handy indeed.

Vince.

hiro:
For me ARM devices were the definite NO to the cloud.

vinceASPECT:
Hello Hiro.

you mean?

using an arm device to dial into a cloud computer did not work?

Vince.

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