Broadcom and ARM join hands to develop processors for netbooks

These processors will be extremely power efficient

 Broadcom a leading name in the field of Computer chips manufacturing has declared that they are working to develop their own ARM based netbook processors. Broadcom in collaboration with ARM recently announced a licensing agreement for ARM Coretex-A9 MPCore multicore processor which will be used to develop high tech mobile and wireless communication devices and netbooks for next generation.

By using the power efficient technology of Cortex family processors Broadcom is looking to provide high quality feature rich netbook processors. This partnership will allow broadcom to increase it’s leadership in fields like netbook processors, wireless mobile, networking and other wireless devices.

According to Mike Inglis, EVP and general manager of processor department of ARM this recent agreement with Broadcom shows the growth and success of ARM Cortex-A9 processor.

Broadcom is planning to integrate ARM Coretex-A9 MPCore multicore processor into next generation Electronic products, broadband equipments and mobile wireless products to provide high quality services to it’s customers.

Broadcom also signed a licensing deal with ARM for ARM NEON SIMD technology for ARM Cortex-A series processors to increase the growth of multimedia and compute demanding applications. These processors will provide high quality gaming and computing experience to the consumers.

After recently launching Broadcom Crystal HD Enhanced Media Accelerator which enables HD video playback on low power netbooks, Broadcom’s plan to compete in netbook, mobile device market with high quality ARM processed CPU is looking bright.

The main feature of ARM Coretex-A9 MPCore multicore processor for netbooks is that it offers very low power consumption as compared to other competitors like Intel, AMD and VIA.

ARM based processors developed by Broadcom will run only Windows CE, Linux, Google Chrome OS and other custom operating systems. These processors can’t be used to run windows XP, Microsoft windows 7, or Windows vista because these are not x86 chips. So these processors will only be used in netbooks or smartbooks working on non-x86 platform.

ARM Coretex-A9 MPCore multicore processor can control up to four cores and can deliver maximum of  10,000 aggregate DMIPS when clocked at 1GHz. With this A9 processor is set to Provide 2x the Performance of processors deployed in today’s netbooks and smart phones. We just have to wait and watch for this processor to be embedded in a small beauty and reach the markets.