IBM forms new partnership with ARM in hopes of developing ludicrously small mobile processors

We’ve seen IBM and ARM team up before, but this week both companies announced a new joint initiative to develop chips measuring 14nm. That’s significantly smaller than the ridiculously tiny 20nm SoCs ARM hopes to create in partnership with TSMC, and makes the company’s previous work with IBM on 32nm semiconductors look like a cake walk. The potential benefits, though, are faster processors that require less power, which both firm’s hope will pave the way for a new generation of devices. Who knows if or when we’ll see tangible results from the tag team, but if IBM’s Watson can beat Jeopardy champions , creating smaller semiconductors should be elementary, right? To read over the full announcement check out the press release after the break. Continue reading IBM forms new partnership with ARM in hopes of developing ludicrously small mobile processors IBM forms new partnership with ARM in hopes of developing ludicrously small mobile processors originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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