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[News] MIPS Going Big on Bigger Machines, Thanks to Linux

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MIPS to release Android source code by August

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| MIPS Technologies announced that source code for the Android port to MIPS 
| released by Embedded Alley last week would be made publicly available within 
| 60 days. MIPS also joined the Open Embedded Software Foundation consortium 
| supporting Android, and announced that VioSoft will support the MIPS/Android 
| platform with its Arriba tools.    
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4480042518.html?kc=rss

ARM9 workhorse cranks it up

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| Atmel is sampling a faster version of its low-power ARM926EJ-S-based 
| processor, offered with a free Linux BSP. The SAM9G10 ramps up to a 266MHz 
| clock rate compared to the SAM9261-S's 188MHz, boosts bus frequency to 
| 133MHz, up from 94MHz, and consumes only 100mW in full-power mode, claims the 
| company.    
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2734526764.html?kc=rss


Recent:

SPOTTED: Linux notebooks with ARM CPUs

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| Freescale and Qualcomm have coined the term smartbook to describe Linux+ARM
| systems, ditching Atom+Windows for good.
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http://apcmag.com/linux-notebooks-with-arm-hardware-seen-at-computex.htm


Are Linux netbooks really returned more often than Windows models?

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| But Philip Solis, an analyst at ABI Research, questions the "reliability" of
| this evidence.
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| Solis said in a March research note that Taiwan's MSI had not yet shipped a
| Linux-based Wind at the time of the comment to the magazine. When it did, it
| did "adapt" the operating system for the netbook's smaller size -- an key
| ingredient to Linux's acceptance by consumers, Solis wrote.
|
| Acer, Asus and Dell have all built customized versions of Linux for their
| netbooks. Solis said that Asus has noted equal return rates for Linux
| netbooks versus those running Windows.
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| And while ABI's surveys show U.S. consumers clearly stating their preference
| for Windows netbooks, Solis said that isn't true around the world.
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| In Asia, netbook buyers are both thriftier and "and not as tied to the
| Windows environment," Solis said. "They're looking for certain features, but
| they aren't as tied to a certain brand name."
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| Solis predicts an increase in Linux netbook shipments this year, from 25% to
| a third of the 35 million netbooks expected to sell globally this year. Under
| that estimate, Linux will be shipped on 11.5 million netbook PCs in 2009.
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| Solis is bullish about his prediction because of the coming ARM wave. With
| Microsoft still balking at porting Windows 7 to ARM's mobile CPU, PC makers
| using ARM have no choice but to use Linux.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9131204&intsrc=news_ts_head
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