Apple + ARM + Mirasol

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(1) Press release: Apple Storms Past HP to Lead Global PC Market.
Canalys, Jan 30, 2012.
http://www.canalys.com/newsroom/ ... ad-global-pc-market

My comment: IDC and Gartner releassed the same data for 4Q11--WITHOUT taking tablet into consideration. For a couple of quarters, Canalys has included tablet in its calculus. So, the new wrinkle in this press release is Apple's new strength. For the same reason, sale figures for other vendors are not mentioned.

(2) CJ Hughes, Tracking Down Stolen iPhone, Officer Knew Buttons to Push. New York Times, Jan 28, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/2 ... uttons-to-push.html
("Had Mr [robber George] Bradshaw been an Apple aficionado, he might have known how to disable the iCloud setting, which could have stopped the trace")

Note: An app called "Find My iPhone"
http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/find-my.html
(lower panel)

(3) David Manners, ARM Leading Intel in Process, Architecture and Design. ElectronicsWeekly.com, Jan
http://www.electronicsweekly.com ... ture-and-design.htm
("ARM had a sparkling Q4 and a fine 2011. Q4 profits of £69m and sales of £137.8m were up 21% and 45% respectively over Q4 2010. For 2011, sales were £491m, up 21% in a year which saw no overall industry growth. The 2011 profit of £229.7m was 37% up on the profit of 2010")

Note:
(a) ARM CEO Warren East is quoted as saying: “They’d [People in Intel would] love to have it sooner, but the type of device they’re going to build will be an SoC with a lot of IP. It takes time. As Intel are bringing their 32nm Medfield product to market * * *"

It refers to Intel's 32-nm SOC codenamed Medfield.
(i) SOC: systenm on (a) chip
(ii) Theo Valich, Intel's 32nm 'Medfield' Mobile Chip Surprising Performance, Power Consumption Leaked. VR-Zone, Dec 27, 2011
http://vr-zone.com/articles/inte ... n-leaked/14355.html
(iii) At last, Intel debuted the Medfield SOC--in a K800 smartphone and an IdeaTab K2110 tablet, both of Lenovo--on Jan 10, 2012 at Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
(b) The report mentions Cortex A-15 and -8.

Cortex-A Series. ARM, undated.
http://arm.com/products/processors/cortex-a/index.php
(applications processors)
(c) Fourth Quarter & Full Year Results. ARM Holdings PLC, Jan 31, 2012 (RNS Number : 4324W).
http://ir.arm.com/phoenix.zhtml? ... 4432&highlight=

(4) Koobe Jin Yong Reader. Mirasol Display, Jan 30, 2012.
http://www.mirasoldisplays.com/koobe

Note:
(a) Qualcomm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcomm
(section 6 Products: Mirasol)

Go to the bottom of this web page for:
Press release: Koobe, Taiwan’s Leading E-reader Manufacturer, and Qualcomm Bring mirasol Display Technology to Taiwan in Next-Generation E-reader. Qualcomm and Koobe, Jan 30, 2012.
(b) The press release was on the heels of announcements at CES of two other ereaders adopting Mirasol Display: Kyobo's ereader (of Korea) and Shanda's Bambook (of China).

(5) Mike Snider, New Vizio HDTV breaks widescreen barrier for movies, apps. USA Today, Jan 27, 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/new ... -sidebar/52809204/1
("Today's high-definition sets evolved to a rectangular 16-by-9 shape from the more square analog TVs. But a wider 21-by-9 display standard is in the works at the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)" as showcased by Vizio's CinemaWide display)