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I can understand ARM, Samsung, T.I. and others working together to push their embedded platforms/tools/chips. Not sure what IBMs reason is, though. Do they sell
by buster 16y ago
I can understand ARM, Samsung, T.I. and others working together to push their embedded platforms/tools/chips.
Not sure what IBMs reason is, though. Do they sell embedded devices/chips?
Also it does mention "Android, LiMo, MeeGo, Ubuntu and webOS".
I suppose this will lead to some better driver support on the linux side and very lowlevel tools to support/push development of those operating systems on ARM platforms.
- johnohara 16y agoThey sell large-scale solutions -- and have invested heavily in *nix. Off the top of my head I can think of POS systems, hand-held data acquisition devices (car rental, inventory control, etc.), shop-floor control panels, and more. I think T.I.'s involvement is interesting. Maybe a new TI-100 running linux (IBM) with a beautiful color display (Samsung), and the ability to morph from data acquisition to calculator to communicator to set-top player (ARM based).
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- sadiq 16y agoTI sell the OMAP. That should be reason enough.
- buster 16y agoI see. Didn't know IBM builds those. Good to know, thanks. :)
- whatusername 16y agoIBM's big new push is "Smarter Planet".. Think: sensors on everything - electric grids, roads, etc... lots of small embedded systems. (and IBM will try and sell you HW, analytics software, services, etc to run it)