64-bit Android phone demand better than expected

Stefan Mileschin · 25th April 2014, 07:52

Fabless chip designer ARM has told Cnet that the shift to 64-bit mobile gear is taking place faster than expected.

Tom Lantzsch, ARM's executive vice president of corporate strategy said that phone and tablet makers are rushing to embrace 64-bit designs, surprising even those executives behind the chip platform.

He said that there had been a big uptick in demand for mobile 64-bit products and particularly the Cortex A53, a high-performance 64-bit mobile processor.

This caught the ARM off guard because it thought that 64-bit ARM would only be needed for corporate servers in the initial phase of the technology's rollout.

He said that he was surprised at the pace that 64-bit is now becoming mobile centric. Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Marvell are examples of public 64-bit doing well.

Lantzsch said that there will be a 64-bit phone and tablet in the shops by Christmas. All this is a little strange because there is not a 64-bit version of Android yet. However he said that all software, nevertheless, will run faster.

http://news.techeye.net/chips/64-bit...-than-expected

25th April 2014, 07:52	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 153,541	64-bit Android phone demand better than expected Fabless chip designer ARM has told Cnet that the shift to 64-bit mobile gear is taking place faster than expected. Tom Lantzsch, ARM's executive vice president of corporate strategy said that phone and tablet makers are rushing to embrace 64-bit designs, surprising even those executives behind the chip platform. He said that there had been a big uptick in demand for mobile 64-bit products and particularly the Cortex A53, a high-performance 64-bit mobile processor. This caught the ARM off guard because it thought that 64-bit ARM would only be needed for corporate servers in the initial phase of the technology's rollout. He said that he was surprised at the pace that 64-bit is now becoming mobile centric. Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Marvell are examples of public 64-bit doing well. Lantzsch said that there will be a 64-bit phone and tablet in the shops by Christmas. All this is a little strange because there is not a 64-bit version of Android yet. However he said that all software, nevertheless, will run faster. http://news.techeye.net/chips/64-bit...-than-expected

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