Changing the world

The ability of the ARM Partnership to unlock creativity, innovation and value through diversity hit me with full force last Saturday as I was looking for a suitable birthday gift for my son. The pace of advancement in today’s mobile phones, media players, handheld games, TVs, camcorders, cameras, digital picture frames, satellite radios, e-readers, and various computer gear is absolutely incredible. The predominance of ARM9, ARM11, and (the beginnings of) Cortex-A8 was very encouraging. ARM9 seems to set the baseline for the entry to connectivity, while ARM11 sets the baseline for rich user experiences and use cases. One incredibly powerful trend was absolutely clear – the integration of the Internet into the fundamental product usage scenarios, for example: Yahoo widgets on your TV, and capturing high-definition video to share with distant friends at the click of a button. Mobile phones are certainly leading from the front in all of this.

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