ARM unleashes 'little dog' on Intel's tail
Sylvie Barak
EETimes (10/20/2011 6:27 PM EDT)
While ARM is certainly making a rather big deal over its "big-little" A7/A15 core combo, its partners may not be completely sold on the idea.
While the notion of combining a powerful core with a much smaller, low-power one will offer a certain amount of flexibility, it’s neither a particularly innovative approach, nor is it necessarily enough to threaten rival Intel as much as ARM probably hopes.
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