CNETAnalysis: ARM is finally seeing long term licensees turn its designs into key products, with the company’s latest financial results boasting about recent deals with Broadcom and Korean giant LG. The news that LG had sealed a deal with the British tech giant broke this week, and ARM will be looking forward to seeing more of its offerings in the company’s products. When that happens it will be joining 1.15 billion ARM-processors shipped in mobile devices and 700 million in other devices – like TVs, disk drives and microcontrollers. Really Smart TVs On top of this, several ‘major semiconductor companies’ developing chips for set top box and televisions have licensed ARM technology – which could lead to some interesting future products. “Influential market leaders are licensing ARM technology to gain access to a growing ecosystem of operating systems, software applications, tools and service providers, said CEO Warren East. “Many of these companies have been ARM licensees for many years, and are now deploying ARM technology across a multitude of applications; in mobile, consumer electronics and embedded devices. “This licensing drives ARM’s long-term royalty opportunity. Shipments of ARM-processor based chips increased 33% on the same period last year driven by growth in smartphones, tablets, digital TVs and microcontrollers. “ARM’s revenue growth enables us to continue to invest in innovative technology development at the same time as delivering strong increases in profits and cash flow.” Related Stories Buying Guide: Intel vs AMD: which processor is best? Flagship Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 arrives LG claims market leadership in LCD monitors Seagate launches ‘world’s slimmest’ external hard drive Speed Week: How to build the ultimate speed PC
CNews Karachi. July 05: A Pakistani Scientist in Britain has invented a new chemical for processing plastic (polythene) bags which has the quality of dissolution after its use in 105 days.A manufacturing unit for these plastic bags was being set up in Turkey while interest has been shown in the setting up of a big unit and manufacturing firm’s head quarter in Karachi which will be used to supply such dissolvable polythene bags to Asian countries. The Director of UK based firm Bio Plast Biodegradable Plastics GL Punn while leading a 15 member delegation called on EDO Municipal Services City Government Masood Alam. The Executive Director of Bio Plast Pakistan Muhammad Hanif Awan and M. Sultan Mehmood Awan was also present on this occasion. The Director of Bio Plast informed the EDO Municipal Services about the characteristics of new chemical. He said that the firm was going to set up its first plant in Turkey which will be operative in next two months. The delegation also praised the vi