Read: The Future of Microprocessors: moores law scaling over, programming challenge begins

The Future of Microprocessors

Energy efficiency is the new fundamental limiter of processor performance, way beyond numbers of processors.

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Find: Amazon to take on Apple this summer with Samsung-built tablet?

Hmm, maybe chris paul was spot on.

Amazon to take on Apple this summer with Samsung-built tablet?

Find: Nokia and Microsoft sign definitive agreement

It's official, and ms is paying. 

Nokia and Microsoft sign definitive agreement, bring Windows Phone handsets closer to realization

Find: ARM predicts dual-core Cortex-A15 devices in late 2012, quad-core variants 'later on'

Still exponential. Wow. 

ARM predicts dual-core Cortex-A15 devices in late 2012, quad-core variants 'later on'

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Smartphones and tablets, the two hottest categories of consumer devices right now, are dominated by ARM processor designs, so when the company speaks up about its product roadmap, we're inclined to listen in close. The next generation of ARM system-on-chip has been dubbed Cortex-A15 and was expected to ship in 2013, but that's now been accelerated slightly to late 2012, which is when we're told to expect actual devices on sale with A15 silicon on board. Single- and dual-core variants will get us started, before quad-core options start filtering through in 2013. ARM promises a stunning fivefold improvement in performance over current Cortex-A9 SOCs and already has NVIDIA, Samsung, ST-Ericsson, and Texas Instruments signed up as licensees for that new hotness. So now even Samsung's "desktop-class" 2GHz dual-core chip that's slated for 2012 has a reason to look over its shoulder. Happy times!

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Find: iPhoneTracker Maps Everywhere You've Been with Your iPhone

Alarming and intriguing. 

Find: HP, here’s how you can win in mobile

Good points, cloud is a frontier for mobile, apple is behind there, hp and others would do well to differentiate that way. 

But as I always say: cloud but localfy.  Syncing is a pain, but so is connectivity. 

Other frontiers: developing markets, integration into new categories, pull entertainment, web apps, prosumer mobiles, pay as you go, VoIP only, semantic web, social first. 

Hp could be good in many of these, as could Microsoft. Not optimistic about rim. 

Find: ASUS Eee Pad Transformer

This hcomb tab has a keyboard dock, and reviews well. 

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer (UK edition) review

Find: Apple sues Samsung for 'copying' the iPhone and iPad

Apple says android ui is plagiarism.  

Apple sues Samsung for 'copying' the iPhone and iPad

Find: Samsung promises a dual-core 2GHz smartphone 'by next year'

They just keep comin. 4ghz and desktop parity by 2015?

Samsung promises a dual-core 2GHz smartphone 'by next year'

Lecture: menus

Folks,

We will be talking about menus on Thursday. Here are my notes, and corresponding images.

In preparation, please read the following papers:

• Arjan Geven, Reinhard Sefelin, and Manfred Tscheligi. 2006. Depth and breadth away from the desktop: the optimal information hierarchy for mobile use. In Proceedings of the 8th conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services (MobileHCI '06). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 157-164.
• John Christie, Raymond M. Klein, Carolyn Watters. 2004. A comparison of simple hierarchy and grid metaphors for option layouts on small-size screens. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Volume 60, Issues 5-6, HCI Issues in Mobile Computing, May 2004, Pages 564-584.
• Kim, K., Jacko, J. & Salvendy, G. (2011). Menu Design for Computers and Cell Phones: Review and Reappraisal. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 27(4), 383-404. 

Best,

Ben