Texas Instruments (TI) has confirmed that its fifth-generation OMAP chip based on ARM's Cortex-A15 cores is sampling today and remains on track to power mobile device by early 2013.
Nvidia is reportedly eyeing a speed boost for its mobile Tegra 3 processor, which could act as a placeholder of sorts until the launch of the company’s next-gen Wayne SoC.
Microsoft has reportedly finished coding a stable version (or possibly versions) of Windows 8 for ARM-powered mobile chips, such as those manufactured by industry heavyweights Nvidia, Qualcomm and TI.