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Broadcom has extended its ARM licence to cover very low power Cortex-M series cores as well has the latest high end Cortex-A15 core.
The networking and wireless comms chip supplier has licensed a range of ARM processors, from the smallest Cortex-M0 processor up to the high performance Cortex-A15 mobile processor.
It will also license the newly announced Cortex-R5 and Cortex-R7 processors for high performance real-time applications.
“ARM’s wide portfolio of cores enhances Broadcom’s strategy... for a wide range of applications from Bluetooth headsets to high-end application processors for tablets,” said Scott McGregor, president and CEO of Broadcom.
This expands Broadcom’s existing ARM license agreements which largely cover processors for chipsets for smartphones.
“Today’s agreement will help expand that... into many new and exciting high-growth opportunities,” said McGregor.
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