ARM readies update to IoT platform -- but it's not ready for prime time yet
Chip designer ARM will be trying to convince developers that all is well with its IoT platform, called mbed OS, at its TechCon event in Santa Clara, Calif., this week. The version of mbed OS that will go be shown this week, though, is not the final release developers were expecting.
The company is promising a new version of the software, as well as updates to a cloud platform and hardware reference designs intended to make it easier to prototype products.
Chances are your cellphone contains a core or four designed by ARM, as its Cortex-A design has been adopted by Apple, Samsung, and a host of others. ARM also sells a more power-efficient family of designs, the Cortex-M microcontroller series, intended for battery-powered embedded and wearable devices.
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