ARM's new tech promises 60% more juice for wearables

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://bit.ly/16Db7GR'><img alt="ARM's new tech promises 60% more juice for wearables" src="http://ift.tt/1uACreN"/><br/><br /><p>ARM wants to help Internet of Things (IoT) devices last even longer using new Bluetooth technology that it claims delivers 60% more battery life.</p><br /><br/><br /><p>To make the new technology become a reality it has acquired two companies, Sunrise Micro Devices and Wicentric, that will form the crux of its new Cordio brand focused on developing low-power radio IP technology for battery-sapping devices such as wearables.</p><br /><br/><br /><p>The Cordio brand name comes from Sunrise Micro Devices' line of low-power Cordio wireless products that includes a range of Bluetooth 4.0 CMOS radios. Wicentric, on the other hand, will provide a Bluetooth Smart software stack for the "sub-volt" radios being produced.</p><br /><br/><br /><h3>ARM serious about IoT</h3><br /><br/><br /><p>Companies that choose to use ARM's low-power radio IP technology can expect battery life to increase to a level that means devices can last up to 60% longer between charges. It can offer this thanks to the "sub-volt" operation that allows it to work below 1V and gently "sip" energy from the battery.</p><br /><br/><br /><p>ARM has been taking the IoT very seriously over the past six months after it announced a <a href="http://ift.tt/1JNADHb">new device platform</a> and free OS back in October that is built around open standards and brings security, protocols and standards together into one integrated platform. It backed that up with the <a href="http://ift.tt/1axnpme">purchase of Offspark</a> to bolster its IoT security offering and overall its an area that ARM looks set to be a big part of in the coming years.</p><br /><br/><br /><ul><br /><li style='list-style: none'><br/> </li><br /><li>Check it out: <a href="http://ift.tt/1aqTPOK">Six things you should know about the Internet of Things</a> </li><br /><li style='list-style: none'><br/> </li><br /></ul><br /><br/><br /><img border="0" height="1" src="http://ift.tt/1CThm1b" width="1"/><br clear='all'/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a href="http://ift.tt/1NS8XXx" rel="nofollow"><img border="0" src="http://ift.tt/1CThm1f"/> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><a href="http://ift.tt/1CThm1h" rel="nofollow"><img border="0" src="http://ift.tt/1CThoWW"/> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><a href="http://ift.tt/1NS8XXG" rel="nofollow"><img border="0" src="http://ift.tt/1CThm1l"/> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a href="http://ift.tt/1NS8YdX"><img border="0" src="http://ift.tt/1CThoX1"/> </a> <img border="0" height="1" src="http://ift.tt/1CThmhz" width="1"/><img alt="" height="1" src="http://ift.tt/1NS8Ye3" width="1"/><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />From <a href="http://ift.tt/yaGhNV">techradar</a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />from http://ift.tt/1cA3u6S<br/></div>

ARM's new tech promises 60% more juice for wearables

ARM wants to help Internet of Things (IoT) devices last even longer using new Bluetooth technology that it claims delivers 60% more battery ...

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