0.5mm2 ARM chip offers 5X energy efficiency, jacks up performance

The Register reports about the new powersaving ARM7 chip which will be manufactured at 28mm technology. ARM also designed big.LITTLE on a SOC which will feature a combination of a ARM7 and a ARM15 at which the powerhungry ARM15 can be powered up and down on demand. This new powersaver is bad news for Intel who want a piece of the mobile gadgets market too with their low power Atom processors.