ARM buys Mistbase and NextG-Com to extend its reach in IoT
(PCWorld)

Chip designer ARM has a new strategy for the internet of things: to offer complete solutions `from application software to antenna.`ARM has typically left it to licensees of its microprocessor designs to add their own wide-area radio modems and other circuitry essential for the chips at the heart of smartphones and other connected devices. That`s the case with Qualcomm, for example, which packages ARM`s processor core with its own LTE modems to deliver the chips at the heart of Apple`s iPhones.But now ARM wants to deliver the whole stack itself, at least for low-power, low-bandwidth devices, ARM wireless business general manager Paul Williamson said in a blog post Tuesday.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here