#android linaro

Not satisfied with your Android ICS-powered device? Linaro is a non-profit engineering organization established by a group of companies (ARM, Freescale, IBM, Samsung, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instrument) some two years ago. From their progress on their work down to the finish product, Linaro‘s work are open for public viewing/scrutiny. As a testament to the group's ingenuity and free-for-all ideology, they’ve recently announced their latest software build called “4.0.4 Linaro” that addresses some of the Android Ice Cream Sandwich's performance issues on devices with ARM-based processors. Here's a short video clip courtesy of ARMDEVICES.NET In this comparison, the group used two identical TI OMAP 4430 SoC (System-on-Chip) processor rigged in what they call a “PandaBoard” with one running on stock Android 4.0.4 and the other Linaro 4.0.4. A bump in the overall performance in your Android devices is definitely a welcome improvement, and one that is hard to pass up. What's even better is that well-known third-party OS developer Cyanogenmod was deeply impressed with Linaro's code and have already integrated it on their CM9 Nightly build. It is reported that the unofficial Cyanogenmod's Linaro optimized CM9 Nightly OS runs like a charm with Galaxy Nexus. Read more in our articles including "Android Linaro 4.0.4, the pumped up ICS" and "Google previews Android 12L for tablets, foldables, ChromeOS devices".