Softbank's Arm releases chip tech for high-end Android devices

(Reuters) - Arm Ltd, the semiconductor firm owned by Japan's Softbank Group Corp, on Tuesday released new technology aimed at helping Android devices catch up to Apple Inc's iPhones for certain computing tasks such as video games.Arm's technology powers the processors in both iPhones and Android devices. But Apple extensively customizes what are called computing "cores" on its chips, while many Android devices hew more closely to designs developed and sold by Arm itself.In recent years, mobile..