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Architectures Mobile Processors

Arm Unveils the Cortex-A78: When Less Is More

May 26, 2020 David Schor 0 Comments 5 nm, ARM, ARMv8.2, Cortex, Cortex-A77, Cortex-A78

Arm unveils the Cortex-A78 microarchitecture for next-generation flagship smartphones.

Architectures Mobile Processors

Arm Cortex-X1: The First From The Cortex-X Custom Program

May 26, 2020 David Schor 0 Comments 5 nm, ARM, ARMv8.2, Cortex, Cortex-A78, Cortex-X, Cortex-X1

Arm launches the Cortex-X1, their most powerful Cortex CPU to date. This is the first CPU from the new Cortex-X Custom Program.

Architectures Mobile Processors

Samsung M5 Core Details Show Up

November 21, 2019 David Schor 1 Comment 7 nm, 7LPP, ARM, ARMv8, ARMv8.2, Exynos, Samsung

Samsung details the high-level changes to the Exynos M5 core found in the Exynos 990.

Arm Unveils Cortex-A77, Emphasizes Single-Thread Performance

May 26, 2019 David Schor 0 Comments ARM, ARMv8.2, Cortex, Cortex-A76, Cortex-A77, Deimos

Arm unveiled the Cortex-A77 with a strong emphasizes on single-thread performance.

Architectures Server Processors

Huawei Expands Kunpeng Server CPUs, Plans SMT, SVE For Next Gen

May 3, 2019 David Schor 0 Comments 7HPC, 7nm, ARM, ARMv8.2, Hi1620, Hi1630, HiSilicon, Huawei, Kunpeng, TaiShan

Last week Huawei expanded their Kunpeng CPU family of custom Arm server processors with more models and new servers.

Architectures Mobile Processors

Samsung Discloses Exynos M4 Changes, Upgrades Support for ARMv8.2, Rearranges The Back-End

January 14, 2019 David Schor 0 Comments 8LPP, ARM, ARMv8, ARMv8.2, Exynos, Samsung

Samsung details the initial changes to the Exynos M4 core found in the Exynos 9820 which will be in Samsung’s next-generation Galaxy S10 smartphone.