Cortex A15
A couple of weeks back NVIDA released their Android 7.0 “Nougat” update for their original SHIELD TV. Now this week their other SHIELD devices are getting in on the action, with the release of the Android 7.0 update for the SHIELD Tablet and its Tablet K1 sibling. Android 7.0 brings a few major changes to tablets, particularly the implementation of split-screen application mode for improved multitasking. But arguably what makes this update so noteworthy is that Android 7.0 updates for tablets have been few and far between, making this one of the few tablets to get the update so far. Other than Google’s most recent tablets such as the Pixel C and Nexus 9, and Sony’s Xperia X4 tablet, very few vendors have released updates...
Exploring the Floating Point Performance of Modern ARM Processors
As a programmer who wants to write decent performing code, I am very interested in understanding the architectures of CPUs and GPUs. However, unlike desktop and server CPUs, mobile...
39 by Rahul Garg on 6/2/2013
Samsung Details Exynos 5 Octa Architecture & Power at ISSCC '13
At CES this year Samsung introduced the oddly named Exynos 5 Octa SoC, one of the first Cortex A15 SoCs to implement ARM's big.LITTLE architecture. Widely expected to be...
52 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/20/2013
Samsung Announces Exynos 5 Octa SoC - 4 Cortex A7s, 4 Cortex A15s
Earlier this morning Samsung announced a new eight core SoC and the spiritual successor to the Exynos 5250 "Exynos 5 Dual" called the Exynos 5 Octa (Exynos 5410?). This...
19 by Brian Klug on 1/9/2013
The ARM vs x86 Wars Have Begun: In-Depth Power Analysis of Atom, Krait & Cortex A15
Late last month, Intel dropped by my office with a power engineer for a rare demonstration of its competitive position versus NVIDIA's Tegra 3 when it came to power...
140 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/4/2013
Nexus 4 and Nexus 10: A Closer Look
If we'd never heard the name Sandy, we'd have featured two live blogs today, and had a few hours to spend with the latest members of the Nexus family...
102 by Jason Inofuentes on 10/29/2012
TI Posts OMAP 5 Dual Core A15 vs Quad Core A9 Video
It seems as though everyone is trying to preempt build excitement before MWC 2012 with their next-generation SoC related news. We've previewed Qualcomm's Krait performance on an MDP MSM8960...
26 by Brian Klug on 2/23/2012
Samsung Exynos 5250 Begins Sampling – Mass Production in Q2 2012
Back in November, Samsung announced its next generation Exynos 5250 SoC based on ARM’s Cortex-A15 architecture. Samsung confirmed today during its earnings call that the Exynos 5250 has begun...
32 by Saumitra Bhagwat on 1/27/2012
Samsung Exynos 5250 Announced: Cortex-A15, 2GHz, Dual-core
All our favorite mobile System-on-Chip manufacturers have been hard at work on their Cortex-A15 designs, and Samsung is no different. Today, in Korea, Samsung announced their first Cortex-A15 SoC...
25 by Jason Inofuentes on 11/30/2011
ARM's Cortex A7: Bringing Cheaper Dual-Core & More Power Efficient High-End Devices
How do you keep increasing performance in a power constrained environment like a smartphone without decreasing battery life? You can design more efficient microarchitectures, but at some point you’ll...
77 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/19/2011
ARM & Cadence Tape Out 20nm Cortex A15 Test Chip
Although we won't see the first ARM Cortex A15 based designs until the second half of next year, and even then only on 28/32nm processes, ARM and design tools...
13 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/18/2011
TI Reveals OMAP 5: The First ARM Cortex A15 SoC
TI sure does have impeccable timing. Not 12 hours after we published our LG Optimus 2X and NVIDIA Tegra 2 review, complete with a discussion of the 2011 SoC...
40 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/7/2011
ARM Aims at Intel, Cortex A15 Headed for Smartphones, Notebooks and Servers
Last month TI announced it was the first to license ARM’s next-generation Eagle core. Today, ARM is announcing the official name of that core: it’s the ARM Cortex A15. Architectural...
36 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/9/2010
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