Dual core Cortex-A15 to bring ‘laptop’ levels of performance to smartphones
ARM has released a power optimised dual core hard macro implementation of the Cortex-A15 processor. Said to provide 'exceptional power efficiency', the macro can deliver up to 10,000 DMIPS while working to a mobile processor power budget.
The macro, targeted at TSMC's 28HPM process, features integrated NEON SIMD technology, a virtual floating point engine, and a 1Mbyte level 2 cache. This, says ARM, delivers a competitive balance of performance and power for power sensitive applications such as mobile phones and tablets.
The Cortex-A15 processor delivers up to twice the performance of smartphones based on the Cortex-A9 processor, bringing laptop levels of performance.
