ARM Cortex-A72 preview: the successor to A57 coming on phones in 2016

*


ARM has recently lifted the cover off the Cortex-A72, its second-generation 64-bit processor aimed to succeed the A57 performance core and take its place in big.LITTLE configurations as the big core.



The Cortex-A72 comes with some huge promises by ARM: the company promises that the A72 will deliver up to 3.5 times the performance of the Cortex-A15 on smartphones, and that it will feature ‘breakthrough energy efficiency’. Those are some brave claims for a core that is expected to arrive on real-world devices towards the end of 2016, some 18 months from now. Let’s ... *



from PhoneArena http://ift.tt/1vGxuqm

via http://ift.tt/1vGxuqm
Share on Google Plus
    Blogger Comment