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Samsung samples 2-GHz dual-core A15 processor
Nick Flaherty
12/1/2011 10:03 AM EST
Samsung Electronics has started shipping the industry's first samples of a dual-core ARM Cortex-A15 processor for high-end tablet PCs.
The 2-GHz Exynos 5250 is built on a 32-nm high-k metal gate low-power process technology and doubles the performance over the previous 1.5-GHz Cortex-A9 family with 14 bn DMIPS. It is set to go into volume production in the middle of 2012.
The Exynos 5250 was designed for 2560 x 1600 (WQXGA) resolution displays which reflects the significance of advanced display technology transitioning toward ever higher and sharper resolutions. The memory bandwidth is doubled to 12.8-Gbyte/s, a key requirement for a processor to support WQXGA resolution displays.
To maximize power efficiencies at the system level, the Exynos 5250 has an embedded DisplayPort (eDP) interface that is compliant with panel self-refresh technology (PSR) applied to the timing controller (T-CON). The embedded PSR technology enables static images to be refreshed directly from the frame buffer memory incorporated in the T-CON, resolving the need for regular display refresh instructions to be made by the application processor in cases such as reading static web pages or e-books.
The 3-D graphics processing capabilities includes stereoscopic support for high end 3D gaming, user-interfacing and 3-D video playback.
It also includes an embedded image signal processor enabling 8 megapixel resolution images at 30 frames per second, a full HD 60 frame per second video hardware codec engine for high resolution 1080p video recording and playback, a HDMI 1.4 interface and embedded booting device interfaces such as SATA, UART, USB and external ports such as USB3.0, eMMC4.5 and eSD3.0.
"The ARM Cortex-A15 brings unparalleled performance to our Exynos processor family and the exploding mobile marketplace," said Dojun Rhee, vice president of System LSI marketing for Device Solutions at Samsung Electronics. "Designers need an application processor platform that delivers full high definition multimedia capabilities, fast processing speed and high performance graphics to meet end users' expectation for a connected life on the go. The advanced low-power, high-performance processor technology of the new Exynos 5250 continues to deliver an unprecedented level of performance for users to enjoy a completely new mobile experience."
This article was first published in our sister publication EE Times Europe.Related links and articles:
Qualcomm surveys mobile processor horizon
Samsung shrinks Exynos dual-core processor
Samsung Orion to ship as Exynos next month
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Robotics Developer
12/1/2011 12:46 PM EST
How exciting! I can't wait to see what these will do in tablets and for other handheld or portable devices. Do we have a cost for them yet?
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yalanand
12/2/2011 1:35 AM EST
I think the future portable devices will support even computational intensive processes which means we can use these tablets to perform high end tasks like playing high end games etc
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TingLu
1/23/2012 1:28 PM EST
You could play high end game today, of course that was high 10-yr old high end game. Mobile computation performance will never be able to catch the fastest desktop graphics capability.
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andyroyduh
12/1/2011 4:02 PM EST
Should be interesting to see who wins the hype contest at CES in January. Based on sample announcements so far we should see products with Samsung Exynos (2ghz dual-core A15s plus some multi-core Mali GPU built on a 32nm process), TI OMAP5 (2ghz dual-core A15s plus 2 M4s and a dual-core PowerVR GPU built on a 28nm process), Qualcomm S4 (1.5ghz dual-core Kraits plus Adreno GPU and integrated baseband), Nvidia Tegra 3 ( 1.5ghz quad-core A9s with some multi-core Nvidia GPU), and maybe even a competitive ST Nova A9600 offering. Just enough differentiation, to enable a great debate among the technical media.
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TingLu
1/23/2012 1:33 PM EST
Tegra 3 is old chip already. I am expecting nVidia will come up something new to compete with those new Samsung and TI offerings. Since Quad-A9 has roughly the same performance of Dual-A15, there is no point for nVidia to produce a version of Dual A15 chip. If I am nVidia, I will either release Quad-A15 or 64-bit home grown ARM processor to gain market leader position.
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Athlor
4/27/2012 4:07 PM EDT
Nvidia is supposed to release a quad A-15 with extra low-power core version of the Tegra 3 after Jan 2013.
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t.alex
12/2/2011 8:56 AM EST
If it is used for tablet, the line between tablets and PCs will be definitely blurred.
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hm
12/4/2011 3:21 PM EST
Will it offer same 10 hours battery life for Tablets?
It looks very interesting for embedded market for industrial control.
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t.alex
5/1/2012 12:27 AM EDT
This is a critical question. Any body has idea about battery life?
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Neo1
12/5/2011 5:16 AM EST
This contributes another big jump in the media capabilities of portable devices like tablets which are hitherto seen as pure communication and medium level entertainment devices.
This means Samsung is gunning for the 1st position in all handhelds including tablets and smartphones.
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