ARM has presented the series of Cortex-A50 processors based on the ARMv8 architecture, which are destined to shape the future of mobile devices. The most notable features of this line are more speed and higher energy efficiency. At the moment, they have only presented two models the Cortex-A57 y Cortex-A53.
The key to this series is that it combines possibility of 32-bit and 64-bit processing for greater performance.
Processor Cortex A-57 it will give a very high performance without expending almost no energy. Specifically, and according to the ARM press release, it will be three times more powerful than superphones today but spending the same battery. They rate it as the World's fastest mobile processor.
Cortex-A53 it will be a very efficient processor in power management and, at the same time, the smallest 64-bit processor in the world. In this way it will be ideal for mobile telephony. You will be able to deliver the performance of a superphone using only a quarter of the energy they use today.
Best of all, they can be operated independently or in combination creating what they have called a processor. ARM bigLITTLE. In this way, we combine very high performance, when necessary, and energy savings the rest of the time. These processors can be integrated into a SoC with multi-core CPU combined with ARM GPU Mali.
There are already several brands that have been licensed, including Samsung, AMD and STMicroelectronics.
This is the first series of processors based on the latest architecture of the British company. Let's remember that the most cutting-edge processors that have just come out, such as the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 and Apple's own A & 6X use ARMv7 architecture.
The only bad part of this news is that to see devices with this technology we will have to wait for 2014.
You can see more details in its Press release.
Source: Android Authority