Samsung Unveils Exynos 5 Dual Cortex A15 based Mobile Application Processor
If you recall, at SIGGRAPH this week, ARM stepped out with a demo of their Mali-T604 quad-core GPU. The demo platform they were showcasing was based on a dual-core ARM Cortex A15 SoC (System on Chip). It's becoming abundantly clear now which silicon manufacturer produced the development platform and what brand of devices we might see this next generation mobile power plant driving in the near future.
Samsung let fly late yesterday with the details of their next generation Exynos 5 Dual, the first dual-core ARM Cortext A15 based design to hit the market that is sure to offer all kinds of mobile muscle for tablet's and smartphones. Rumor has it that Samsung is planning a Galaxy Tab 11.6 tablet with a WQXGA 2560X1600 display that could out the new SoC in a debut launch later this year. Talk about pixel density; that's a resolution typically found on 30" desktop LCD's. Amazing stuff to be sure.
Additional details on the device spec list runs down impressively as follows:
The Exynos 5 Dual's nearest competitor should be Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 architecture. However, even the Krait clocked at 1.7GHz will likely have a tough time competing with this 1.7GHz A15 speedster, especially in gaming and graphics. The new Mali T604 GPU supports the OpenGL ES 3.0 and OpenCL 1.1 rendering, not to mention memory bandwidth in excess of 12GB/s to drive that gorgeous 2560X1600 top-end resolution. Time will tell.
On the IO side of things, USB 3.0 is a first for mobile devices with its 5Gbps transfer speeds, as well as Wi-Fi Display for broadcasting 1080p video wirelessly to your TV.
Samsung let fly late yesterday with the details of their next generation Exynos 5 Dual, the first dual-core ARM Cortext A15 based design to hit the market that is sure to offer all kinds of mobile muscle for tablet's and smartphones. Rumor has it that Samsung is planning a Galaxy Tab 11.6 tablet with a WQXGA 2560X1600 display that could out the new SoC in a debut launch later this year. Talk about pixel density; that's a resolution typically found on 30" desktop LCD's. Amazing stuff to be sure.
Additional details on the device spec list runs down impressively as follows:
- CortexA15 dual core subsystem with 64-/128-bit SIMD NEON - 1.7GHz
- 32KB (Instruction)/32KB (Data) L1 Cache and 1MB L2 Cache
- Mali T604 GPU
- 128-bit Multi-layered bus architecture
- Memory Subsystem
- 2-ports 32-bit 800MHz LPDDR3/DDR3 Interfaces
- 2-ports 32-bit 533MHz LPDDR2 Interfaces
- 8-bit ITU 601 Camera Interface
- USB 3.0 Support
- Wi-Fi Display Support
- Multi-format Video Hardware Codec: 1080p 60fps (capable of decoding and encoding MPEG-4/H.263/H.264 and decoding only MPEG-2/VC1/VP8)
- 3D and 2D graphics hardware, supporting OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0/Halti, OpenVG 1.1 and OpenCL 1.1 full profile
The Exynos 5 Dual's nearest competitor should be Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 architecture. However, even the Krait clocked at 1.7GHz will likely have a tough time competing with this 1.7GHz A15 speedster, especially in gaming and graphics. The new Mali T604 GPU supports the OpenGL ES 3.0 and OpenCL 1.1 rendering, not to mention memory bandwidth in excess of 12GB/s to drive that gorgeous 2560X1600 top-end resolution. Time will tell.
On the IO side of things, USB 3.0 is a first for mobile devices with its 5Gbps transfer speeds, as well as Wi-Fi Display for broadcasting 1080p video wirelessly to your TV.
Time will tell but Q4 is looking pretty exciting in the mobile space with the
possibility of a quad-core Snapdragon rearing its fierce head as well.
