ARM dual core cortex A15 predicts devices in late 2012, quad-core variants 'later on'

By Vlad Savov posted Apr 20 2011 6: 40 AM smartphones and tablets, which are just now, hottest two categories of devices dominated by ARM processor designs, so if the company on the product roadmap to speaks, we are inclined to hear in close. Was referred to the next generation of system-on-chip ARM Cortex-A15 and was expected that in the year 2013 ship, but is easily now accelerated by end of 2012, which is, if we said to expect actual devices on sale with A15 Silicon on board. Single - and dual-core variants get us started, before quad-core options start filtering through the year 2013. ARM promises a breathtaking five-fold improvement in performance of current cortex-A9 SOCs and already NVIDIA, Samsung, ST-Ericsson, and Texas has signed instruments as licensee for this new focus. So now even Samsung's "Desktop-Class" 2 GHz dual-core chip, which for 2012 is planned has look a reason over the shoulder. Happy times!

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