Samsung is launching its first processor based on a 20nm manufacturing process. The Exynos 5430 is an 8-core processor which pairs 4 ARM Cortex-A15 CPU cores with 4 Cortex-A7 cores. It’s a lot like the company’s last few octa-core chips… but thanks to the move from 28nm to 20nm, among other things, the new chip […]
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20nm ARM-based chips to hit 3 GHz in 2014
It’s probably not a big surprise that we’ll see ARM-based chips that offer faster speeds and consume less power next year. But if you’re wondering how chip makers will achieve that, TSMC and GlobalFoundries both say they’ll start producing chips based on 20nm designs in 2014. That should allow for ARM-based chips that run at […]