Chipproducent GlobalFoundries in collaboration with ARM and soc-fried which the cpu section 2.5 GHz is clocked. The system-on-a-chip is based on a Cortex A9-dual-core that, according to a 28nm-proced lwa was made.
In the past summer, it announced that GlobalFoundries on a 28nm chip to have produced, of which the Cortex A9 cores the 2GHz aantikten. Other than that socs, which, according to GloFo’s slp technique were produced were the chips that GlobalFoundries 2.5 GHz did walk according to his new phi process. Chips through that process to be made, are intended for high-end smartphones and tablets.
GlobalFoundries expects that 28nm-soc”, are more expensive hpp-technology, higher clock speed will pick up, but the soc’s are generally not used in mobile equipment. The phi soc’s are much more efficient, but the company gave no figures on the power consumption of the 2.5 GHz geklokte chips. The 28nm-soc’s would in the course of 2012 can be delivered.
In addition to the 2.5 GHz geklokte soc announced GlobalFoundries also the so-called tape out of a 20nm-soc on the basis of the A9 architecture. In this stage, the chip is still a test product that will be used for the 20nm technology to the test. According to the forecasts of the company performs the 20nm-product is about 35 percent better than a 28nm counterpart, but requires only half the power. The 20nm technology would be at the earliest in the course of 2013 and in commercial products.