The companies ARM and TSMC have a so-called ‘tape out’ of a new multicoreprocessor produced on a 20nm-proced lwa. The cores of the chip based on the Cortex A15 is the successor of the Cortex A9.
After the tape-out chip maker TSMC that it is the production of the new chip can start, which is still unknown when it is ready for use. The new version of the Cortex A15 processor, that at 20nm is fried, it would be two times better performance than its predecessors, which is on 32nm or 28nm were fried, so claim the companies. In addition, it consumes the chip less power, but on the decrease, there were no details given.
ARM announced earlier its Cortex A15 core, but allowed the then still not know what companies on the basis of this, a full soc, started making. Now, in addition to TSMC, Texas Instruments also let you know soc’s with the new cores. The first products based on the Cortex A15 are expected next year. It pertains to the versions that are still on a 32nm or 28nm process are produced.
The Cortex A15 is the successor of the Cortex A9, and need per kloktik 40 percent better performance. In addition to use in mobile devices provides ARM applications in servers and home entertainment systems. The maximum clock speed of the new processor core is 2.5 GHz.