Samsung prepping quad-core Aquila ARM chip

Posted on Monday, April 19 2010 @ 15:50 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
EE Times received a roadmap with details about Samsung's ARM processor plans for the next couple of years:
Orion is an 800-MHz Cortex-A9 dual-core processor due to sample in 3Q10 and enter mass production in 1Q11.

Pegasus is a 1-GHz Cortex-A9, single-core sampling in 2Q11 and entering mass production in 4Q11.

Hercules is a 1-GHz dual-core Cortex-A9 sampling in 3Q11 and set for mass production in 1Q12.

Mercury is a 600-MHz single-core Cortex-A5 (Sparrow) due in 2010/11.

Venus is a 600-MHz Cortex-A5 dual-core processor due in 2012/13.

Draco is a 1.2-GHz Cortex-A9 dual-core slated to arrive 2012/13.

And Aquila is a 1.2-GHz Cortex-A9 quad-core also expected in 2012/13.


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