CortexX4

Qualcomm announced its latest chipset today, the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3. The platform comes as an evolution of the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 sharing its single prime Cortex-X4 core for the CPU and on-device AI capabilities with the flagship 8 series. The new chip promises 15% improved CPU and 45% improved Adreno GPU compared to its predecessor as well a 5% reduction in power consumption. This is the first chip in the Snapdragon 7-series to have on device generative AI capabilities. It supports a wide range of LLMs (large…

Qualcomm chipsets are stratified by number, but there are further subdivisions with "+" and more recently "s" models. Today the company unveils the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, a chipset that offers a selection of the premium Snapdragon features without costing as much as the premier 8 Gen 2 and 8 Gen 3 chips. The 8s Gen 3 is a 4nm chip with a Cortex-X4 prime core at 3.0GHz, four performance cores at 2.8GHz and three efficiency cores at 2.0GHz. It supports up to 24GB of LPDDR5x RAM (up to 4,200MHz) and UFS 4.0 storage. For…

MediaTek Dimensity 9300 SoC was announced on Monday (November 6) as the latest mobile processor from MediaTek. It comes with a new CPU setup and is claimed to offer notable AI, graphics, and display improvements. The latest flagship chipset from MediaTek is built on TSMC's third-generation 4nm process technology and is expected to power top Chinese Android handsets. The Dimensity 9300 features a single prime core — a Cortex-X4 clocked at 3.25GHz alongside 3x Cortex-X4 cores and 4x Cortex-A720…

ARM’s big.LITTLE CPU configurations have been around for years and the standard practice so far has been to have as many – or more – little cores as there are big cores. This is now changing with the introduction of ARM’s new designs. The high-power Cortex-X4, middle Cortex-A720 and small Cortex-A520 were unveiled today and will work in tandem to balance between performance and efficiency. ARM also introduced the DSU-120, which is what drives the DynamIQ Shared Unit system that allows different CPU cores to work…

ARM, the British firm that designs the basic architecture for processors found inside all smartphones, tablets, and wearable devices, has unveiled its next-generation CPU and GPU cores. The company’s new Cortex-A520, Cortex-A720, and Cortex-X4 CPU cores bring performance and power-efficiency improvements, making future smartphones, including Samsung’s, faster. ARM also unveiled the Immortalis G720 GPU, but Samsung might not use it in Exynos chips. We expect to see these new CPU cores in MediaTek Dimensity 9300, Samsung…