One maxim in the multicore biz is that more (processor cores) is better. Is that really true? All the time?
Two ARM Cortex-A15 processor cores in a TI OMAP 5 processor outperform four ARM Cortex-A9 cores
“No” says Texas Instruments. In connection with this weeks (MWC) Mobile World Congress neing held in Barcelona, Texas instruments has released a video showing that a yet-to-be-released OMAP 5 application processor based on two ARM Cortex-A15 processor cores clocking at 800MHz runs through a Web browser torture test/obstacle course more than twice as fast as a competing brand’s application processor based on four ARM Cortex-A9 cores clocking at 1.3GHz.
Now that’s a mighty impressive result and it say a lot about both the radical nature of the ARM Cortex-A15 processor core and the system architecture of the OMAP 5 SoC.
Here’s the video:
For more information about implementing the ARM Cortex-A15 processor core in your design, click here.
For more information on the ARM Cortex-A15 processor, try these previous EDA360 Insider blog posts:
“Would you like some ARM Cortex-A15 resources to peruse?”
“Realizing the ARM Cortex-A15: What does the road to 2.5GHz look like?”
“Want to know the secrets of implementing an ARM Cortex-A15 in an advanced process node? Read on!”
“ARM Cortex-A15—does this processor IP core need a new category…Superstar IP?”
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