Replies to post #98750 on Intel Corp (INTC)

[DavidA2]

I'm not worried about the A15, I'm wondering why you are worried. If they can catch up and possibly even exceed ARM chips in performance/watt, there's no reason it can't continue in the future. It looks like for Atom, the new architecture comes with new process, like with Saltwell. So we should hope Saltwell brings decent microarchitectural advancements too.

Of course if Intel keeps making paper launches, ARM does become a threat. A15 isn't due until 2013, by then yet another Atom chip should be ready. Again, if Intel executes.

[mas]

The OMAP 5 processor leverages two ARM® Cortex™-A15 MPCores™ – the most advanced ARM architecture to date – capable of speeds of up to 2 GHz per core in the OMAP 5 implementation. With a 50 percent boost in performance over the Cortex-A9 core (at the same clock frequency), combined with up to 8GB of dynamic memory access and hardware virtualization support, the Cortex-A15 core can enable true mobile computing experiences, such as the ones referenced above.

The 28 nanometer OMAP 5 applications processors carry on the OMAP family tradition of delivering significant increases in performance and functionality, while lowering power consumption compared to their predecessors. Specifically, they offer up to 3x processing performance and five-fold 3D graphics improvement, yet provide a nearly 60 percent average power reduction compared to a sample user experience on the OMAP 4 platform.

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