Samsung Exynos 5 Octa: 8-core mobile processor

Samsung Electronics has announced a new mobile processor (or more precisely, a system-on-chip, SoC) Exynos 5 Octa. As the name implies, it really an eight. The new chip uses ARM big.LITTLE, which toggles between the two clusters, each of which has four cores. For high-performance objectives, the core ARM Cortex-A15, and for the more simple - ARM Cortex-A7, which will provide a more economical power consumption.

Samsung Exynos processor 5 Octa made using 28-nm process, it is expected that in coming years it will be reduced to 10 nm. According to the company, the new solution significantly more productive than the predecessors, such as the processing of 3D it is two times more effective than even the powerful Samsung Exynos 4 Quad. Obviously, Samsung Exynos 5 Octa be used for mobile high-level, including smartphones and tablets.