ARM announce Cortex A72 processor, built on 16nm FET
Cortex A72 is the new performance king in ARMv8-A processors. Announced today, the Cortex A72 is based on 16nm FET and is 3.5x faster than 2014’s A15 processor, 1.7x faster than A57 processor and can clock up to 2.5GHz. ARM is expecting the A72 to targeting the premium smartphone, servers, enterprise networking, large screen mobile devices, digital TV, wireless infrastructure and automotive ADAS/IVAI market segments with A72 processor.
A72 CPU will offer 75% power reduction in premium mobile workloads and this is done thanks to the 16nm FINFET process tech. The 16nm process also means far less heat generation. A72 can be paired with Cortex-A53 processor in big.LITTLE implementation and this will further increase the efficiency of the chip.
Key specs include
- ARM v8-A 32bit/64bit CPU
- NEON SIMD engine
- 48kB I-Cache with parity (per core)
- 32kB D-Cache with ECC (per core)
- 512kB-2MB L2 cache (Shared)
- 128-bit AMBA4 ACE / AMBA5 CHI coherent bus interface
- CoreSight Multicore debug and trace
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Cortex-A72 Processor: Basic Information |
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Architecture |
ARMv8-A |
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Multicore |
1-4x SMP within a single processor cluster, and multiple coherent SMP processor clusters through AMBA® 5 CHI or AMBA 4 ACE technology |
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ISA Support |
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Debug & Trace |
CoreSight™ DK-A57 |
