Samsung unveils new Exynos processor for top Galaxy phones

News Wireless Global 12 NOV 2015
Samsung unveils new Exynos processor for top Galaxy phones
Samsung Electronics announced plans to start producing its new Exynos processor for its flagship smartphones. Mass production of the Exynos 8 Octa 8890 will start in late 2015, the company said. This chip is Samsung’s second premium application processor built on 14nm FinFET process technology. Unlike the previous Exynos 7 Octa 7420, the Exynos 8 Octa is an integrated one-chip solution that features the company’s first custom-designed CPU based on 64-bit ARMv8 architecture and the latest LTE Release 12 Cat 12/13 modem. 

Samsung said the new CPU provides over 30 percent improvement in performance and 10 percent better power efficiency compared to the Exynos 7 Octa. This chip also supports enhanced heterogeneous multi-processing for efficient usage of the eight cores, four custom and four ARM Cortex-A53. 

The Exynos 8 Octa is Samsung’s first integrated one-chip solution for its premium line-up that combines the application processor and modem. Samsung has delivered one-chip Exynos solutions for mid-range and high-end smartphones in recent years. 

The Exynos 8 Octa integrates the latest Cat.12/13 modem supporting download speeds of up to 600Mbps and upload speeds of up to 150Mbps with carrier aggregation. For a graphic-intensive user interface, highly immersive 3D gaming and life-like virtual reality experiences, the Exynos 8 Octa employs ARM’s latest GPU, Mali-T880.

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