Mobile chipset design company, ARM has announced the world’s most efficient 64-bit mobile processor to replace the existing Cortex-A7 processor – the Cortex-A35 which will power low-cost smartphones and wearables.
Commenting on the launch, General Manager, CPU group, James McNiven said;
“Cortex-A35 is the natural successor to the compact-footprint Cortex-A7, the leading energy-efficient processor, which has powered more than a billion smartphones and tablets. With the introduction of the world’s most efficient 64-bit capable mobile processor, ARM and it’s partners will deliver the benefits of 64-bit computing to the next billion smartphone users and beyond.”
The 64-bit Cortex-A35 processor consumes less power (by 32%), provides more efficiency (by 25%) and has smaller silicon footprint (by 25%) compared to various processors. For wearables. It is compatible with existing 32-bit applications and consumes less than 90mW total power per core when operating at 1.0GHz in a 28nm process node.
At the moment, it is the most efficient CPU core from ARM yet and these numbers may slightly differ in real life usage but then we can only know this when devices featuring the new chip start shipping by late 2016. Mediatek is one of the chipset makers which would use Cortex-A35 in the production of some if it’s upcoming products.
