ARM Holdings has introduced new designs for processor and GPU cores, which will be used to create the next generation of mobile chipsets for smartphones. These latest designs, based on the ARM v9.2 architecture, promise increased performance and overall efficiency, leveraging modern 3nm FinFET processors from TSMC and GAA from Samsung.
In the processor core segment, ARM has made evolutionary changes, including renaming its high-performance core to Cortex-X925, which offers a 15% performance boost over last year’s Cortex-X4. Additionally, the new core benefits from the 3nm manufacturing process and increased clock speed to 3.6 GHz, providing a further 36% performance improvement.
The mid-range core family is now represented by the Cortex-A725, which is 25% more efficient than the Cortex-A720, thanks to a modern manufacturing process and increased L2 cache. The entry-level cores are now represented by the Cortex-A520, identical to the Cortex-A510, with improvements mainly stemming from the manufacturing process.
ARM has also introduced new GPU designs for various mobile device segments. The Immortalis-G925 GPU offers higher performance or lower power consumption compared to the Immortalis-G720, providing up to a 37% increase in frame rate or a 30% reduction in power usage. This GPU also significantly improves ray tracing performance, with up to a 52% faster rendering of complex scenes and a 57% reduction in memory usage.
The new processor and GPU designs also bring enhanced AI performance, with significant improvements in tasks such as image upscaling, image segmentation, object recognition, and language processing.
These new designs are expected to be featured in the latest chipsets from Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Samsung by the end of the year, marking a significant step forward in mobile technology.
