Peter Greenhalgh, vice president and academician of Arm Technology, said that the demand for single-linear computing in smartphones is constantly increasing. The high-performance required for the smart phone requires a notebook-grade rating, prompting Arm to create a processor with a notebook-size capability. The processor is imported into the mobile application.
Ian Smythe, Arm's senior marketing director, said that smart phones have become a mobile device for people to use every day. Everyone has been accustomed to the rapid response of smart phones, but they do not realize that smart phones need a very high computing power. In addition, there are many businesses. Due to the needs of the workforce, the mobile phone uses a lot of Office 356 cloud service functions. The mobile phone also indirectly becomes another vehicle to replace the computer work.
According to Smythe analysis, when OEMs use Arm's high-end application processors, they often depend on cost, processing performance, and considerations of different applications. The new processors will provide better memory capacity, improve processing performance, and be highly efficient. The product design; However, Cortex A76 does not replace the existing processor, but to provide a new choice. For example, some OEM manufacturers believe that the Cortex A75 and Cortex A73 can meet most of the application scenarios, will continue to use In addition, the Cortex A75 and Cortex A73 are still smaller than the Cortex A76 in terms of overall processor footprint, and are still superior to the Cortex A76 for cost-sensitive manufacturers.
On the other hand, in addition to applications on mobile phones, the Cortex A76 is an attempt to replace the components of the notebook processor. Arm observed that the trend of the notebook Always On, is likely to produce a new size class device, and this is the Cortex A76 The type of product that may be the first to be introduced, providing OEMs to import larger mobile devices to increase overall device productivity.
Overall, Greenhalgh revealed that there are currently two SoC vendors introducing the Cortex A76 into chip design. Arm also expects that the processor will be seen on networked laptops in 2019.