Interesting Article. I remember that Qualcomm said that they would use ARM off-the-shelf CPUs in their SOCs and custom GPU and other IP blocks from in-house
Could the Samsung's Exynos M1 be a pre-public example of this sort of semi-custom core license? Samsung's has historically enjoyed very early access to ARM technology (releasing products with Mali Midgard and big.LITTLE before those technologies were really ready for prime-time), and the M1 at a high-level seems rather similar to Cortex-A57/72).
Yep Exynos M1 cores clocked at 2.6 GhZ slightly above ARM's own 2.5Ghz. They could very well turn out to be semi-custom although i highly doubt it given that Samsung announced that they developed the mongoose cores at their Austin lab after several years of R&D
I wonder if this could include things like adding GPIO, PWM, or additional ports? Would be cool to see more IoT, Robotics, etc capabilities added to more chips.
Any idea on what is bundled with an "Architecture license"? Does it involve transfer of any IPs developed by ARM or just the license to implement the ISA?
Whoah, we can be witnesses of great changes in information science and technology today. This field is improving and growing so fast, sometimes I read https://writingbros.com/essay-examples/information... and each time I can find out about new projects, technology, etc. It is truly to say that our generation is so progressive one.
We’ve updated our terms. By continuing to use the site and/or by logging into your account, you agree to the Site’s updated Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
10 Comments
Back to Article
Eden-K121D - Monday, May 30, 2016 - link
Interesting Article. I remember that Qualcomm said that they would use ARM off-the-shelf CPUs in their SOCs and custom GPU and other IP blocks from in-houseKalelovil - Monday, May 30, 2016 - link
Could the Samsung's Exynos M1 be a pre-public example of this sort of semi-custom core license?Samsung's has historically enjoyed very early access to ARM technology (releasing products with Mali Midgard and big.LITTLE before those technologies were really ready for prime-time), and the M1 at a high-level seems rather similar to Cortex-A57/72).
Eden-K121D - Monday, May 30, 2016 - link
Yep Exynos M1 cores clocked at 2.6 GhZ slightly above ARM's own 2.5Ghz. They could very well turn out to be semi-custom although i highly doubt it given that Samsung announced that they developed the mongoose cores at their Austin lab after several years of R&DAndrei Frumusanu - Monday, May 30, 2016 - link
Mongoose is a full Samsung design.Eden-K121D - Monday, May 30, 2016 - link
Thanks AndreiIkefu - Monday, May 30, 2016 - link
I wonder if this could include things like adding GPIO, PWM, or additional ports? Would be cool to see more IoT, Robotics, etc capabilities added to more chips.r3loaded - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
No, that's SoC level stuff. This refers to minor tweaks to the CPU's microarchitecture.vayal - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
Any idea on what is bundled with an "Architecture license"? Does it involve transfer of any IPs developed by ARM or just the license to implement the ISA?Andrei Frumusanu - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
The license for the ISA as well as test suites for compatibility.George Allan - Tuesday, September 22, 2020 - link
Whoah, we can be witnesses of great changes in information science and technology today. This field is improving and growing so fast, sometimes I read https://writingbros.com/essay-examples/information... and each time I can find out about new projects, technology, etc. It is truly to say that our generation is so progressive one.