Samsung today announced the Exynos 4 Quad processor. As the name implies, it comes with four ARM Cortex A9 cores clocked at 1.4GHz. Built on the High-k Metal Gate (HKMG) low-power process technology, it offers twice the performance of the now rebranded 45nm Exynos 4 Dual (Exynos 4210) while still being 20% more energy efficient.
“The quad-core processor offers phenomenal multitasking abilities surpassing any single or dual application processor. Since all the cores must share a single battery, the power management and efficiency in the limited battery capacity are indispensable for mobile computing devices,” said Taehoon Kim, vice president of System LSI marketing, Device Solutions, Samsung Electronics. “Given the diverse functionalities consumers are demanding from their mobile devices today, the Exynos 4 Quad meets those high-performance needs while keeping power consumption very low.”
The Exynos 4 Quad also supports full 30fps 1080p HD video playback and recording and an HDMI 1.4 interface.
Best of all, Samsung has confirmed that the Exynos 4 Quad will power its ‘Next Galaxy’ device to be unveiled at the next Samsung Unpacked event on May 3rd. It could also soon appear in other devices as well. Being pin-to-pin compatible with the Exynos 4 Dual will allow manufacturers to quickly switch over with minimal cost and effort.
Already in production, the Exynos 4 Quad is scheduled to be adopted first into Samsung’s next Galaxy smartphone that will officially be announced in May. Samsung’s Exynos 4 Quad is also sampling to other major handset makers.
The Exynos 4 Quad processor just might explain those Samsung Galaxy S III benchmark results spotted yesterday.
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