Freescale i.MX 6: Quad A9 Core
Freescale have announced their i.MX 6 series of SoC containing 4 ARM Cortex A9 cores. Up until now, we had been excited about things like dual-core A9′s (eg. Tegra 2) but the i.MX 6 series looks to make one step forward in furthering parallel processing on anything from smartphones to tablets. As you can see from the basic application chart above, the i.MX 6 have been designed from the ground up to be extremely versatile, handling anything from multimedia to 3D to raw processing power. This allows device manufacturers tremendous power/price flexibility all on a unified platform, which of course means drivers too. The savings translate to cheaper development costs, as well as a faster time to the market. We’re looking forward to seeing some benchmarks of the i.MX 6 series SoC when samples start to appear later this year, presumably by the end of Spring.
via ubergizmo
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