ARM announces Cortex-A17 processor with Mali T720 GPU aimed at mid-range smartphones and tablets

ARM Cortex A17

ARM today announced the Cortex-A17, the company’s latest processor that would offer 60% more performance than the ARM Cortex-A9 processor. It is paired with ARM Mali-T720 GPU that has Open GL ES 3.0 support. The Cortex-A17 is based on 28nm process technology and ARMv7-A architecture. It can go up to 2GHz per CPU and supports ARM big.LITTLE processing using the CoreLink CCI-400 Cache Coherent Interconnect. Continue reading “ARM announces Cortex-A17 processor with Mali T720 GPU aimed at mid-range smartphones and tablets”