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Marvell Launches First Triple-Core Hybrid ARM Chip
Blacklaw passes along an excerpt from Thing.co.uk that begins "While other manufacturers are content to develop dual-core ARM processors, Marvell has gone one better — literally — with a new triple-core chip called the Armada 628. The system-on-chip design, based on ARM's v7 MP series, features two dedicated 1.5GHz processing cores plus a third 624MHz core in a single application processor — making Marvell the first company to bring such a beast to market. While two of the cores are a pretty standard SMP setup, as seen in other dual-core ARM implementations, the third is a standalone processor designed for ultra-low-power draw. The idea behind such a design is that when the system is idle, or only running a low-performance application on a single thread, it can shut off the dual-core portion and save oodles of power."
Now with the power of ARM!
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Because superheros never work well on reduced power? Or maybe there's a patch they'll sell later (as per Intel's "upgradeable processor") that will let you run all three.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)