The Armada 628. Learn it. Love it. Live by it. Well, live by it once it’s publicly available that is. If you’re still stuck on the dual-core ARM processors we’ve been hearing so many good things about, push those aside so you have room for this: three cores of fury. Yes, a triple-core processor for mobile devices. Specifically, two of the cores drift along at 1.5GHz a piece while the third brain is reserved for ultra-low power states, obviously operating a bit slower for when battery life is more precious. Speaking of spead, how’s 200 million triangles per second sound? Yeah, everything sounds so inferior in comparison.

The design is supposedly “low profile” enough to matter in the mobile market. On that note, the “hi/lo” approach to speed is a novel one that if orchestrated will offer up copious amounts of performance while also giving long run times away from electrical outlets. No matter how you look at it, this chip is nothing short of amazing…on paper at least. I’ll reserve final judgement until I actually hold a phone in my hand powered by one of these things. But something tells me I’ll be tickled pink.

Source:
Engadget