Samsung preparing ARM Cortex A9 dual core CPUs – we smell Smartbooks!
According to a document leaked by ARMnews, Samsung is preparing ARM Cortex A8, A9, single, dual and quad core processors that will be released in H2 2010 and 2011. In a slide from the document, it is clearly stated that these processor are meant to be used in netbooks.
| Processor | Cores | Mass Production |
| S55V210: 1GHz Cortex-A8 | Single-core | Q3 2010 |
| Orion: 800 MHz Cortex-A9 | Dual-core | Q1 2011 |
| Pegasus: 1 GHz Cortex-A9 | Single-core | Q4 2011 |
| Hercules: 1 GHz Cortex-A9 | Dual-core | Q1 2012 |
| Draco: 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9 | Dual-core | 2013 |
| Aquila: 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9 | Quad-core | 2013 |
And in layman terms, ARM-based netbooks = Smartbooks
[via armnews]
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