jeff (no@way.com) on 9/27/09 wrote:
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>Wilco (Wilco.Dijkstra@ntlworld.com) on 9/27/09 wrote:
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>>Do you know of any other embedded core that has these capabilities and performance
>>while using so little power it is suitable for mobile phones, full-day netbooks
>>etc? The A9 pulled so much ahead of Atom that there is now a significant overlap
>>between high-end ARM and low-end x86. ARM servers are already being designed. I'd
>>say it this one of the most interesting developments this decade.
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>I don't. I understand its disruptiveness in the market, I was wondering more of the technical aspects of the A9.

arm did come up with a few tricks to lower the power
consumption of oooe, e.g. use a checkpointing mechanism to
reduce the power required to keep track of which renamed
registered can be freed.

another example is ACP, which can greatly improve the
performance and usability of arm's GPU co-processor.

amd/intel have talked fusion for years. guess who
come up with a product first.