Exynos
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Samsung has a long history of designing and producing System on Chips (SoCs) and has been manufacturing SoCs for its own devices as well as others, for example Apple. The first Samsung SoC, S3C44B0, was built around an ARM7 CPU which operated at 66 MHz clock frequency. Later several SoCs, S3C2xxx, containing an ARM9 CPU were produced.
In 2010 Samsung launched the S5PC110 also known as Hummingbird (now Exynos 3110) in its mobile phone Galaxy S which had a licensed ARM Cortex-A8
CPU with a PowerVR
SGX540 GPU.
In 2011 Samsung launched the Exynos 4210 SoC in its Galaxy S II mobile phone.
In fall 2011 Samsung introduced Exynos 4212 with higher clock frequency and “50 percent higher 3D graphics performance over the previous processor generation". Built with 32 nm High-K Metal Gate (HKMG) low-power process it promises “30 percent lower power-level over the previous process generation.”
In 2010 Samsung launched the S5PC110 also known as Hummingbird (now Exynos 3110) in its mobile phone Galaxy S which had a licensed ARM Cortex-A8
ARM Cortex-A8
The ARM Cortex-A8 is a processor core designed by ARM Holdings implementing the ARM v7 instruction set architecture. Compared to the ARM11 core, the Cortex-A8 is dual-issue superscalar, achieving roughly twice the instructions executed per clock cycle....
CPU with a PowerVR
PowerVR
PowerVR is a division of Imagination Technologies that develops hardware and software for 2D and 3D rendering, and for video encoding, decoding, associated image processing and Direct X, OpenGL ES, OpenVG, and OpenCL acceleration....
SGX540 GPU.
In 2011 Samsung launched the Exynos 4210 SoC in its Galaxy S II mobile phone.
In fall 2011 Samsung introduced Exynos 4212 with higher clock frequency and “50 percent higher 3D graphics performance over the previous processor generation". Built with 32 nm High-K Metal Gate (HKMG) low-power process it promises “30 percent lower power-level over the previous process generation.”
List of historical Samsung SoC and current Exynos SoC
| Model Number | Semiconductor Technology | CPU Instruction Set | CPU | GPU | Memory Technology | Availability | Utilizing Devices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S5L8900 | 90 nm | ARMv6 | 412 MHz Single-Core ARM11 ARM11 ARM11 is an ARM architecture 32-bit RISC microprocessor family which introduced the ARMv6 architectural additions. These include SIMD media instructions, multiprocessor support and a new cache architecture... |
PowerVR MBX Lite | eDRAM | 2007 | Apple iPhone, Apple iPhone 3G, Apple iPod touch 1G, Apple iPod touch 2G |
| S3C6410 | 65 nm | ARMv6 | 533/667/800 MHz Single-core ARM11 ARM11 ARM11 is an ARM architecture 32-bit RISC microprocessor family which introduced the ARMv6 architectural additions. These include SIMD media instructions, multiprocessor support and a new cache architecture... |
2D/3D Graphics Acceleration | DDR | 2009 | Samsung GT-i5510 Galaxy 551, Samsung GT-i5700 Galaxy Spica, Samsung M910 Intercept Samsung M910 Intercept The Samsung SPH-M910 is an Android smartphone manufactured by Samsung. It was released on July 11, 2010, for Sprint in the United States, and was released on Sprint Nextel-owned prepaid cell phone company Virgin Mobile on October 4, 2010.It was marketed as an updated version of the very similar... |
| S5PC100 | 65 nm | ARMv7 | 667/833 MHz Single-core ARM Cortex-A8 ARM Cortex-A8 The ARM Cortex-A8 is a processor core designed by ARM Holdings implementing the ARM v7 instruction set architecture. Compared to the ARM11 core, the Cortex-A8 is dual-issue superscalar, achieving roughly twice the instructions executed per clock cycle.... |
PowerVR PowerVR PowerVR is a division of Imagination Technologies that develops hardware and software for 2D and 3D rendering, and for video encoding, decoding, associated image processing and Direct X, OpenGL ES, OpenVG, and OpenCL acceleration.... SGX535 |
LPDDR2, DDR2 | 2009 | Apple iPhone 3GS, Apple iPod touch 3G |
| Exynos 3110 | 45 nm | ARMv7 | 1 GHz Single-core ARM Cortex-A8 ARM Cortex-A8 The ARM Cortex-A8 is a processor core designed by ARM Holdings implementing the ARM v7 instruction set architecture. Compared to the ARM11 core, the Cortex-A8 is dual-issue superscalar, achieving roughly twice the instructions executed per clock cycle.... |
PowerVR PowerVR PowerVR is a division of Imagination Technologies that develops hardware and software for 2D and 3D rendering, and for video encoding, decoding, associated image processing and Direct X, OpenGL ES, OpenVG, and OpenCL acceleration.... SGX540 |
LPDDR1, LPDDR2, or DDR2 | 2010 | Samsung Galaxy S line, Samsung GT-S8500 Wave, Nexus S Nexus S The Nexus S is a smartphone co-developed by Google and Samsung and manufactured by Samsung Electronics. It was the first smartphone to use the Android 2.3 "Gingerbread" operating system, and the first Android device to support Near Field Communication in both hardware and software... , Meizu M9 Meizu M9 The Meizu M9 is the latest Chinese smartphone designed and promoted by the Meizu Technology Co., ltd. which is an an Android smartphone. It features a 1 GHz "Hummingbird" processor along with 8–16 GB internal Flash memory, a rear-facing 5-megapixel camera and a 3.54-inch 960x640... , Samsung Galaxy Tab, Samsung Droid Charge, Exhibit 4G, Samsung Infuse |
| Exynos 4210 | 45 nm | ARMv7 | 1-1.4 GHz Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 | ARM ARM An arm is an upper limb of the body.Arm may also refer to:-Geography:* Arm , a narrow stretch of a larger body of water** Canal arm, a subsidiary branch of a canal or inland waterway** Distributary or arm, a subsidiary branch of a river... Mali-400 MP4 |
LPDDR2, DDR2 or DDR3 | 2011 | Samsung Galaxy S II Samsung Galaxy S II The Samsung Galaxy S II is a smartphone running under the Android operating system that was announced by Samsung on February 13, 2011 at the Mobile World Congress. It is the successor to the Samsung Galaxy S, with a different appearance and significantly improved hardware... , Samsung Galaxy Note Samsung Galaxy Note The Samsung Galaxy Note is an Android smartphone and tablet computer that was introduced in 2011. It occupies a niche in Samsung's Galaxy range, bridging the gap between other Galaxy-series smartphones such as the Galaxy S II and tablets such as the Galaxy Tab.... , Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, Hardkernel ODROID-A |
| Exynos 4212 | 32 nm | ARMv7 | 1.5 GHz Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 | ARM ARM An arm is an upper limb of the body.Arm may also refer to:-Geography:* Arm , a narrow stretch of a larger body of water** Canal arm, a subsidiary branch of a canal or inland waterway** Distributary or arm, a subsidiary branch of a river... Mali-400 MP4 |
LPDDR2, DDR2 or DDR3 | 2011 | |
| Exynos 5250 | 32 nm | ARMv7 | 2.0 GHz Dual-core ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore The ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore is a multicore ARM architecture processor providing an out-of-order superscalar pipeline ARM v7 instruction set running at up to 2.5 GHz. ARM has confirmed that the Cortex A15 core is 40 percent faster than the Cortex-A9 core, all things equal... |
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