14 DAY TRIAL // South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics will soon bring to the market handsets powered by its own mobile processor, which has been spotted online quite a few times before under the name of Odin and should kick off mass production of the SoC very soon, it seems.
For those out of the loop, we should note that Odin is based on the ARM architecture, and that it is expected to arrive on devices as an octa-core CPU.
Moreover, the system on a chip is said to come with ARM’s big.LITTLE technology inside, which should allow it to efficiently utilize all of the eight cores packed inside it.
Thus, the chipset will sport a four 2.2GHz Cortex-A15s cores, which will offer great performance capabilities when needed, as well as four 1.7GHz Cortex-A7s cores, destined for everyday operations that do not require too much resources.
Apparently, LG has partnered with TSMC for the production of Odin, though an official confirmation on the matter hasn’t been provided as of now. The CPU should be built using the 28nm manufacturing process.
While the octa-core processor might enter mass production very soon, it seems that LG won’t be including it in the upcoming LG G3, which should arrive in fall as the company’s new flagship handset.
A recent article on ETNews claims that LG is having some issues with the final design, and that it might actually go for a Snapdragon processor with the upcoming smartphone instead.
However, the company will still bring phones powered by Odin to the market in the not-too-distant future, only that they will be lower tier phones, it seems.
The main idea behind the decision was that LG G3 needs to come out on top of rival devices, which means that it actually needs to include proven technology inside. Thus, LG could not afford taking the risk of launching it with Odin inside.
As PhoneArena notes, rumors regarding the release of Odin have been circulating around for quite some time now, and LG was actually expected to include it in other devices as well, such as G2, the G Pad 8.3, and others.
However, this has not happened, and it remains to be seen whether the new reports on the company’s plans for the SoC will actually pan out or not.
One way or the other, LG G3 is still many months away, and official details on its specs won’t be provided too soon, that’s for sure. However, LG has already confirmed that a new flagship phone will be released in the second half of the year.