14 DAY TRIAL // It's only been a few days since Qualcomm officially introduced its most powerful mobile chipset to date, the Snapdragon 820, and now it looks like Samsung has decided to launch its new Exynos processor as well.
Samsung Exynos 8 Octa is much more powerful than the predecessor, Exynos 7 Octa 7420, which is included in Galaxy Note 5.
According to the South Korean company, the main difference between the two chipsets is the fact that the new Exynos 8 Octa is an integrated one-chip solution.
Moreover, the Exynos chipset introduced today by Samsung features the company's first custom-designed CPU based on 64-bit ARMv8 architecture and the latest LTE Rel.12 Cat.12/13 modem.
Samsung claims that Exynos 8 Octa supports enhanced heterogeneous multi-processing for efficient usage of the eight cores inside the chipset, four custom and four ARM Cortex-A53, to provide users with the highest performance and power efficiency in its class.
Samsung's first one-chip solution
Also, Exynos 8 Octa packs ARM's latest graphics processing unit, Mali-T880. The powerful GPU promises to offer highly immersive 3D gaming and life-like virtual reality experiences.
The LTE Cat.12 modem included in the chipset enables maximum download speed of up to 600Mbps and upload speed of up to 150Mbps.
Samsung will begin mass production of the Exynos 8 Octa chipset in late 2015. According to the latest hearsay, the powerful chipset will be included in the upcoming Galaxy S7 flagship smartphone.
“The Exynos 8 Octa is a leading-edge application processor for next-generation mobile devices that incorporates Samsung’s mobile technology leadership in CPU, ISP, and modem as well as process technology.”
“With our custom designed CPU cores and the industry’s most advanced LTE modem, consumers using mobile devices with the Exynos 8 Octa will experience a new level of mobile computing,” said Dr. Kyushik Hong, Vice President of System LSI marketing, Samsung Electronics.