The new core, officially called the Exynos M1, is the first fruit of years-long efforts by Samsung’s Austin R&D Center to try to create an in-house CPU architecture. There are no performance claims for this component, but you can expect a notable performance increase over the GPU inside Exynos 7 Octa.
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Samsung has today lifted the lid off its latest Exynos processor the Exynos 8 Octa 8890, it’s first chip made from a single piece of silicon that includes both processing, graphics, and an LTE Modem all in one place. The Exynos is the first Samsung Electronics chip to have embedded modem technology for the company’s flagship premium smartphone model.
“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”. However, it’s the way in which the Exynos combines everything your smartphone needs on one chip that makes it so good. Also the one-chip solution benefits OEMs with a reduced number of parts needed and overall space required for a device, allowing more flexible design options.
The Exynos 8 Octa 8890 is built on Samsung’s 14 nm FinFET process like the previous Exynos 7 Octa 7420, and again is based on the a big.LITTLE configuration; though the big processing cores are a custom design this time around.
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Mass production of the Exynos 8 Octa is scheduled to begin in late 2015. But Samsung says its next chip will be offer a 30 percent performance boost and 10 percent better power efficiency. It will go against the likes of new Snapdragon 820 processor. Elsewhere, an LTE modem has also been squeezed into the chipset, providing mobile data download speeds of up to 600Mbps and upload speeds of up to 150Mbps.
