Comments on: CES 2013 Keynote: Samsung Exynos 5 Octa & Flexible Display

By: Jml

Jml — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:12:00 +0000

Very few apps uses 8 cores let alone 4 cores. Most games 2 cores at most.

By: Jml

Jml — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:11:00 +0000

No because anandtech’s review of Google chrome book should tell you what you need to know. Dual core Arm cortex a-15 Chromebook uses 12 watts compared to the much older atom based Chromebook which one used 15 watts. ARM is supposed to be about low power usage but ARM Cortex A-15 broke that model INTO PIECES. If Intel plays their cards right ARM IS IN A LOT OF TROUBLE Not to mention MIPS which has the lower power usage I seen to date.

By: Jml

Jml — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:08:00 +0000

Talk about POWER HOG!!!!!! ARM Cortex A-15 is fast but it uses 2x power in order to get that fast.

By: Marc Guillot

Marc Guillot — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 19:18:00 +0000

Yeah, that’s why I said that I hope they implement the full specification (Linux and Linux apps are more than capable to feed 8 cores). I want to see this SoC on an Ubuntu station.

By: Jml

Jml — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:16:00 +0000

If the OS is able to run all of the cores at once and if the program or programs in question support eight cores.

By: Marc Guillot

Marc Guillot — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:37:00 +0000

Big.LITTLE has different operating modes, on MP mode all cores can run simultaneously.

http://www.linaro.org/linaro-blog/2011/12/15/big-little-technology-two-usage-models/

By: Marc Guillot

Marc Guillot — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:34:00 +0000

Wouldn’t be better to wait for a reviewed real product before say that.

Big.LITTLE architecture has been designed specifically to save power. Give them some credit.

By: Jml

Jml — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:00:00 +0000

That won’t happen because both set of quad cores have completely different uses. One is for Max battery life and the other for Max performance.

By: Jml

Jml — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:59:00 +0000

WARNING WARNING POWER HOG APPROACHING WARNING!!!

By: Marc Guillot

Marc Guillot — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:12:00 +0000

What a beast ,

I hope they implement the full big.LITTLE specification, so you can use the 8 cores at the same time when you need max performance.