Intel surprisingly streamlined their embedded SoC for the embedded market, leaving the DirectX 9.3 focused SGX535 for an OpenGL ES focused core. They could easily go for a 543MP2 update, taking the same path as Apple but with different initial motivations.
They really should go for a 554MP2 (not to be confused with 544MP2), though... including a DirectX target would make sense again and the performance numbers would make a statement!
I'm pretty sure a 543MP isn't really close to doubling the die size of a 540 yet can yield proportionally large increases in some performance areas, just as a point of comparison.
Among heat, size, and power, though, die should be the last concern.
Intel surprisingly streamlined their embedded SoC for the embedded market, leaving the DirectX 9.3 focused SGX535 for an OpenGL ES focused core. They could easily go for a 543MP2 update, taking the same path as Apple but with different initial motivations.
They really should go for a 554MP2 (not to be confused with 544MP2), though... including a DirectX target would make sense again and the performance numbers would make a statement!
I'm pretty sure a 543MP isn't really close to doubling the die size of a 540 yet can yield proportionally large increases in some performance areas, just as a point of comparison.
Among heat, size, and power, though, die should be the last concern.
Well i think they are going duel core Atom, so that leaves less die space.
554mp2 seems more likely than 544mp4
If you look at the die shots from Silverthorne, I'd say that an Atom CPU core at 45 nm is a little less than 10 mm^2 (Silverthorne as a whole is 25 mm^2). That's just the CPU core though, so without the L2 cache.No idea about Atom CPUs, but ARM CPU cores are relatively small. Typically way smaller than a decent GPU block would consume.
If you look at the die shots from Silverthorne, I'd say that an Atom CPU core at 45 nm is a little less than 10 mm^2 (Silverthorne as a whole is 25 mm^2). That's just the CPU core though, so without the L2 cache.
If you look at the die shots from Silverthorne, I'd say that an Atom CPU core at 45 nm is a little less than 10 mm^2 (Silverthorne as a whole is 25 mm^2). That's just the CPU core though, so without the L2 cache.
A dual core A9 is 6.7 mm² on TSMC 40G (see this).Is Silverthorne part of the z series? how does that compare to an a9 @40nm?
A dual core A9 is 6.7 mm² on TSMC 40G (see this).
Can't say, implementers tend to not make such figures publicFor a 2GHz performance optimized hard macro from ARM.. is that necessarily representative of what's being used in most SoCs?
Can't say, implementers tend to not make such figures public