No-one really knows much about ARMs Eagle CPU design yet. I spotted it on a slide at Computex earlier this year but the only real info available is from a presentation back in 2009. It’s the next-next generation high-end core and likely to be produced in a 28nm process but based on the standard lead-time for an ARM architecture to get into an end product I’d say we’re looking at 2012 and 2013 for this one. Cortex A9 hasn’t been introduced in any products yet and Cortex A8 still has a way to go too. To give you an idea of the end-end timescales for a new CPU design, Ti are only now announcing that they have the license. The deal was made in 2009!
If we project our thoughts 3 years into the future we’re going to be in a time-period where Intel CPU’s are likely to be in smartphones and ARM are likely to be in laptops. We could be looking at MeeGo and WebOS or something completely new. Google OS perhaps? Will Windows still be as dominant or will Android or IOS develop to become a truly productive operating system? I wonder if I’ll still be blogging?
New article: Ti Announces License for ARMs ‘Eagle.’ Cortex A10 / OMAP 5 for 2013? http://bit.ly/c9UTOJ
RT @umpcportal: New article: Ti Announces License for ARMs ‘Eagle.’ Cortex A10 / OMAP 5 for 2013? http://bit.ly/c9UTOJ
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RT @umpcportal: New article: Ti Announces License for ARMs ‘Eagle.’ Cortex A10 / OMAP 5 for 2013? http://bit.ly/c9UTOJ
ah, guessing the future…
What we do know is that TI is NOT taking ARM’s Mali graphics for Omap5. In May, TI/IMG announced that TI had taken a licence for IMG’s multi-core graphics 543/544MP for use in future OMAP platforms. Omap4 is already confirmed as being SGX540.
http://www.imgtec.com/corporate/newsdetail.asp?NewsID=547
A big kick in the teeth for Arm’s Mali graphics, when their lead partner on their flagship processor core snubs their graphics and stays with PowerVr.