ARM Cortex-A8

ARM Cortex-A8
Designed by ARM Holdings
Common manufacturer(s)
Microarchitecture ARMv7-A
Cores 1
L1 cache 32 KiB/32 KiB
L2 cache 512 KiB

The ARM Cortex-A8 is a 32-bit processor core licensed by ARM Holdings implementing the ARMv7-A architecture.

Compared to the ARM11 core, the Cortex-A8 is a dual-issue superscalar design, achieving roughly twice the instructions executed per clock cycle. The Cortex-A8 was the first Cortex design to be adopted on a large scale for use in consumer devices.[1]

Features

Key features of the Cortex-A8 core are:

Chips

Several system-on-chips (SoC) have implemented the Cortex-A8 core, including:

See also

References

External links

ARM Holdings
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