Arm announced two smartphone-performance-boosting solutions today at Computex in Taipei before CEO Rene Haas’ speech. The fourth-generation Arm Cortex-X4 core is the first. Arm stated the Cortex-X4 is its fastest CPU and will deliver 15% more performance than the Cortex X-3, enabling AI and machine learning apps.
The fifth-generation GPU-based Arm Immortalis-G720 is the second new product. Through MediaTek, OPPO and vivo flagships use the Immortalis-G715 GPU. Arm’s fifth-generation GPU architecture was designed for high-geometry games and real-time 3D apps to simulate console gameplay on mobile devices.
According to Arm, cortex-X4 microarchitecture consumes 40% less power than Cortex-X3 on the same process, improving responsiveness and app launch time.
Arm introduced Arm Total Compute Solutions 2023 (TCS23), a mobile computing platform with IPs like the Immortalis GPU, Armv9 CPUs, and software advancements. System on Chip (SoC) designers designing compute subsystems can use the company’s Total Complete Solutions IP packages. TCS23 uses Arm’s latest Armv9.2 architecture for luxury smartphones.
The recently introduced Immortalis-G720, Mali-G720, and Mali-G620 are fifth-generation GPUs. In addition, the Armv9.2 compute cluster uses Arm’s latest DynamiQ shared unit, the DSU-120, and the new Cortex-4, Cortex-A720, and Cortex-A520 CPUs.
In his keynote today, Haas noted Arm had always been an IP supplier but then saw how long IP integration took. So, to help SoC designers, it built CPU, memory, and compute components before integrating, configuring, and certifying them to create a comprehensive system.
Arm is “taping out the Cortex-X4 on the TSMC N3E process,” an industry first. Arm, owned by SoftBank Group Corp., filed the largest IPO of the year in the U.S. last month. Its Nasdaq IPO will raise $8–10 billion. CNN reported that U.S. IPOs, excluding SPACs, are down 22% to $2.35 billion year-to-date. So Arm decided to go public.
