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Cortex - ARM
Cortex is a family of specialized ARM microarchitectures designed by Arm for various edge market such as embedded and mobile. The Cortex family succeed Arm's classic cores with more specialized cores with highly targeted requirements
Overview[edit]
Cortex is a family of ARM cores that address a broad set of markets. First announced in 2004, Cortex cores have replaced Arm's classic cores with more market-specific variations. Cortex can be broadly categorized into three types of workloads: Applications, Real-time, Microcontroller (A.R.M).
- Cortex-A - Application processors. Designed for fully capable computers, running typical operating systems (Android, Windows, Linux, iOS). Those processors are found in anything from smartphones to tablets and laptops.
- Cortex-X - Application processors. Slightly enhanced version of the Cortex-A designs in order to to further optimize the Cortex-A design (in terms of PPA) for certain markets or workloads/
- Cortex-R - Real-time processors. Designed for real-time operating systems with very deterministic behavior. Those cores are typically less powerful than the A series and are used for things such as controllers, factory equipment, medical devices, and other machines.
- Cortex-M - Microcontrollers. Designed for ultra-low power, typically small factor and low-performance systems. Those are found in cost-sensitive devices and electronics, automated systems, and many other embedded devices.
Cores[edit]
Cortex-A[edit]
| Year | Low-power Performance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Cortex-A8 | |||
| 2006 | ||||
| 2007 | Cortex-A9 | |||
| 2008 | ||||
| Ultra-low power | High-efficiency | Mainstream-performance | High-performance | |
| 2009 | Cortex-A5 | |||
| 2010 | Cortex-A15 | |||
| 2011 | Cortex-A7 | |||
| 2012 | Cortex-A53 | Cortex-A57 | ||
| 2013 | Cortex-A12 | |||
| 2014 | Cortex-A17 | |||
| 2015 | Cortex-A35 | Cortex-A72 | ||
| 2016 | Cortex-A32 | Cortex-A73 | ||
| 2017 | Cortex-A55 | Cortex-A75 | ||
| 2018 | Cortex-A76 | |||
| 2019 | Cortex-A77 | |||
| 2020 | Cortex-A78 | |||
| 2021 | Cortex-A510 | Cortex-A710 | ||
| 2022 | Cortex-A715 | |||
| 2023 | Hayes | Hunter | ||
| 2024 | Chaberton | |||
Cortex-X[edit]
| Year | Core |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Cortex-X1 |
| 2021 | Cortex-X2 |
| 2022 | Cortex-X3 |
| 2023 | Hunter-ELP |
| 2024 | Chaberton-ELP |
Cortex-R[edit]
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Cortex-M[edit]
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