Samsung's Cortex A9 processor: 1 GHz, dual-core, 1080p capabilities

By on Sep 7, 2010 at 8:21 AM
General September 7, 2010

Samsung sure has been making a lot of mobile news lately. With their Galaxy Tab release, screen factory announcement, and various Galaxy S handset releases, Sammy is making their fair share of headlines. Today, Samsung announced that they are testing the Cortex A9 Orion processor for netbooks, tablets, and smartphones. The new processor is a 1 GHz, dual-core chip that supports 1080p video recording and playback at 30 frames per second. Samsung also boasts that the new silicon will have five times the graphics performance of the current A8 Hummingbird series of processors. The Orion will be available to “select customers” sometime in the fourth quarter of 2010 and will be put into mass production in the first half of 2011. Dual-core smartphones. Drool.

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  • Kevin

    It will be available to “select customers” *after* it’s scheduled to be in mass production? It would be nice if BGR would at least copy articles with the correct years reported.

    • Schtupenheimer

      Did you even Read the article? “The Orion will be available to “select customers” sometime in the fourth quarter of 2010 and will be put into mass production in the first half of 2011. Dual-core smartphones. Drool.” read it again before you try to correct something. fourth quarter of 2010..last i heard 2010 comes before 2011

      • John

        Orion is going to rock!

        When you compare the current generation (Cortex A8 based processors), Samsung is very competitive. Look at the results:

        http://smartphonebenchmarks.com

        Samsung’s Galaxy S series phones are outperforming everyone else based on Qualcomm and Texas Instrument based processors. I expect Orion to similarly outperform other Cortex A9 based processors from the same manufacturers.

        2011 will be a great year for me. :)

      • http://seriousmobile.wordpress.com Donny

        Texas Instruments does NOT have a Cortex A8 based CPU running above 600Mhz in a production smartphone.
        OMAP3610 – OMAP3640 (720Mhz to 1Ghz; the latter), AM3505 – OMAP3530 (500Mhz – 600Mhz).

        Qualcomm’s Snapdragon and others are based on A8; being based does NOT necessarily give you optimum performance. And the root code of the chosen OS will be critical.

        Intrinsity, just may have just as early access to Cortex A9 generation 2 designs like Texas Instruments did just a few weeks ago. Apple is in VERY fine shape, TD, much more than you know.

      • Kevin

        Did you stop to consider that the article may have been corrected during the 4-1/2 hour period between my comment and yours? Trust me, I triple-check my corrections before posting them.

  • ChocoTaco

    With the increase in mass production of their screens and better processors down the road, it looks like Samsung will have some top notch “guts” to put in their phones. However, until they stop making their bodies out of plastic, I’m just not going to go for them. Their phones just don’t “feel” well made to me. I like that metal feel you get with Motorola phones nowadays. Samsung, get rid of Touchwiz for stock Android, up your game with the phone case itself and work on your reception/earpiece quality and you’ll have something really good.

  • TD

    Apple is dead. Sell AAPL. Steve job will not sleep for a week on this news. Once we start seeing android beasts running on these CPU’s, mar it as the end of iphone and ipad. Go Sammy !!!!!!

    • Doug

      psst (Samsung makes the processor for the iPhone too) Pass it down.

      • Electrofreak

        They manufacture it, but with Apple’s acquisition of Intrinsity, they don’t design them anymore.

    • Norm

      You are so right!!! Every day I struggle knowing Apple is still in business. Go VZW and DROID!!!

      • Frank

        yeah, Apple hired a few of Samsung engineers. I think even though Apple “makes their own custom A4 chips” I read somewhere Apple is going to be using Samsung Tech for at least the next 3 years before they fully transition to their own chips. Probably Apple is one of Samsung’s “select customer”

      • Electrofreak

        Apple bought out Intrinsity, which used to modify chips for Samsung, but I didn’t hear anything about them hiring Samsung engineers…

      • HorriblePerson

        Your satire is just tired.

  • Mohammad

    sami song?

  • blkrabb1t

    Smartphones just keep getting better with each passing year. Hopefully the SoC is more efficient than its predecessor too.

    • Electrofreak

      It is.

  • 3 Phones Jugglin

    I dont care for 1080 To be honest. Obviously it would be great to have…but id rather have 1.5Ghz with 720 if its possible the release that today.

    Yes im sure they want to get the most out of what is current….but how many Versions of a V6 engine will they make until people want a V8?

  • Electrofreak

    I really wish I could hold out until Cortex-A9 hits the market. It’s going to be the next generation of awesome.

    Remember how phones like the Droid, the Palm Pre and the iPhone 3GS kicked the pants off phones like the G1 running at the same clock speed? Yeah, Cortex-A9 is going to be a similar leap of technology. Dual core aside, the chip is going to be a significant improvement clock-for-clock over Cortex-A8 chips.

    Too bad I need a new phone now… so it’s going to have to be one of Samsung’s Galaxy S offerings.

  • MacMan

    Good stuff from samchung !!!

    • Mr. Bill

      I bet your trying to figure out how will Apple out innovate this without an inside line anymore, it don’t look good for fruit phones.

      As I bet Sammy will limit outside sales to low numbers an avoid a thieving freak like SJ.

  • Stewie

    I was in a a parallel universe recently where everyone had two heads. It all started with people using 1GHz dual-core processsors near their ears.

    • Mr. Bill

      So you were sh*t out of a black hole?
      How was it being inside Apple headquarters?

  • ohmy

    ah, this is just going to make programmers lazier
    tsk tsk

  • offdayjb

    Finally! ty Samsung!!

  • skyy_flyer

    I’ve always wondered what “LOW BATTERY!” looks like in 1080p.

    • MadSkillz

      +1 for Best line in this thread. LOL

  • BL

    Galaxy S2 first qtr 2011 with dual core, 2ghz, 64gb mem, 4.3 inch screen, 1080p video, android gingerbread 3.0….mmmm

  • Jeff B.

    We can’t forget that the AT&T Tilt was a dual core. 400mhz+200mhz=600mhz dual core.

    • Mr. Bill

      Most Qualcomm based smartphones have a separate chip for the phone/dialer an controlling battery charging.

      It’s always been there, just not talked about, usually it was a 133mhz chip, then it got bumped up by design advancements to the 200mhx mark an it stayed there for a long time.

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