If you're the benchmark-obsessed geek than CES 2013 might be turning out quite exciting for you.
After Samsung unveiled its latest and greatest Exynos 5 Octa (http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_announces_exynos_5_octa_an_a15_and_a7_hybrid_beast-news-5325.php) chipset, NVIDIA announced Tegra 4 (http://www.gsmarena.com/nvidia_announces_quadcore_tegra_4_processor-news-5293.php) and Qualcomm lifted the curtain of its newest Krait-powered Snapdragon 600 and 800 series (http://www.gsmarena.com/snapdragon_800_and_600_series_processors_announced-news-5313.php) SoCs, it's now ST-Ericsson's turn to stand in the spotlight. The company just announced its latest NovaThor chipset - the L8580.
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It comes with a low-power eQuad processor with four Cortext-A9 cores, clocked at up to 2.5 GHz, the PowerVR SGS544 GPU and the ability to go low-power and run at 0.6V.
The NovaThor L8580 can deal with 1080p video and support display resolutions of up to 1920 x 1200 pixels. 20MP primary cameras and 5 MP secondary ones are allowed too and there's built-in LTE HSPA+, TD-SCDMA and EDGE radios. 3D reproduction and capture is also on board if that's your thing.
The ST-Ericsson L8580 chipset should allow the creation of affordable mid-range devices with excellent processing power and good battery life. The top shelf smartphones and tablets will move on to Cortex-A15 architecture this year, but there's plenty of ground below them for the NovaThor L8580 to cover.
Source (http://www.stericsson.com/products/L8580.jsp) | Via (http://www.unwiredview.com/2013/01/10/new-st-ericsson-quad-core-cpu-clocks-up-to-2-5-ghz-while-needing-50-less-power-than-its-competitors/)
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