Arm Presented Chipset Upgrades for Android

Chip designing company Arm unveiled new processor designs that are boosting performance on Android devices. The company presented the Cortex X Custom programme and a new design called the Cortex-X1. The aim is to allow chip and smartphone manufacturers to tweak components for flagship and large screen devices, to their own specifications for performance increases of up to 30%.

Also unveiled was the Cortex-A78 processor which performs 20% better than its predecessor, enabling immersive 5G experiences, improved machine learning and power efficiencies. Arm stated the processor’s energy efficiencies make it suitable for power hungry large-screen foldable devices. Arm also partnered with German video games developer Crytek to brings its graphics engine to Android, and enable, as Arm said, desktop-class graphics on mobile.

“Arm’s new powerful suite of premium mobile IP is at the centre of ushering in a new level of visual fidelity previously thought impossible on edge devices,“ said Theodor Mader, Crytek technical director. Arm also unveiled Mali-G78 GPU and Ethos-N78 neural processing unit, both claiming a 25% performance boost compared to predecessors.