Samsung has just unveiled a new high-end Exynos processor that comes with an enhanced NPU (Neural Processing Unit), and an LTE Advanced Pro modem supporting 2.0 Gbps downloads.
Exynos 9820 is a tri-cluster octa-core processor with two custom Arm cores, two Cortex-A75 cores, and four Cortex-A55 cores coupled with an Arm Mali-G76 MP12, and manufactured using Samsung’s latest 8nm LPP FinFET process, which reduces power consumption by up to 10 percent compared to 10nm LPP process.
Samsung Exynos 9820 key features and specifications:
- CPU – Dual-core custom CPU + dual-core Cortex-A75 + quad-core Cortex-A55
- GPU – ARM Mali-G76 MP12
- Integrated NPU
- Memory I/F – LPDDR4x
- Storage I/F – UFS 3.0, UFS 2.1
- Display – WQUXGA (3840×2400), 4K UHD (4096×2160)
- Cellular Connectivity
- LTE Modem – LTE-Advanced Pro Cat.20 8CA 2Gbps (DL) / Cat.20 3CA 316Mbps (UL)
- 4×4 Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output (MIMO), 256-QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation), and Enhanced Licensed-Assisted Access (eLAA) technology.
- Camera – Up to 22MP rear camera, up to 22MP front-facing camera, 16MP+16MP dual camera
- Video -8K 30fps or 4K UHD 150fps encoding and decoding with 10-bit HEVC(H.265), H.264, VP9
- Process – 8nm LPP FinFET
Beside the high-speed LTE modem, and 8nm manufacturing process, Exynos 9820 is the first mobile application processor to support the latest UFS 3.0 embedded flash storage with read speeds of up to 2.4 Gbps, and 8K video decoding and encoding.
Compared to the earlier Exynos 9810, Samsung Exynos 9820’s new fourth-generation custom core delivers around 20-percent improvement in single core performance or 40-percent in power efficiency, while multi-core performance has increased by around 15 percent, and the Mali-G76 GPU cores deliver a 40-percent performance boost or 35-percent power savings.
Mass production of the Exynos 9 Series 9820 should start by the end of this year, and should be found in the upcoming Galaxy S10 smartphone. Visit the product page for a few more details.
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