Samsung today unveiled the Exynos 4 Quad chip, which will power its next Galaxy device.
The ARM Cortex A9-based, 1.4-GHz processor provides double the processing power of its predecessor, the 45nm process-based Exynos 4 Dual, while consuming 20 percent less power.
"To improve power efficiency, Samsung adopted hot-plug functionality to support on-off switching for each core as well as the per-core dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS), which offers a dramatic reduction in power consumption by adapting different levels of voltage and frequency when changing workloads," Samsung said.
The company also promised enhanced multi-tasking performance, and said the Exynos 4 Quad is "well-suited" for heavy-load applications like 3D games, video editing, and calculation-intensive simulation.
Multi-core processing allows users to complete more tasks in a shorter period of time. "For example, a task such as streaming video can run on one core while the other cores update applications in the background, connecting to the web and scanning virus-check simultaneously," Samsung said.
The chip's full HD 30 frame per second video hardware codec engine will allow high resolution 1080p video recording and playback.
"The application processor is a crucial element in providing our customers with PC-like experience on mobile devices," Hankil Yoon, senior vice president of Samsung's product strategy team, said in a statement. "Samsung's next Galaxy devices, which will be officially announced soon, offers uncompromised performance and ground-breaking multi-tasking features, thanks to Exynos 4 Quad's powerful performance and efficient energy management technology."
Samsung will unveil its next Galaxy device - expected to be the Galaxy S III - at a press event in London on May 3.
Samsung said the Exynos 4 Quad is also sampling to other major handest makers.