ARM Cortex-A72

Realizes: High-IPC out-of-order execution powering premium 2016 smartphones/tablets (e.g., HiSilicon Kirin 960).

ARMv8-A general-purpose CPU with a wide-issue, high-IPC pipeline, aggressive branch prediction, and NEON/FPU arrays, designed for flagship mobile SoCs around 2016.

Examples

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Huawei Mate 9 (Kirin 960)

Huawei Mate 9 ships the Kirin 960 SoC with four Cortex-A72 big cores, showcasing the high IPC, wide-issue pipeline, and sustained performance for premium smartphone/tablet workloads circa 2016.

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