ARM Cortex-A9

Realizes: high-performance 2011 smartphones

The ARM Cortex-A9 is a multi-core, out-of-order general-purpose CPU that powered flagship 2011 devices such as the Samsung Galaxy S II and Nvidia Tegra 2 platforms, delivering energy-efficient performance for mobile workloads.

Examples

Samsung Galaxy S II (Dual-core Cortex-A9)

The Samsung Galaxy S II flagship phone shipped with dual-core Cortex-A9 CPUs at 1.2-1.5GHz, showcasing the architecture's multi-core, out-of-order efficiency in a high-performance smartphone platform.

dual-core out-of-order pipeline with NEON SIMD and virtualization extensions