Arm launches new chips for faster smartphone performance during Computex

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Rene Haas, CEO of Arm

Just before CEO Rene Haas’ keynote address at Computex in Taipei today, Arm launched two new products designed to increase the performance of smartphones. The first is Arm Cortex-X4, its fourth generation Cortex-X core. Arm said that Cortex-X4 is the fastest CPU ever made and will deliver 15% more performance than its predecessor, Cortex X-3, with a focus on enabling applications based on artificial intelligence and machine learning.

The second new product is the Arm Immortalis-G720, which is based on its fifth generation GPU architecture. Its predecessor, the Immortalis-G715 GPU, is currently within OPPO and vivo flagship devices through a partnership with MediaTek. Arm’s fifth-generation GPU architecture was built with high-geometry gaming and real-time 3D applications in mind, to replicate the feel of console gaming on mobile devices.

Arm said the Cortex-X4 microarchitecture consumes 40% less power than Cortex-X3 in the same process, increasing application responsiveness and launch time.

Arm also announced a new platform for mobile computing called Arm Total Compute Solutions 2023 (TCS23), which will include IPs like the Immortalis GPU, Armv9 CPU, and software enhancements. With its IP packages, the company’s Total Complete Solutions series was created for System on Chip (SoC) designers who are creating their own computing subsystems. TCS23 is designed for premium smartphone models and is based on Arm’s new Armv9.2 architecture. Its GPUs are based on a fifth-generation architecture, including the recently released Immortalis-G720, Mali-G720, and Mali-G620. The Armv9.2 compute cluster includes the new Cortex-4, Cortex-A720 and Cortex-A520 CPUs, and the DSU-120, Arm’s latest DynamiQ shared unit.

In his speech today, Haas said that Arm has traditionally been an IP provider, but then he began to see how long it took for IP to integrate with other IPs. So, to help SoC designers, he began building CPUs, memory systems, and compute blocks before integrating, configuring, and validating them to deliver a complete system.

Arm continues its partnership with TSMC by “engraving the Cortex-X4 in the TSMC N3E process,” which it calls an industry first.

Owned by SoftBank Group Corp, Arm announced last month which had filed in the US what will be the largest initial public offering this year. It plans to raise between $8 billion and $10 billion in its IPO on Nasdaq.

Arm’s decision to make his public debut comes as US IPOs, excluding SPACs, are down 22% to just $2.35bn so far this year. reports CNN.