Renesas Electronics and Renesas Mobile have licensed the
ARM Cortex-A7 MPCore and ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore
processors to create applications processors,
communications processors and LTE / HSPA+ multi-mode
smartphone platforms.
The new processors will be deployed in ARM's big.LITTLE
configuration, a flexible approach that enables
applications software to be switched between the two
processor clusters; one for high performance functions
powered by the ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore processor and one
that delivers maximum power efficiency based on the
Cortex-A7 processor.
Renesas Mobile's experience with ARM processors has
resulted in some of the most efficient implementations
on the market today in terms of power and size. A
dual-core A9 implementation drives the Renesas Mobile
MP5232, the first LTE Cat-4 capable mobile platform.
This communications processor combines Renesas Mobile's
world's fastest triple mode (LTE, DC-HSPA+ and GSM)
modem with the application processor on a single die
reducing space, power and product cost.