Samsung presents Orion - a dual-core ARM Cortex A9 CPU

7 September, 2010
Samsung unveiled the successor of their highly popular Hummingbird processor - Orion. The new platform is based on 1GHz dual-core ARM Cortex A9 CPU, packs a vastly better GPU and allows 1080p video...

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  • Lhon0901
  • tWi
  • 08 Sep 2010

This is a good development and all, considering dual-core CPUs are just even being talked about last year, but I hope they break the 1GHZ barrier soon, so that smartphones can be just as powerful as laptops/netbooks and could have the capability of running the full windows/MAC OSes...

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    • Sayr
    • 33f
    • 08 Sep 2010

    thats freakin sweet, i cant w8
    I'm a big Samsung Nokia & HTC Fan
    and absolutely HATE the iPhone and Apple

    GO!! Samsung Crush APPLE

    I hope Nokia will use this processor in upcoming Symbian Devices and HTC to .

    I cant w8 to c the new devices that pack this baby
    i think they will be WM7 or Andorid (3.0)

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      • tim
      • nnt
      • 08 Sep 2010

      umm.. galaxy s last 4 hours in heavy usage. With such a monster inside we will need a truck batery just to boot the phone.

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        • Anonymous
        • 2C%
        • 08 Sep 2010

        deep space bar, 08 Sep 2010EVERYONE apple wantedd to feel special so they took an A... moreThey didn't overclock a Cortex A8 to 1ghz, it core clock at 1Ghz. The Samsung Galaxy S posses the same Cortex A8 at 1ghz.

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          • Anonymous
          • QSc
          • 08 Sep 2010

          Samsung is the king. dont mess with the big boy.
          if they really wanted too, and put all their resources into it they can own any segment of the industry.
          They've just been playin nice.

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            • retla
            • Rbq
            • 08 Sep 2010

            [deleted post]sony... is working on the new xperia branded PsP. Wich will have 3.0. Is collaboration between goggle and sony.

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              • Peteer
              • 0I$
              • 08 Sep 2010

              These are mental processors...

              Why are they not using a 1.2 Ghz one?

              There is a 1.2 GHz one here

              http://whatisimple.blogspot.com/

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                • Munich
                • fvC
                • 08 Sep 2010

                deep space bar, 08 Sep 2010have you even read your info and where it came from XD ... more"plus samsung basically made that damn phone not apple they just made the software nothing else "

                no
                Taiwanese Foxconn is the one who made the ipod/iphone/ipad in its plants in china
                and yet I'll repeat for the 1000th time
                APPLE LICENSED THE DAMN PROCESSOR FEOM INTRINSITY NOT FROM SAMSUNG

                SAMSUNG JUST DID THE ACTUAL SILICON FABRICATION BECAUSE THEY HAVE A 45NM-TECHNOLOGY SILICON PLANT IN KOREA
                and apple doesn't posses such plant .Case closed.

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                  • Munich
                  • fvC
                  • 08 Sep 2010

                  iphone4guy, 08 Sep 2010You can go Samsung.But remember Apple rejected them for th... moreno
                  LG makes the retina display for apple because LG is the sole producer of the IPS(In plane switching)LCDs
                  (formerly panasonic-hitachi made some attemps in the high end IPS monitors)
                  .
                  aside from panasonic and LG , I don't think any other company hold this patent right now
                  this technology was originally invented by the radio corporation of America R.C.A

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                    • Munich
                    • fvC
                    • 08 Sep 2010

                    chocowii, 08 Sep 2010What does the feature 'multiple display' mean?this new procesor has a built in triple display controller (HDMI Enabled) means that any mobile device using this processor can simultaneously support two built in display screens, while running a third display say a TV or a projector ..etc...
                    the older chip sets supported only double display controller ( I think like the one used in N900 )
                    my sony camera has only one display controller so you can't preview your pics on the tv and the camera display in the same time

                    cheers from Egypt

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                      • Munich
                      • fvC
                      • 08 Sep 2010

                      5ushi, 08 Sep 2010With mobile devices, raw power isn't everything. It's the w... more" It's unfortunate that the mainstream public today thinks bigger is better. That's not true; it's what's in the side (the software...) that counts. Well, maybe that an longer life batteries as well..."

                      100 % AGREE

                      samsung should implement them in its upcoming tablets and Netbooks(instead of intel atom) because such gadgets have bigger batteries to support this hardware
                      And if they intend to use it in mobile handsets, they have to find an alternative os to andriod because no matter the andriod will be in the future it wont need all this powerful hardware
                      nokia has already found its symbian alternative (maemo and meego)which can utilize the full capability of the new TI-omap

                      cheers from Egypt

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                        • Munich
                        • fvC
                        • 08 Sep 2010

                        Anonymous, 07 Sep 2010I see qualcomm is going to lose a lot of profit. Samsung wi... moreyes
                        also, Qualcomm processors are quite pricey for what it provide
                        I think Ti-omap processors (mostly used in nokia)give the best value for their prices .
                        this is one of the fundamental reasons why Nokia handsets come in a very reasonable prices

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                          • iphone4guy
                          • u{a
                          • 08 Sep 2010

                          You can go Samsung.But remember Apple rejected them
                          for there screens and picked the retina as its more advanced
                          and better on battery life.

                          *Posted from my iphone4 held the
                          proper way to prove the signal
                          issues are lies went held correctly
                          unlike the other brands when Apple
                          showed us videos of them all having
                          reception problems when held normally.
                          The true antenna-gate those brands
                          didn't want you to know.

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                            • Frankie
                            • 0hk
                            • 08 Sep 2010

                            Phones, Phones, Phones, Where the PDAs at?

                            They are old school but phones are annoying when you put all your information on it like 700 calender notes, 250 addresses, 200 songs, 2 movies, 100 photos. The phones will be ssssslllllllooooooowwwww. PDAs always kept up with me. I used the HP Ipaq and 3 Palms and they were perfect. But when I put all my info on a smartphone it got slow and useable right when you need it. It happened to me when I wanted to give a phone number to my dad and it took longer then 1 minute to get the number. Thats too long.

                            They should make a high end phone with the basic OS and no extra software. Perfect!

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                              • Anonymous
                              • t7x
                              • 08 Sep 2010

                              GO! samsung!!! wave is great make more phones like galaxy S and wave :)

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                                • Yanizes
                                • vj1
                                • 08 Sep 2010

                                W0w 1 ghz dual core process0r on a mobile phone, i think the purpose for a dual core gpu is to encode/decode 1080p video.. Amazing... But it only drain the battery so fast. So they must pr0duce a uranium battery for this to last the battery life up to 10 years .. lol!

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • 4QS
                                  • 08 Sep 2010

                                  Samsung almost in the lead of advanced cpu, graphics, and over all technology

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                                    • deep space bar
                                    • kxU
                                    • 08 Sep 2010

                                    EVERYONE

                                    apple wantedd to feel special so they took an ARM cortex A8 and renamed it and overclocked it

                                    to 1ghz which is unsafe

                                    cause
                                    there are a few phone with the same CPU as the iphone 4 but not at the same clock speed

                                    but that has changed over the few months


                                    N900/1.2ghz
                                    Palm Pre/1.3ghz
                                    not sure about the
                                    milestone or galaxy

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                                      • Seabass978
                                      • Rbq
                                      • 08 Sep 2010

                                      deep space bar, 08 Sep 2010you mean it is Oh sorry that's what I mean, kinda buzz, thanx for the correction.

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                                        • deep space bar
                                        • kxU
                                        • 08 Sep 2010

                                        [deleted post]have you even read your info and where it came from
                                        XD

                                        MACrumours said the A4 is the best chip....STOP

                                        APPLE is paying someone

                                        plus samsung basically made that damn phone not apple they just made the software nothing else