ARM & TSMC Tape Out First 20nm ARM Cortex-A15 Multicore CPU
ARM and TSMC today announced that they have taped out the first 20nm ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore processor. The two companies completed the implementation from RTL to tape out in six months using TSMCs Open Innovation Platform (OIP) 20nm design ecosystem. Building on this tape out, ARM will optimize its physical IP technology to specific TSMC 20nm process technologies for Power, Performance and Area (PPA), driving the specification of the Cortex-A15 Processor Optimization Pack (POP). TSMCs 20nm process provides more than a 2X performance increase over preceding generations.
This first 20nm ARM Cortex-A15 tape out paves the way for the next generation of SoC integration and performance, said Mike Inglis, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Processor Division, ARM. We value the work carried out between ARM, TSMC and its design ecosystem partners to achieve this milestone. It is a strong testimonial of our mutual commitment to provide industry leading technology for advanced node designs. The combination of TSMC technology, the latest ARM Cortex-A15 processor and Artisan physical IP will help meet the increasing demand for high performance, energy-efficient consumer devices.
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