News - EXCLUSIVE: ARM unveils next gen processor – promises 5x performance increase

[HEXUS]

Codenamed Eagle, ARM says the Cortex-A15 MPCore is the biggest thing it’s ever done.

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[kalniel]

This does look nice. A shame it's so far away though

[Scott B]

This does look nice. A shame it's so far away though

Yes but to be fair, Cortex A9 chips are only just appearing now.

[scaryjim]

So I guess the big question is: will this chip be powerful enough to persuade Microsoft to port a full-fat Windows to ARM? 2.5GHz quad-core tablets running full fat Windows 7 / 8 with all-day battery life would be something to see...

[baius]

So I guess the big question is: will this chip be powerful enough to persuade Microsoft to port a full-fat Windows to ARM? 2.5GHz quad-core tablets running full fat Windows 7 / 8 with all-day battery life would be something to see...

That would be... well, lovely. Atom/Neo - eat your heart out. (In 2012+, that is.)