Allwinner Technology, a worldwide leader in mobile application processor
design, today @Mobile World Congress the company unveiled its next-generation UltraOcta A80 processor, the
world's first ARM® big.LITTLE™ octa-core heterogeneous SoC design to
include a PowerVR Series6 GPU.
Packed with four ARM Cortex®-A7 and four Cortex-A15 CPU cores,
Allwinner’s UltraOcta processor is slated to bring premium performance
devices to consumers at lower price points, opening new market spaces
and driving value innovation opportunities across tablets, OTT media
players, notebook PCs, all-in-ones, and even smart TVs.
Mike Zhang, CEO, Allwinner Technology, said: "For the past
year, our worldwide customer base has grown significantly, enabling us
to deliver high quality products at extremely affordable prices. OEMs
from all tiers – top, middle, and low – recognize our leading market
position and continue to choose our processors to deliver outstanding
value to their customers.”
“Fundamentally, the UltraOcta A80 and its platforms give OEMs
the highest performance, most power-efficient and cost-effective
solution for a range of devices, including tablets, portable game
consoles, STBs, media players and many others. We’re excited to see the
first UltraOcta devices hit the market soon.”
“We are pleased to see Allwinner delivering a leading solution
for 2014 mobile devices that demand premium performance and energy
efficiency enabled by an ARM big.LITTLE system pairing the Cortex-A15
and Cortex-A7 processors,” said Nandan Nayampally, vice president of
marketing, CPU group, ARM. “We look forward to seeing real devices based
on the UltraOcta A80 processor coming to market in the next few months
to provide users with an outstanding user experience enabled by
big.LITTLE technology.”
