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user3693586
user3693586

Reputation: 1287

multicore and coprocessor means same?

I have doubht while understanding the meaning of ARM CortexA15.

my understanding is, it will have one processor(CPU) with 15 cores which uses ARMv7 architecture. Please correct me if this understanding is not correct.

multicore and coprocessor means the same or different. Can you help to understand if they are different.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1321

Answers (1)

Arun Valiaparambil
Arun Valiaparambil

Reputation: 545

A15 is just an ARM processor(CPU) model number. It comes with 1 - 4 cores and is based on ARM v7a.

Co-processors are compute units that help ARM (or any other processor for that matter) to do its operations more efficiently.

Multi-core means there is more than one CORE in the CPU.

Eg. Verstaile Express is a two CPU cluster based on a multicore 2x A15 and 3x A7 processors.

Upvotes: 1

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