instruction set. ARM develops the processor architectures
and later licenses those architectures to other companies like
Apple, Samsung, and Qualcomm. The companies that buy the
licensing might even modify the original designs significantly
from its original form. One such chip is the Apple A12
Bionic SoC, which has embedded the ARMv8-A compatible
microarchitecture in the processor design.
research on the currently
popular mobile SoC, there
are two top performing SoCs.
They are the Snapdragon
series by the Qualcomm and
the 'A series' of SoCs by the
Apple.
Cortex-A7x series is ARM’s highest performance series. Cortex-
A5x series is its mid-range and Cortex-A3x is ARM’s highest
efficiency mobile processor from Cortex-A core series.
Smartphones in Modern days
One of the factors that customers consider when buying a
new smartphone is that they are looking for a faster and
quick responsive smartphone. The SoC is one of the main
factors that determine whether their new smartphone will
be a slow and laggy one or a fast and snappy one. A simple
way to discover it is to compare the processors (actually SoCs)
with the other existing ones and choose the best smartphone
with the SoC that will get the job done for them. However,
in practice, it is easier said than done. After doing extensive
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