ARM Cortex-A8

ARM Cortex-A8
General information
Launched	2005
Designed by	ARM Holdings
Common manufacturer(s)	TSMC;
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate	0.6 GHz to at least 1.0 GHz
Cache
L1 cache	32 KiB/32 KiB
L2 cache	512 KiB
Architecture and classification
Instruction set	ARMv7-A
Physical specifications
Cores	1;

The ARM Cortex-A8 is a 32-bit processor core licensed by ARM Holdings implementing the ARMv7-A architecture.

Compared to the ARM11, the Cortex-A8 is a dual-issue superscalar design, achieving roughly twice the instructions per cycle. The Cortex-A8 was the first Cortex design to be adopted on a large scale in consumer devices.

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